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Name	Herbert Paton Fitzsimons
Born	25 November, 1898 Gordon, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	31 January, 1970 (aged 71) Wamberal, New South Wales, Australia
Cultural Heritage	Irish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Religious Influence	Anglican Presbyterian Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Occupation or Descriptor *	liberal/conservative party organiser (1920-1930) New South Wales, Australia liberal/conservative politician (1930-1944) New South Wales, Australia Member of Lower House (1930-1944) New South Wales, Australia army medical officer (1940-1947) Federal, Australia local government councillor (1944-1955) New South Wales, Australia liberal/conservative politician (1955-1959) New South Wales, Australia Member of Upper House (1955-1970) New South Wales, Australia country politician (1959-1970) New South Wales, Australia

* Dates are approximate