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Name	Hector Le Gay Holthouse
Born	15 April, 1915 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Died	16 November, 1991 (aged 76) Auchenflower, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (prostate)
Cultural Heritage	French Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Education *	Ascot State School (Brisbane) (student, ?-1933) Bunkers Hill primary school (Westbrook, Qld) (student) Southbrook primary school (Qld) (student) Queensland Institute of Technology (student, 1934-1935) University of Queensland (student, 1938-1941)
Occupation or Descriptor *	journalist (1935-1969) Queensland, Australia soldier (1941-1945) Federal, Australia historian (general) (1969-1991) Queensland, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (soldier) Australian Army Education Service (soldier)
Legacies *	Hector Holthouse Room (Bribie Island Library) (eponym)
Workplaces *	Brisbane Telegraph (employee, ?-1969) Bulletin (magazine) (contributor) University of Queensland (journalism) (lecturer, 1957-1959)

* Dates are approximate