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Name	Ion Llewellyn Idriess
Born	20 September, 1889 Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	6 June, 1979 (aged 89) Mona Vale, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cultural Heritage	Welsh Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Sing, William Edward (acquaintance) Kidman, Sidney (subject)
Occupation *	soldier (1914-1918) Federal, Australia biographer (1928-1969) New South Wales, Australia contemporary-affairs commentator (1928-1969) New South Wales, Australia historian (general) (1928-1969) New South Wales, Australia

* Dates are approximate