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Name	Dorothy Mary Mansom
Alternative Names	Dorothy Mary Gray
Born	2 June, 1905 Hyde Park, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died	6 November, 1978 (aged 73) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Occupation or Descriptor *	opera singer (1927-1930) New South Wales, Australia store manager (1933-1940) South Australia, Australia public servant (1940-1945) South Australia, Australia equestrian (1946-1978) South Australia, Australia Olympics administrator (1946-1978) South Australia, Australia

* Dates are approximate