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Name	Sir Alister Murray Murdoch
Born	9 December, 1912 Elsternwick, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	24 October, 1984 (aged 71) Mona Vale, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Religious Influence	Anglican 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.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Scherger, Frederick Rudolph (work colleague) Coldham, Peter Abernethy (colleague)
Occupation or Descriptor *	air force officer (1932-1969) Federal, Australia air force chief-of-staff (1965-1969) Federal, Australia company director (1971-1984) New South Wales, Australia

* Dates are approximate