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Name	Horace Bohmer Newman
Born	20 November, 1889 Chorlton upon Medlock, Lancashire, England
Died	22 March, 1968 (aged 78) Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cultural Heritage	English Scottish 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	Jewish 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 *	general merchant (1926-1929) New South Wales, Australia importer (1929-1968) New South Wales, Australia company managing director (1931-1968) New South Wales, Australia Jewish community leader (1945-1968) New South Wales, Australia

* Dates are approximate