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Name	Gwen Ruth Oatley
Born	10 December, 1918 Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia
Died	24 December, 2000 (aged 82) Hornsby, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (bowel)
Education *	Methodist Ladies' College (Sydney) (student, 1920-1926) Miss Hales' College (Sydney) (student, 1926-1928)
Occupation or Descriptor *	secretary (1928-1940) New South Wales, Australia actor (stage) (1937-1943) New South Wales, Australia actor (radio) (1940-1943) New South Wales, Australia props manager (1940-1943) New South Wales, Australia movie film processor (1944-1981) New South Wales, Australia office manager (1944-1950) New South Wales, Australia sound recordist (1944-1981) New South Wales, Australia company manager (1971-1981) New South Wales, Australia
Awards	Medal of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1978)
Key Organisations *	Independent Theatre (Sydney) (actor, 1937-1943)
Workplaces *	Independent Theatre (Sydney) (secretary, 1938-1939) 2CH radio station (Sydney) (actor, 1940-1943) Supreme Sound Studios (office manager, 1944-1981) Supreme Sound Studios (sound recordist, 1944-1981) Supreme Sound Studios (business partner, 1950-1981)

* Dates are approximate