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Name	John Patrick O'Neill
Born	1 September, 1910 Wynyard, Tasmania, Australia
Died	11 October, 1998 (aged 88) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Cause of Death	unknown
Related Entries	[View as tree] Giblin, Lyndhurst Falkiner (work colleague) Carver, Stanley Roy (work colleague) Wilson, Roland (work colleague)
Education *	Wynyard Primary school (Tas) (student, 1916-1922) St Virgil's College (Hobart, Tas) (student, 1923-1927) University of Tasmania (student)
Occupation or Descriptor *	public servant (1928-1933) Federal, Australia public servant (1937-1975) Federal, Australia statistician (1937-1938) Federal, Australia statistician (1938-1975) Federal, Australia public service head (1972-1975) Federal, Australia
Workplaces *	Australian Bureau of Statistics (public servant, 1928-1933) Australian Bureau of Statistics (public servant, 1937-1975) Australian Bureau of Statistics (Commonwealth Statistician, 1972-1975)

* Dates are approximate