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Name	William Edwin Pidgeon
Born	7 January, 1909 Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	16 February, 1981 (aged 72) St Leonards, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Dobell, William (work colleague) Finey, George Edmond (colleague) Packer, Douglas Frank (employer) Wheeler, Harry Lambert (sitter) Rees, Lloyd Frederic (sitter) Warren, Edward Emerton (sitter) Pearl, Cyril Altson (sitter) Porush, Israel (sitter) Simpson, Edwin Colin (sitter) Quinn, Noel Thomas (sitter) Lower, Leonard Waldemere (collaborator) O'Grady, John (collaborator)
Occupation or Descriptor *	cartoonist (general) (1924-1949) New South Wales, Australia illustrator (1924-1979) New South Wales, Australia war artist (1939-1945) New South Wales, Australia portraitist (1949-1972) New South Wales, Australia art critic (1974-1979) New South Wales, Australia political cartoonist (1974-1974) New South Wales, Australia

* Dates are approximate