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Name	Garnet Vere Portus
Alternative Names	Jerry Portus
Born	7 June, 1883 Morpeth, New South Wales, Australia
Died	15 June, 1954 (aged 71) North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Portus, John Hereford (son) La Nauze, Andrew John (work colleague) Campbell, Persia Gwendoline (colleague) Pike, Douglas Henry (mentored)
Occupation or Descriptor *	Anglican minister (1911-1934) New South Wales, Australia academic (1918-1934) New South Wales, Australia adult educator (1918-1934) New South Wales, Australia economic historian (1918-1934) New South Wales, Australia academic (1934-1950) South Australia, Australia economic historian (1934-1950) South Australia, Australia radio commentator (1934-1954) South Australia, Australia autobiographer/memoirist (1953-1953) South Australia, Australia

* Dates are approximate