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Name	Arthur William Preston
Born	4 October, 1912 Yeronga Park, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died	19 March, 1985 (aged 72) Box Hill, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Religious Influence	Methodist 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.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Green, William Herbert (father-in-law) Benson, Clarence Irving (colleague)
Occupation or Descriptor *	Methodist minister (1941-1963) Queensland, Australia radio religious broadcaster (1948-1966) Queensland, Australia religious writer (1955-1980) Victoria, Australia Methodist minister (1963-1966) South Australia, Australia radio religious broadcaster (1963-1966) South Australia, Australia Methodist minister (1966-1981) Victoria, Australia welfare administrator (1968-1981) Victoria, Australia

* Dates are approximate