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Name	William Thomas Reay
Born	10 November, 1858 Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	11 November, 1929 (aged 71) London, Middlesex, England
Cultural Heritage	English Irish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Occupation or Descriptor *	journalist (1883-1911) Victoria, Australia newspaper owner (1883-1887) Victoria, Australia colonial militia (Australia) (1886-1900) Victoria, Australia newspaper editor (1887-1890) Victoria, Australia war correspondent (1899-1900) Victoria, Australia Member of Lower House (1900-1902) Victoria, Australia army officer (1901-1903) Federal, Australia newspaper editor (1904-1911) Victoria, Australia

* Dates are approximate