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Name	Bernard Blomfield Riley
Born	21 July, 1912 Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Died	4 August, 1978 (aged 66) North Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Religious Influence	Anglican 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] Windeyer, William John Victor (work colleague)
Occupation or Descriptor *	barrister (1936-1978) New South Wales, Australia army officer (1941-1946) Federal, Australia company director (1958-1973) New South Wales, Australia Member of Upper House (1968-1973) New South Wales, Australia judge (1973-1978) New South Wales, Australia
Key Organisations *	New South Wales Bar Association (member, 1936-1978)

* Dates are approximate