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Name	William Josiah Rowlinson
Born	22 July, 1920 Manly, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	17 November, 1998 (aged 78) Caboolture, Queensland, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Education *	Manly West Public School (student, 1928-1933) North Sydney Boys High School (student, 1934)
Occupation or Descriptor *	radio/TV engineer (1934-1941) New South Wales, Australia soldier (1941-1946) Federal, Australia farm labourer (1946-1948) Queensland, Australia truck driver (1948-1950) New South Wales, Australia soldier (1950-1957) Federal, Australia caretaker (1957-1983) New South Wales, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (soldier, 1941-1945) Korean War (soldier, 1950-1952) 1st Australian Parachute Battalion (soldier, 1943-1946)
Awards	Distinguished Conduct Medal and Bar (recipient, 1952)
Workplaces *	Wagga Wagga Teachers' College (caretaker, 1957-1972) Riverina College of Advanced Education (NSW) (caretaker, 1972-1983)

* Dates are approximate