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Life Summary

Name	Murray Fraser Sime
Born	11 August, 1944 Camperdown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	9 March, 2000 (aged 55) Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cultural Heritage	Scottish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Education *	North Sydney Boys High School (student) University of Sydney (student, ?-1969)
Occupation or Descriptor *	barrister (1965-1969) New South Wales, Australia solicitor (1965-1986) New South Wales, Australia public servant (1966-1969) New South Wales, Australia anti-conscriptionist (1969-2000) New South Wales, Australia arts patron (1970-2000) New South Wales, Australia banker (1976-1986) New South Wales, Australia publican (1980-1984) New South Wales, Australia bank executive (1981-1986) New South Wales, Australia
Clubs *	North Shore Fencing Club (member) North Shore Fencing Club (member)
Key Organisations *	Committee in Defiance of the National Service Act (vice-chairman) Committee in Defiance of the National Service Act (vice-chairman) Students' Representative Council (University of Sydney) (member, ?-1969) Balmain Tigers (NSW) (board member, 1995-1996)
Political Activism *	ALP (Balmain branch, NSW) (member) anti-conscriptionist (advocate, 1964)
Workplaces *	Attorney-General's Dept (Federal) (barrister, ?-1969) VAM Limited (employee, 1969) VAM Limited (employee, 1969) Citibank Ltd (employee, 1976) Citibank Ltd (employee, 1976) Citibank Ltd (vice-president, 1981) Citibank Ltd (vice-president, 1981)

* Dates are approximate