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Name	Francis West Statham
Born	25 June, 1916 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Died	3 December, 1999 (aged 83) Bicton, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Cause of Death	multiple organ failure
Education *	North Sydney Boys High School (student, 1928-1930) Sydney Technical College (student, 1936-1939)
Occupation *	fitter and turner (1930-1939) New South Wales, Australia army officer (1938-1945) Federal, Australia civil engineer (1945-1949) New South Wales, Australia civil engineer (1949-1956) Victoria, Australia civil engineer (1956-1981) Western Australia, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (army officer, 1939-1945)
Key Organisations *	CSIRO (WA committee member) Returned and Services League of Australia (WA) (member) Royal Commonwealth Society (WA) (member) Weld Club (Perth) (member) Australian Institute of Management (fellow, 1959)
Workplaces *	British Tobacco Co (Australia) (employee, 1930-1949) Dept of Works (federal) (employee, 1953-1965) Dept of Housing and Construction (federal) (WA director, 1965-1981)

* Dates are approximate