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Name	Sydney William Stokes
Born	17 March, 1887 Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Died	9 August, 1972 (aged 85) Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Stokes, Edward Sutherland (brother) Josephson, Joshua Frey (grandfather)
Education *	Sydney Grammar School (student, 1899-1905)
Occupation or Descriptor *	army officer (1910-1921) Federal, Australia surveyor (1912-1914) New South Wales, Australia surveyor (1919-1939) New South Wales, Australia censor (1939-1945) Federal, Australia surveyor (1945-1957) New South Wales, Australia

* Dates are approximate