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Name	Sir Colin York Syme
Born	22 April, 1903 Claremont, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Died	19 January, 1986 (aged 82) Howqua, Victoria, Australia
Religious Influence	Presbyterian 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] Syme, David York (uncle) Lewis, Essington (work colleague) Niall, Kenneth Mansfield (work colleague) Darling, Harold Gordon (work colleague) McLennan, Ian Munro (work colleague)
Occupation or Descriptor *	solicitor (1923-1967) Victoria, Australia company director (1929-1971) Victoria, Australia company chief executive (1967-1971) Victoria, Australia

* Dates are approximate