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Name	Eric John Underwood
Born	7 September, 1905 London, Middlesex, England
Died	19 August, 1980 (aged 74) Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Underwood, Erica Reid (wife)
Occupation or Descriptor *	public servant (1924-1928) Western Australia, Australia agricultural scientist (1931-1980) Western Australia, Australia public servant (1931-1946) Western Australia, Australia academic (1946-1970) Western Australia, Australia

* Dates are approximate