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Name	Frederick Bert Vickers
Born	25 March, 1903 Oldbury, Worcestershire, England
Died	18 July, 1985 (aged 82) Subiaco, 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] Prichard, Katharine Susannah (acquaintance) Marshall, Alan (teacher)
Occupation or Descriptor *	farm labourer (1925-1938) Western Australia, Australia shearer (1930-1938) Western Australia, Australia poultry farmer (1938-1955) Western Australia, Australia wool classer (1938-1938) Western Australia, Australia soldier (1940-1946) Federal, Australia novelist (1955-1977) Western Australia, Australia

* Dates are approximate