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Name	Francis Charles Webb
Alternative Names	Francis Charles Webb-Wagg
Born	8 February, 1925 Rose Park, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died	23 November, 1973 (aged 48) Rydalmere, Sydney, New South Wales, 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.
Religious Influence	Catholic 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] Stewart, Douglas Alexander (mentor)
Occupation or Descriptor *	poet (1942-1943) New South Wales, Australia airman/woman (1943-1946) Federal, Australia poet (1946-1948) New South Wales, Australia book editor (1948-1949) Overseas farm labourer (1948-1949) Overseas poet (1950-1953) Australia poet (1960-1973) New South Wales, Australia

* Dates are approximate