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Life Summary

Name	Osmar Egmont White
Alternative Names	Robert Dentry E. M. Dorkin Maros Gray
Born	2 April, 1909 Feilding, New Zealand
Died	16 May, 1991 (aged 82) Fairfield, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death	emphysema
Cultural Heritage	English New Zealander 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] Wilmot, Reginald William Winchester (colleague) Parer, Damien Peter (colleague) Murdoch, Keith Arthur (employer)
Education *	Katoomba Intermediate High School (NSW) (student, 1920-1927)
Occupation *	short story writer (1926-1934) New South Wales, Australia journalist (1927-1934) New South Wales, Australia novelist (1931-1934) New South Wales, Australia journalist (1934-1938) Overseas novelist (1934-1938) Overseas short story writer (1934-1938) Overseas journalist (1938-1991) Victoria, Australia novelist (1938-1991) Victoria, Australia short story writer (1938-1991) Victoria, Australia war correspondent (1942-1945) Federal, Overseas
Military Service *	World War II (war correspondent, 1942-1945)
Awards	Australian Media Hall of Fame (inductee, 2013)
Key Events *	Colombo Plan (journalist, 1958-1959)
Workplaces *	Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga) newspaper (journalist) Daily Telegraph (Sydney) newspaper (journalist) Cumberland Times (NSW) newspaper (journalist, 1927-1927) Parkes Post (NSW) newspaper (journalist, 1927-1928) Herald and Weekly Times Ltd (journalist, 1938-1963)

* Dates are approximate