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Hooke, John Hobson (1917–2000)

aviator, farmer, local government leader and harbour commissioner

John Hooke, by Laurence Le Guay, c.1943

John Hooke, by Laurence Le Guay, c.1943

Australian War Memorial, MEC2009

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John Hooke, by Laurence Le Guay, c.1943

John Hooke, by Laurence Le Guay, c.1943

Australian War Memorial, MEC2009

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19 April, 1917
Ringwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Death

11 December, 2000 (aged 83)
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

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