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Turner, Alexander Frederick (Tony) (1907–1993)

poet, playwright, and theatre and radio producer

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Alternative Names
  • Shapcott, John
  • Archer, James
Birth

7 August, 1907
London, Middlesex, England

Death

12 April, 1993 (aged 85)
Claremont, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Cause of Death

unknown

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