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Walton, Sir John Robert (Bert) (1904–1998)

retail businessman

Robert Walton, 1940s

Robert Walton, 1940s

courtesy of Walton family

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Robert Walton, 1940s

Robert Walton, 1940s

courtesy of Walton family

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Birth

7 February, 1904
Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia

Death

15 January, 1998 (aged 93)
Elizabeth Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Cause of Death

dementia

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