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Name	Sir William Hewson Anderson
Born	13 March, 1897 Petersham, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	25 March, 1968 (aged 71) Wellington, New Zealand
Cultural Heritage	Scottish 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	Presbyterian 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] Moore, Lyle Howard (colleague)
Occupation or Descriptor *	soldier (1916-1919) Federal, Australia accountant (1925-1933) Overseas accountant (1933-1957) Victoria, Australia pamphleteer (1940-1968) Victoria, Australia Presbyterian lay leader (1940-1968) Victoria, Australia liberal/conservative party organiser (1944-1968) Victoria, Australia

* Dates are approximate

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