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Name	Russell Reading Braddon
Born	25 January, 1921 North Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	20 March, 1995 (aged 74) Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (lymphoma)
Religious Influence	Anglican 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.
Education *	Sydney Church of England Grammar School (student, 1933-1937) University of Sydney (student, 1938-1941) University of Sydney (student, 1946-1948)
Occupation or Descriptor *	soldier (1941-1946) Federal, Australia prisoner of war (Australian) (1942-1945) Federal, Australia military historian (1946-1951) Overseas scriptwriter (1949-1993) Overseas biographer (1950-1965) Overseas autobiographer/memoirist (1951-1958) Overseas journalist (1954-1993) Overseas novelist (1954-1990) Overseas
Military Service *	World War II (soldier) Battle of Muar (1942) (soldier) 2/15th Field Regiment (soldier, 1941-1946) Changi POW camp (prisoner of war, 1942-1943) Burma-Thailand Railway POW camp (prisoner of war, 1943-1944)

* Dates are approximate

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