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Name	Walter Stevenson Brooks
Born	11 May, 1925 Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	21 March, 2003 (aged 77) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (not specified)
Related Entries	[View as tree] Reid, Alan Douglas (employer)
Education *	North Sydney Boys High School (student, 1940-1942)
Occupation or Descriptor *	air force officer (1943-1946) Federal, Australia political journalist (1946-1955) New South Wales, Australia public servant (1963-1988) Federal, Australia
Groups *	Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery (member, 1952-1970)
Key Organisations *	Royal Canberra Golf Club (member, 1960-2003)
Workplaces *	Sun (Sydney) newspaper (political journalist, 1946-1955) Sydney Morning Herald (newspaper) (political journalist, 1955-1958) Dept of Interior (Federal) (public servant, 1963-1988) Australian Information Service (head, 1975-1988)

* Dates are approximate

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