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Name	Geoffrey William Brown
Born	1894 Colac, Victoria, Australia
Died	14 October, 1954 (aged ~ 60) Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Education *	Geelong Grammar School (Vic) (student, 1908-1911) Cambridge University (UK) (student, 1912-1914)
Occupation or Descriptor *	defence forces personnel (British) (1914-1918) Overseas fruit grower (1920-1940) Victoria, Australia country politician (1949-1954) Federal, Australia Member of Lower House (1949-1954) Federal, Australia
Awards	Member of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1918)
Key Events *	Ottawa Conference, 1934 (fruitgrowers' representative)
Key Organisations *	Victorian Fruit Marketing Association (president) Victorian Fruitgrowers’ Council (council member)

* Dates are approximate

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