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Name	Eric Spencer Clapham
Born	31 January, 1914 Hastings, New Zealand
Died	17 February, 2010 (aged 96) Beecroft, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cultural Heritage	New Zealander Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Occupation or Descriptor *	music conductor (1939-1956) Victoria, Australia soldier (1941-1945) Federal, Australia music conductor (1956-1990) New South Wales, Australia
Awards	Medal of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1986)
Workplaces *	St Paul's Cathedral (Melbourne) (organ scholar, 1938-1939) National Theatre Movement (Melbourne) (conductor, 1939-1956) Borovansky Ballet Academy (conductor, 1940) Elizabethan Theatre Trust (conductor, 1956) Australian Broadcasting Corporation (music conductor, 1958)

* Dates are approximate

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