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Name	Patrick Macartney de Burgh
Born	16 May, 1916 Bellevue Hill, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	1 August, 2010 (aged 94) New South Wales, Australia
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.
Education *	Edgecliff Preparatory School (Sydney) (student, 1922-1927) Scots College (Sydney) (student, 1928-1933) University of Sydney (student, 1934-1939)
Occupation *	army medical officer (1941-1945) Federal, Australia academic (1946-1981) New South Wales, Australia bacteriologist (1946-1981) New South Wales, Australia
Awards	Officer of the Order of Australia (recipient, 2002)
Workplaces *	University of Sydney (bacteriology) University of Sydney (bacteriology) (academic, 1945-1978)

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