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Name	Sir Laurence John Hartnett
Born	26 May, 1898 Woking, Surrey, England
Died	4 April, 1986 (aged 87) Frankston, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cultural Heritage	English 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 *	car importer and assembler (1934-1966) Victoria, Australia company managing director (1934-1946) Victoria, Australia public servant (1940-1945) Federal, Australia car manufacturer (1947-1959) Victoria, Australia autobiographer/memoirist (1964) Victoria, Australia

* Dates are approximate

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