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Name	William Ellis Hay
Born	1867 Victoria, Australia
Died	1 October, 1939 (aged ~ 72) Thorngate, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Education *	Pulteney Grammar School (Adelaide) (student, 1875-1879) Norwood Grammar School (Adelaide) (student, 1880-1883)
Occupation or Descriptor *	hardware manufacturer (1893-1939) South Australia, Australia
Key Organisations *	Chamber of Commerce (Adelaide) (council member) Chamber of Manufactures (SA) (council member) Rotary Club of Adelaide (member, ?-1939)
Workplaces *	McLean Bros and Rigg (employee, 1884-1893) South Australian Brush Company (managing director, 1917-1939)

* Dates are approximate

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