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Name	John George Hunter
Born	19 September, 1888 Ultimo, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	27 December, 1964 (aged 76) Lilli Pilli, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cultural Heritage	Scottish 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 *	explorer (1911-1914) Antarctica, Australia army medical officer (1916-1918) Federal, Australia general practitioner (1918-1923) New South Wales, Australia physician (1923-1962) New South Wales, Australia army medical officer (1941-1943) Federal, Australia

* Dates are approximate

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