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Name	Walter Victor Macfarlane
Born	27 September, 1913 Christchurch, New Zealand
Died	26 February, 1982 (aged 68) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Cause of Death	stroke
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 *	academic (1949-1959) Queensland, Australia physiologist (1949-1982) South Australia, Australia academic (1959-1964) Australian Capital Territory, Australia academic (1964-1978) South Australia, Australia

* Dates are approximate

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