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Name	Philip Masel
Alternative Names	Philm
Born	25 May, 1908 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Died	26 February, 1972 (aged 63) at sea
Cultural Heritage	Russian Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Religious Influence	Jewish 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.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Masel, Alec (brother)
Occupation or Descriptor *	advertising agent (1925-1940) Western Australia, Australia novelist (1925-1937) Western Australia, Australia essayist (1929-1972) Western Australia, Australia magazine/journal editor (1929-1940) Western Australia, Australia army officer (1940-1963) Federal, Australia historian (general) (1946-1972) Western Australia, Australia military historian (1961-1961) Western Australia, Australia company managing director (1966-1972) Western Australia, Australia
Key Organisations *	Duke of Edinburgh Award (WA) (committee member, 1962-1967)

* Dates are approximate

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