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Name	Leonard Arthur McPherson
Alternative Names	Leonard Arthur Murray
Born	19 May, 1921 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	28 August, 1996 (aged 75) Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Education *	Birchgrove Public School (Sydney) (student, 1926-1933)
Occupation or Descriptor *	police informer (1946-1996) New South Wales, Australia prisoner (1946-1946) New South Wales, Australia thief (1946-1946) New South Wales, Australia underworld figure (1946-1996) New South Wales, Australia prisoner (1953-1956) New South Wales, Australia prisoner (1994-1996) New South Wales, Australia
Key Places *	Gosford Training School (Mount Penang, NSW) (prisoner, 1934-1935) Grafton Correctional Centre (NSW) (inmate, 1946-1946) Long Bay gaol (Sydney) (inmate, 1946-1946) Long Bay gaol (Sydney) (inmate, 1953-1956) Cessnock Correctional Centre (NSW) (inmate, 1994-1996)
Workplaces *	Mort's Dock & Engineering Works (employee)

* Dates are approximate

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