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Name	Richard Vynne Woods
Born	13 September, 1923 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died	24 August, 2004 (aged 80) South Australia, Australia
Cause of Death	dementia
Education *	Scotch College (Adelaide) (student, 1936-1940) University of Adelaide (student, 1941-1942) Australian Forestry School (Yarralumla, ACT) (student, 1943-1944)
Occupation or Descriptor *	forester (1945-1968) South Australia, Australia public servant (1945-1968) South Australia, Australia forester (1968-1971) Western Australia, Australia forester (1971-1983) South Australia, Australia public servant (1971-1983) South Australia, Australia
Awards	Schlich medal (Australian Forestry School, ACT) (recipient, 1944)
Key Organisations *	Institute of Foresters of Australia (member, 1951)
Workplaces *	Forestry service (SA) (forester, 1945-1968) Bunnings Ltd (forester, 1968-1971) Forestry service (SA) (forester, 1971-1983)

* Dates are approximate

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