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Name	Alan Geoffrey Yates
Alternative Names	Carter Brown Peter Carter-Brown Paul Valdez Tod Conway
Born	1 August, 1923 Ilford, Essex, England
Died	5 May, 1985 (aged 61) Cremorne, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	pneumonia
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Occupation *	defence forces personnel (British) (1942-1947) Overseas publicist (1948-1954) New South Wales, Australia short story writer (1950-1984) New South Wales, Australia novelist (1954-1984) New South Wales, Australia autobiographer/memoirist (1983-1983) New South Wales, Australia

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