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Name	Marjory Forsyth Yeates
Alternative Names	Marjory Forsyth
Born	17 June, 1922 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	28 October, 2001 (aged 79) Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	multiple organ failure
Cultural Heritage	Scottish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Education *	Chambli (Woollahra, Sydney) (student, 1927-1935) Ascham School (Sydney) (student, 1936-1940) University of Sydney (science) (student, 1941-1944)
Occupation or Descriptor *	Women's Land Army personnel (1941-1945) Federal, Australia academic (1964-1977) New South Wales, Australia college warden (1964-1977) New South Wales, Australia
Military Service *	Australian Women's Land Army (volunteer, 1941-1942)
Workplaces *	Mary White College (University of New England) (principal, 1964-1977) University of New England (botany) (lecturer, 1964-1977) Coffs Harbour Council (NSW) (councillor, 1982-1991)

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