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Name	Harold David Anderson
Born	6 September, 1923 Semaphore, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died	17 June, 2020 (aged 96) Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	unknown
Related Entries	[View as tree] Horne, Donald Richmond (work colleague)
Education *	Largs Bay School (SA) (student, 1929-1933) Mount Gambier Primary School (SA) (student, 1934-1935) Mount Gambier High School (SA) (student, 1936-1937) St Peter's College (Adelaide) (student, 1938-1939) University of Adelaide (student, 1940-1942)
Occupation or Descriptor *	soldier (1942-1944) Federal, Australia public servant (1945-1987) Federal, Australia ambassador (1973-1987) Federal, Australia diplomat (1973-1987) Federal, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (soldier)
Awards	Officer of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1966) Officer of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1980)
Workplaces *	Dept of External Affairs (federal) (public servant, 1945-1987)

* Dates are approximate

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