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Name	Anthony Gerald Bomford
Born	17 January, 1927 India
Died	5 October, 2003 (aged 76) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (pancreatic)
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.
Education *	Cambridge University (UK) (student, 1941-1951)
Occupation or Descriptor *	map maker/publisher (1954-1982) Federal, Australia public servant (1954-1982) Federal, Australia surveyor (1954-1982) Federal, Australia
Key Organisations *	Institution of Surveyors (Aust) (member, 1961-2003) National Mapping Council (member, 1965-2003)
Workplaces *	Australian Army Survey Corps (member, 1960) Division of National Mapping (Federal) (senior surveyor, 1961-1977) Division of National Mapping (Federal) (director, 1977-1982)

* Dates are approximate

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