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Name	Ivor Gordon Bowden
Born	19 August, 1925 Shanghai, China
Died	23 April, 2021 (aged 95) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Education *	Geelong Grammar School (Vic) (student, 1940-1943) Oxford University (student, 1947-1950)
Occupation or Descriptor *	defence forces personnel (British) (1944-1947) Overseas public servant (1951-1987) Federal, Australia ambassador (1974-1978) Federal, Australia ambassador (1984-1987) Federal, Australia
Workplaces *	Dept of External Affairs (federal) (public servant, 1951-1955) Dept of Foreign Affairs (federal) (public servant, 1955-1987)

* Dates are approximate

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