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Name	Jon Stephen Cleary
Born	22 November, 1917 Erskineville, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	19 July, 2010 (aged 92) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cultural Heritage	Irish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Religious Influence	Catholic Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Education *	Marcellin College (Randwick, Sydney) (?-1932)
Occupation or Descriptor *	soldier (1940-1945) Federal, Australia novelist (1945-1968) Overseas novelist (1968-2010) New South Wales, Australia
Military Service *	World War II
Awards	Gold Medal (Australian Literature Society) (recipient, 1950)
Workplaces *	Australian News and Information Service (employee, 1948)

* Dates are approximate

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