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Name	Ferdinand Charles Korwill
Born	30 September, 1905 Vienna, Austria
Died	26 October, 1996 (aged 91) Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Cultural Heritage	Austrian Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Passenger Ship *	Oronsay (1938) (passenger)
Occupation or Descriptor *	civil engineer (1938-1970) Western Australia, Australia internee (1941-1944) Western Australia, Australia landscape artist (1945-1990) Western Australia, Australia painter (1945-1990) Western Australia, Australia political activist (1945-1990) Western Australia, Australia seascape artist (1945-1990) Western Australia, Australia streetscape artist (1945-1990) Western Australia, Australia
Political Activism *	ALP (WA) (member, ?-1996) ALP (WA) (life member, ?-1996) Vietnam war opponent

* Dates are approximate

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