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Name	Terence Murray Lewis
Born	29 February, 1928
Died	5 May, 2023 (aged 95) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Cause of Death	dementia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Whitrod, Raymond Wells (colleague) Hinze, Russell James (acquaintance) Bjelke-Petersen, Johannes (related entry) Ahern, Michael John (related entry)
Occupation or Descriptor *	police officer (1949-1987) Queensland, Australia police chief (1976-1987) Queensland, Australia prisoner (1991-2002) Queensland, Australia
Awards	Churchill Fellowship (recipient, 1968) George Medal (recipient, 1977) Officer of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1979) Knight Bachelor (recipient, 1986) National Medal (recipient, 1986)
Key Events *	Fitzgerald Inquiry (Qld), 1987-1989 (investigated)

* Dates are approximate

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