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Name	Harry Effingham Packer
Born	21 August, 1861 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Died	29 March, 1914 (aged 52) Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Packer, Augusta (mother) Packer, Frederick Alexander (father) Packer, Frederick Augustus (brother) Packer, John Edward (brother) Packer, Arthur Howard (brother) Packer, Robert Clyde (nephew)
Occupation or Descriptor *	public servant (1880-1914) Tasmania, Australia public service head (1899-1914) Tasmania, Australia
Workplaces *	Commercial Bank of Tasmania (employee) Dept of Postmaster-General (Tas) (public servant) Dept of Public Works (Tas) (secretary) Treasury (Tas) (under-secretary, ?-1914) Tasmanian Main Line Railways (employee, 1876)

* Dates are approximate

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