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Name	Walter Edward Reid
Born	25 April, 1898 Blackheath, New South Wales, Australia
Died	3 August, 1947 (aged 49) Woollahra, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	accident
Cultural Heritage	Scottish 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	Anglican 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 *	Sydney Grammar School (student, 1912-1917) University of Sydney (student, ?-1922)
Occupation or Descriptor *	barrister (1928-1947) New South Wales, Australia
Legacies *	Walter Reid scholarship (University of Sydney) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	New South Wales Bar Association (committee member, ?-1947)

* Dates are approximate

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