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Name	Murray William Sayle
Born	1 January, 1926 Earlwood, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	19 September, 2010 (aged 84) New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	Parkinson's
Education *	Canterbury Boys' High (Sydney) (student, 1938-1943) University of Sydney (student, 1943)
Occupation or Descriptor *	journalist (1946-1952) New South Wales, Australia novelist (1956-1960) Overseas journalist (1964-1966) Overseas war correspondent (1966-1968) Overseas foreign correspondent (1968-1972) Overseas
Military Service *	Vietnam War (war correspondent)
Awards	Medal of the Order of Australia (recipient, 2000)
Key Events *	Ern Malley literary hoax (1944) (exposed it)
Workplaces *	Honi Soit (University of Sydney) (editor, 1944-1945)

* Dates are approximate

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