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Name	George Tennyson Webb
Born	3 April, 1912
Died	11 September, 2007 (aged 95)
Related Entries	[View as tree] Webb, Jean (wife)
Education *	University of Melbourne (student)
Occupation or Descriptor *	accountant (1928-1948) Victoria, Australia public servant (1945-1970) Federal, Australia public servant (1970-1977) Federal, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (in charge of auditing defence factories)
Awards	Member of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1979)
Key Events *	Tasman Bridge Disaster, 5 January 1975 (Tas Commissioner for Transport)
Workplaces *	Eureka Terra Cotta & Tile Co of Australia (accountant, 1928-1930) I & R Morley (acountant, 1930-1933) Dept of Supply (Federal) (Director of Finance, 1948-1963) Dept of Transport (federal) (assistant secretary, rail standardisation, 1963-1970) Dept of Transport (Tas) (commissioner, 1970)

* Dates are approximate

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