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Name	William Richard Wilson
Born	c. 1942 Yorkshire, England
Died	February, 2021 (aged ~ 79) Beechworth, Victoria, 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.
Education *	Charles Darwin University (NT) (student, 1988-1997)
Occupation or Descriptor *	police officer (1970-1996) Northern Territory, Australia academic (1998-2007) Northern Territory, Australia historian (general) (1998-2007) Northern Territory, Australia
Awards	National Medal (recipient, 1985) Australian Police Medal (recipient, 1994) National Medal - 1st Clasp (recipient, 1994) Medal of the Order of Australia (recipient, 2002)
Key Organisations *	Historical Society of the Northern Territory (president) Historical Society of the Northern Territory (member)
Workplaces *	Police Force (NT) (police officer, ?-1996) Charles Darwin University (history) (academic, 1998-2003) Charles Darwin University (admin) (academic, 2003-2007)

* Dates are approximate

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