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Purton, David Gabriel (1883 - 1948)

Publication Details:: Originally published in ADB, Volume 11, MUP, 1988, pp 310-311
Author:: A. I. Keenan

Life Summary

	Purton, David Gabriel (1883 - 1948)	Find all people...
Born	3 December 1883 St Bathans, Central Otago, New Zealand	born around 3 December 1883 in St Bathans, Central Otago, New Zealand
Died	20 September 1948 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	died around 20 September 1948 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Cultural Heritage	New Zealander	New Zealander
Religious Influence	Catholic	Catholic
Occupation * * The details in the Occupation section have been interpreted solely from the article's text. Question marks indicate that exact years were not given in the text. More about 'Occupation'	1900 - 1914 Catholic religious brother, Western Australia, Australia 1901 - 1914 schoolteacher, Western Australia, Australia 1914 - 1924 Catholic religious brother, South Australia, Australia 1914 - 1920 schoolteacher, South Australia, Australia 1920 - 1924 school principal, South Australia, Australia 1922 - 1923 academic, South Australia, Australia 1922 - 1923 psychologist, South Australia, Australia 1924 - 1934 Catholic religious brother, Queensland, Australia 1924? - 1934? magazine/journal editor, Queensland, Australia 1924 - 1934? schoolteacher, Queensland, Australia 1934 - 1944 Catholic religious brother, Victoria, Australia 1934 - 1944? school principal, Victoria, Australia 1944 - 1947 Catholic religious brother, New South Wales, Australia 1947 - 1948 Catholic religious brother, Victoria, Australia	academic Catholic religious brother magazine/journal editor psychologist school principal schoolteacher
Biography Author	A. I. Keenan	all biographies by Keenan, A. I.

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