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166:Medal record
69:(1947-10-08)
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911:1912 births
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814:Peter Hanan
809:Winnie Dunn
804:Jack Davies
751:Gus Jackson
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564:Jack Parker
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220:1938 Sydney
197:New Zealand
135:New Zealand
905:Categories
852:Jim Dryden
829:Len Newell
799:Noel Crump
761:John Rigby
756:Les Pithie
673:Ernie Jury
655:Lawn bowls
617:Roy Taylor
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349:"Weddings"
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857:Joe Genet
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526:Rona Tong
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279:Whanganui
254:Biography
180:wrestling
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471:Stan Lay
456:Pat Boot
375:"Deaths"
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