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Name	Rex Chiplin
Born	25 March, 1915 Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia
Died	17 October, 1990 (aged 75) Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	pneumonia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Chandler, Herbert Bovyll (colleague) Campbell, Ernest William (colleague)
Occupation or Descriptor *	communist (1940-1990) New South Wales, Australia journalist (1945-1970) New South Wales, Australia
Key Events *	Royal Commission on Espionage, 1954 (witness)
Political Activism *	Communist Party (NSW) (member, 1940-1990)
Workplaces *	Tribune (Sydney) newspaper (journalist, 1945-1970) Cumberland Press (managing director, 1978)

* Dates are approximate

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