Birth name | Bruce Eric McPhail | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 26 January 1937 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Ashburton, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 21 July 2020 83) | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Hamilton, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Ashburton High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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