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Full name | Kenneth James Charlton | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Auburn, New South Wales | 15 July 1923|||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 19 November 2012 89) | (aged|||||||||||||||||||||
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Relatives | Phil Charlton (son) Neville Charlton (brother) |
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