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Full name | Peter Terence Gallagher | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Taree, New South Wales, Australia | 15 April 1941|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 19 September 2015 74) Taree, New South Wales, Australia | (aged|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Centre, Five-eighth, Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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