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- Birth nameJohn Joseph Ambrose Curtin
- John Curtin was born on January 8, 1885 in Creswick, Victoria, Australia. He was an actor, known for Another Threshold (1942). He was married to Elsie Needham. He died on July 5, 1945 in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
- SpouseElsie Needham(April 21, 1917 - July 5, 1945) (his death, 2 children)
- Was the second Australian prime minister to die in office.
- Is buried in Karrakatta Cemetery, Karrakatta, Western Australia, Australia.
- Prime minister of Australia from 3 October 1941 until 5 July 1945.
- Was the first Labor prime minister in Australia to die in office.
- He is the oldest Australian prime minister to die in office.
- [on Australia] This country shall remain forever the home of the descendants of those people who came here in peace in order to establish in the South Seas an outpost of the British race.
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