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Name	Harry Walter Mosby
Alternative Names	Harry Walter Alau
Born	3 May, 1945 Yorke Island, Torres Strait Islands, Australia
Died	17 November, 1993 (aged 48) Thursday Island, Queensland, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Cultural Heritage	Indigenous Australian Torres Strait Islander Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Occupation *	railways contractor (1963-1965) Queensland, Australia railways contractor (1965-1966) Western Australia, Australia Paralympian (1976-1976) Queensland, Australia taxi driver (1978-1993) Queensland, Australia
Key Events *	Olympic Games (Montreal, 1976) (para athletics)
Workplaces *	Hornibrook Group of Companies (employee, 1963-1965) Morrison-Knudsen-Mannix-McDonald (employee, 1965)

* Dates are approximate

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