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Score-settling does not deal with veteran suicide

13 February 2020

6:00 PM

13 February 2020

6:00 PM

Ivan Coronel Hains died “suddenly” in Sydney on April 18, 1952, aged 61.

A medical doctor, he had held senior government medical positions in southeast Queensland while simultaneously running a successful private practice.

He had a compassionate side for his fellow veterans as well as ordinary Australians unemployed during the Great Depression who travelled from town to town seeking employment and a feed.

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