Bob Bage

Article summary

Edward Frederick Robert Bage (17 April 1888 – 7 May 1915) was an Australian polar explorer with Douglas Mawson's Australasian Antarctic Expedition in 1912 and a soldier with the Royal Australian Engineers during World War I.

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1. date of birth: 1888-04-17 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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