Deaths
- 9 January: Brigadier General Leslie Andrew, VC, DSO, soldier.
- William Denham, politician.
- Ralph Hanan, politician.
- Frank Langstone, politician.
- Sir Matthew Oram, politician and 13th Speaker of the House of Representatives.
- Sir Sydney Smith, forensic expert.
Category:1969 deaths
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What we do is not beautiful
hurts no one makes no one desperate
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