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George Leo Dethridge George Leo Dethridge i(A118062 works by) (a.k.a. Leo Dethridge)
Born: Established: 11 Dec 1904 Cheltenham, Brighton - Moorabbin area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 8 Sep 1978 Brighton, Brighton - Moorabbin area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,
Gender: Male
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1 Boys' School Story : Piddington's Position George Leo Dethridge , 1928 single work children's fiction children's
— Appears in: Southern Seas Story Book 1928; (p. 21-23) Frank Piddington makes an error of judgement and chooses not to own up to having thrown a ball of paper across the classroom. Although he feels guilty, he maintains his silence until after he secures the final goal to win the Schools' Football Competition match for Whitecliff Grammar School against Culverhouse. When his guilt overwhelms him, he approaches his teacher with an admission and apology. His teacher informs him that he already had 'a good idea' about who had thrown the paper, and suggests to Piddington that he 'will realise when [he is] older that it is not so hard to find a guilty person as it looks'.
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