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Gerald William Mahoney ( 24 May 1892 -- 16 September 1955 ) was an Australian politician . Born in Tasmania , he was educated in that state at Latrobe , becoming a painter and an official of the Painters ' ___MASK76___ . In 1931 he was elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly as a Labor member for Denison . In 1934 , he transferred to federal politics , defeating United Australia Party MP Arthur Hutchin for the federal seat of Denison . He held the seat until his defeat by UAP candidate Arthur Beck in 1940 . Mahoney became a public servant and died in 1955 . The ___MASK56___ of Australia ( Lib or colloquially Libs ) is a major political party in Australia . Founded in 1945 to replace the United Australia Party ( UAP ), the ___MASK56___ is one of the two major parties in Australian politics , along with the ___MASK13___ ( ALP ). World War I ( WWI or WW1 ), also known as the First World War , or the Great War , was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918 . More than 70 million ___MASK15___ personnel , including 60 million Europeans , were mobilised in one of the largest wars in history . Over nine million combatants and seven million civilians died as a result of the war ( including the victims of a number of genocides ), a casualty rate exacerbated by the belligerents ' technological and industrial sophistication , and the tactical stalemate caused by gruelling trench warfare . It was one of the deadliest conflicts in history , and paved the way for major political changes , including revolutions in many of the nations involved . Vanuatu ( or ; Bislama ), officially the ___MASK79___ of Vanuatu ( Bislama : " Ripablik blong Vanuatu "), is a Pacific island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean . The archipelago , which is of volcanic origin , is some east of northern Australia , northeast of New Caledonia , east of New Guinea , southeast of the Solomon Islands , and west of Fiji . Indonesia ( or ; Indonesian : ), officially the ___MASK79___ of Indonesia , is a unitary sovereign state and transcontinental country located mainly in Southeast Asia with some territories in Oceania . Situated between the Indian and Pacific oceans , it is the world ' s largest island country , with more than seventeen thousand islands . At , Indonesia is the world ' s 14th - largest country in terms of land area and world ' s 7th - largest country in terms of combined sea and land area . It has an estimated population of over 260 million people and is the world ' s fourth most populous country , the most populous Austronesian nation , as well as the most populous Muslim - majority country . The world ' s most populous island of Java contains more than half of the country ' s population . John Francis Gaha ( 14 April 1894  18 March 1966 ), known as Frank , was an Australian politician . Born in Narrabri , New South Wales , he was educated at St Joseph ' s College in Sydney and the National University of Ireland , becoming a doctor and a house surgeon in Dublin . Returning to Australia in 1920 , he settled in Tasmania , where he established a private practice at Hobart ; he was a health officer 1925  1929 . In 1933 , he was elected as a Labor member to the Tasmanian Legislative Council for Hobart , serving as Minister for Health 1934  1943 . In 1943 , he transferred to federal politics , winning the House of Representatives seat of Denison by defeating sitting ___MASK48___ MP Arthur Beck . He retired from federal politics in 1949 , returning to Tasmanian politics as a member for Denison in the House of Assembly in 1950 . He was chief secretary , Minister for Police and Minister for Transport 1959  1961 . Gaha left the Assembly in 1964 and died two years later in 1966 . Arthur William Hutchin ( 3 March 1887  12 June 1965 ) was an Australian businessman and politician . He was a ___MASK48___ member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1931 to 1934 , representing the Tasmanian electorate of Denison . The ___MASK48___ ( UAP ) was an Australian political party that was founded in 1931 and dissolved in 1945 . It was the political successor to the ___MASK50___ ( 1917  1931 ) and was succeeded by the ___MASK56___ of Australia ( 1945 ) as the main anti - Labor party . The party was in government in Australia for much of the 1930s , through Australia ' s recovery from the Great Depression under Joseph Lyons and into the early stages of World War II under Robert Menzies . Papua New Guinea ( PNG Hiri Motu : " Papua Niu Gini "), officially the ___MASK41___ State of Papua New Guinea , is an Oceanian country that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia , a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia . Its capital , located along its southeastern coast , is Port Moresby . The western half of New Guinea forms the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua . World War II ( often abbreviated to WWII or WW2 ), also known as the Second World War , was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945 , although related conflicts began earlier . It involved the vast majority of the world ' s nations  including all of the great powers  eventually forming two opposing ___MASK15___ alliances : the Allies and the Axis . It was the most widespread war in history , and directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries . In a state of " total war ", the major participants threw their entire economic , industrial , and scientific capabilities behind the war effort , erasing the distinction between civilian and ___MASK15___ resources . Marked by mass deaths of civilians , including the Holocaust ( in which approximately 11 million people were killed ) and the strategic bombing of industrial and population centres ( in which approximately one million were killed , and which included the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ), it resulted in an estimated 50 million to 85 million fatalities . These made World War II the deadliest conflict in human history . The ___MASK50___ was an Australian political party . It was formed on 17 February 1917 from a merger between the conservative Commonwealth ___MASK56___ and the National Labor Party , the name given to supporters of World War I conscription in Australia from the ___MASK13___ led by Prime Minister Billy Hughes . The Nationalist Party was in government ( at times as part of a coalition ) until electoral defeat in 1929 . From that time it was the main opposition to the Labor Party until it merged with pro - Joseph Lyons Labor defectors to form the United Australia Party in 1931 , which was the predecessor to the ___MASK56___ of Australia , founded in 1944 . East Timor or Timor - Leste ( Tetum : " Timór Lorosa ' e "), officially the Democratic ___MASK79___ of Timor - Leste , is a sovereign state in Maritime Southeast Asia . It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor ; the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco ; and Oecusse , an exclave on the northwestern side of the island surrounded by Indonesian West Timor . The country ' s size is about 15 , 410 km ( 5 , 400 sq mi ). Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia , is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent , the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands . It is the world ' s sixth - largest country by total area . The neighbouring countries are Papua New Guinea , Indonesia and East Timor to the north ; the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu to the north - east ; and New Zealand to the south - east . Australia ' s capital is Canberra , and its largest urban area is Sydney . Arthur James Beck ( 8 July 1892  28 November 1965 ) was an Australian politician . Born in Launceston , Tasmania , he was educated at Launceston Grammar School before becoming a boot importer . He sat on Hobart City Council before undertaking ___MASK15___ service 1914  1918 . In 1940 , he was elected to the Australian House of Representatives as the United Australia Party member for Denison , defeating sitting Labor MP Gerald Mahoney . He was defeated in 1943 by Labor candidate John Gaha . He turned to a business career and returned to Hobart City Council . Beck died in 1965 .