Facts: - death place: subiaco , western australia - order: 15th premier of western australia - successor: frank wise - party: australian labor party - death date: 7 july 1956 - predecessor: philip collier - spouse: sicily ann willcock -lrb- '' nee '' stone -rrb- - term end: 31 july 1945 - constituency: geraldton - term start: 20 august 1936 - birth date: 9 august 1879 - name: john willcock - nationality: australian - image: john willcock.jpg - birth place: frogmore -rrb- , new south wales Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john willcock .
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john collings willcock -lrb- 9 august 1879 -- 7 june 1956 -rrb- was the 15th premier of western australia .