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Name	Victor Julius Arnold
Alternative Names	John Corvein Arnold
Born	6 July, 1905 London, Middlesex, England
Died	7 November, 1982 (aged 77) Box Hill, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Finch, Frederick George Peter (work colleague) Alexander, Hal (acquaintance) Finch, Frederick George Peter (acquaintance)
Occupation or Descriptor *	communist (1932-1939) New South Wales, Australia theatrical manager (1932-1939) New South Wales, Australia soldier (1941-1946) Federal, Australia communist (1946-1982) Victoria, Australia theatrical manager (1946-1970) Victoria, Australia trade union official (1958-1982) Victoria, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (soldier)
Key Organisations *	Melbourne New Theatre (member) New Theatre (Sydney) (member) Workers' Art Club (Sydney) (secretary, 1932) Actors and Announcers Equity Association of Australia (secretary, 1958-1982)

* Dates are approximate