Australian Dictionary of Biography

20 December, 1924
Cottesloe, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

2 October, 1998 (aged 73)
Mount Lawley, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

cancer (lung)

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• Bluck, Harry (rival)
• Ledger, Joseph Francis (employer)

• East Claremont Primary School (student, 1930-1936)
• Claremont Central School (Perth) (student, 1937-1939)

• fitter and turner (1939-1942) Western Australia, Australia
• soldier (1943-1946) Federal, Australia
• trade union official (1948-1989) Western Australia, Australia
• local government councillor (1988-1995) Western Australia, Australia
• local government head (1995-1998) Western Australia, Australia

• World War II (soldier, 1943-1946)

• Amalgamated Engineering Union (WA) (member, 1948-1971)
• Amalgamated Engineering Union (WA) (organiser, 1967-1971)
• UnionsWA (vice president, 1967-1981)
• Australian Manufacturing Council (organiser, 1971-1987)
• Australian Manufacturing Council (state secretary, 1987-1989)
• Perth Theatre Trust (member, 1987-1993)

• Communist Party (WA) (member, 1947-1981)

• J. and E. Ledger (apprentice, 1939-1942)
• J. and E. Ledger (apprentice, 1946-1948)
• Amalgamated Engineering Union (WA) (employee, 1967-1989)
• Perth City Council (council member, 1988-1995)
• City of Vincent (WA) (mayor, 1995-1998)