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Name	Ray O'Shannassy
Born	1 July, 1923 Mount Pritchard, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	31 July, 1990 (aged 67) Malabar, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Related Entries	[View as tree] Gollan, Eileen Daphne (colleague)
Occupation or Descriptor *	communist (1940-1990) Victoria, Australia labourer (1940-1970) Victoria, Australia trade union official (1950-1972) New South Wales, Australia public servant (1975-1985) Australian Capital Territory, Australia

* Dates are approximate