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Name	Edward Charles Roach
Born	24 September, 1909 Coledale, New South Wales, Australia
Died	25 February, 1997 (aged 87) Bankstown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	pneumonia
Occupation or Descriptor *	labourer (1928-1931) Queensland, Australia communist (1931-1997) New South Wales, Australia wharf labourer (1934-1938) New South Wales, Australia trade union official (1938-1967) New South Wales, Australia prisoner (1951-1951) New South Wales, Australia wharf labourer (1967-1974) New South Wales, Australia
Key Events *	Dalfram Pig-Iron Dispute (1938, Port Kembla, NSW) (trade union official)
Key Organisations *	Communist Party (NSW) (member, 1931-1997) Militant Minority Movement (NSW) (organiser, 1931-1936) Unemployed Workers' Movement (Newcastle, NSW) (secretary, 1931-1936)
Key Places *	Long Bay gaol (Sydney) (inmate, 1951-1951)
Workplaces *	Waterside Workers' Federation (NSW) (trade union official, 1938-1942) Waterside Workers' Federation (federal) (assistant secretary, 1942-1967)

* Dates are approximate