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Life Summary

Name	Alexander William Sheppard
Born	2 June, 1913 Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	10 June, 1997 (aged 84) Manly, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (prostate)
Religious Influence	Churches of Christ Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Lang, John Thomas (opposer) Fisk, Ernest Thomas (employer) Blamey, Thomas Albert (senior officer)
Education *	University of Melbourne (student, 1932-1937) University of Sydney (law) (student, 1948-1949)
Occupation or Descriptor *	socialist (1937-1994) New South Wales, Australia trade union official (1937-1939) New South Wales, Australia army officer (1939-1945) Federal, Australia political writer (1947-1950) New South Wales, Australia bookseller (1950-1973) New South Wales, Australia book publisher (1968-1993) New South Wales, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (army officer)
Awards	Military Cross (recipient, 1941)
Key Organisations *	Australian Society of Authors (NSW) (treasurer) Committee for the Defence of Democracy in Greece (member) Professional Radio Employees' Institute of Australasia (NSW) (secretary, 1937-1939) League for Democracy in Greece (NSW) (president, 1949-?) Council for Civil Liberties (NSW) (member, 1963-?) P.E.N. Club (Sydney) (president, 1985-?)
Political Activism *	Australian Labor Party (member, 1932-1937) socialist (1939-1993)
Workplaces *	Amalgamated Wireless (Australasia) Ltd (messenger boy, 1930-1937) Alpha Books (owner, 1968)

* Dates are approximate