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Life Summary

Name	Henry Leigh Denford
Born	4 May, 1887 Kent Town, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died	6 September, 1968 (aged 81) Bankstown, Sydney, New South Wales, 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.
Occupation or Descriptor *	tramways worker (1900-1902) South Australia, Australia shearer (1906-1907) South Australia, Australia station hand (1906-1907) South Australia, Australia wharf labourer (1907-1909) South Australia, Australia labourer (1909-1910) South Australia, Australia silver, lead, zinc miner (1909-1909) New South Wales, Australia socialist (1909-1910) South Australia, Australia trade union official (1909-1909) New South Wales, Australia trade union official (1909-1910) South Australia, Australia socialist (1911-1920) New South Wales, Australia trade union official (1911-1942) New South Wales, Australia tram conductor (1912-1917) New South Wales, Australia anti-conscriptionist (1916-1917) New South Wales, Australia communist (1920-1926) New South Wales, Australia
Key Events *	Broken Hill strike (1909) (union leader) Great Strike of 1917 (union leader)
Key Organisations *	Federated Ironworkers Association of Australia (NSW) (vice president) Dept of Tramways (SA) (employee, 1900-1902) Australian Workers' Union (SA) (organiser, 1905-1906) Amalgamated Miners' Association (NSW) (organiser, 1909-1909) United Laborers Union (SA) (organiser, 1909-1910) Industrial Workers of the World (NSW) (organiser, 1911) NSW Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association (organiser, 1912-1917) NSW Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association (vice president, 1916-1917) Unions NSW (delegate, 1916) Federated Ironworkers Association of Australia (NSW) (organiser, 1917-1942) Australian Workers' Union (NSW) (member, 1918)
Political Activism *	ALP (NSW) (member) Australian Socialist Party (NSW) (secretary) Adelaide Socialist Group (member, 1909-1910) International Socialists (Sydney) (member, 1912) International Socialists (Sydney) (member, 1915-1917) anti-conscriptionist (1916-1917) Communist Party (NSW) (member, 1920-1926) Communist Party (NSW) (organiser, 1920-1925)

* Dates are approximate