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Life Summary

Name	Gavin Greenlees
Born	23 July, 1897 Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia
Died	19 July, 1965 (aged 67) Little Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	stroke
Cultural Heritage	South African Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Greenlees, Gavin (uncle)
Occupation *	soldier (1915-1919) Federal, Australia journalist (1920-1927) New South Wales, Australia journalist (1927-1934) Victoria, Australia newspaper editor (1927-1934) Victoria, Australia communist (1932-1936) Victoria, Australia trade union official (1934-1936) Victoria, Australia communist (1936-1965) New South Wales, Australia trade union official (1937-1965) New South Wales, Australia war correspondent (1941-1945) Federal, Australia magazine/journal editor (1958-1965) New South Wales, Australia
Military Service *	World War I (soldier) World War II (war correspondent) Dardanelles campaign, 1915-16 (soldier) 19th Battalion (soldier, 1915-1919)
Key Organisations *	Building Workers Industrial Union (NSW) (publicity officer, ?-?) Sydney Journalists' Club (member, ?-?) Sydney Journalists' Club (vice president, ?-?) Sydney Journalists' Club (director, ?-?) Australian Journalists' Association (Vic) (member, 1927-1934) Australian Journalists' Association (Vic) (president, 1934-1936) Australian Journalists' Association (national) (vice president, 1936-1937) Australian Journalists' Association (national) (president, 1937-1938) Australian Journalists' Association (national) (treasurer, 1939-1940)
Political Activism *	Communist Party (Vic) (member, 1932-1936) Communist Party (NSW) (member, 1936-1965)
Workplaces *	Daily Mirror (NSW) newspaper (journalist, 1919-1927) Gosford Times (NSW) newspaper (journalist, 1919-1927) Herald (Melbourne) newspaper (sub-editor, 1927-1934)

* Dates are approximate