Obituaries Australia

5 December, 1888
Cunningsburgh, Shetland Isles, Scotland

11 October, 1982 (aged 93)
Mackay, Queensland, Australia

• Scottish

Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.

• Beltana (1913) (passenger)

• carpenter (1913-1921) Northern Territory, Australia
• trade union official (1916-1921) New South Wales, Australia
• carpenter (1921-1941) New South Wales, Australia
• communist (1921-1941) New South Wales, Australia
• trade union official (1922-1941) New South Wales, Australia
• carpenter (1941-1945) Northern Territory, Australia

• Spanish Civil war, 1936-39 (supported Republicans)

• Amalgamated Society of Carpenters & Joiners of Australia (NT) (member, ?-?)
• Unemployed Workers' Movement (Newcastle, NSW) (member)
• Amalgamated Society of Carpenters & Joiners of Australia (NT) (organiser, 1916-1921)
• Amalgamated Society of Carpenters & Joiners of Australia (NSW) (member, 1921)
• Amalgamated Society of Carpenters & Joiners of Australia (NSW) (president, 1922)

• Communist Party (NSW) (member, 1921)

• Allied Works Council (carpenter, 1941-1945)