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Name	John Francis Ryan
Born	1902 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	5 March, 1958 (aged ~ 56) Liverpool, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Related Entries	[View as tree] Ryan, Edna Minna (wife) Ryan, Lyndall (daughter) Winter, George (colleague)
Occupation or Descriptor *	butcher (1922-1952) New South Wales, Australia communist (1925-1930) New South Wales, Australia trade union official (1925-1930) New South Wales, Australia poultry farmer (1952-1958) New South Wales, Australia
Key Events *	Timber Workers Strike (1929) (supporter)
Key Organisations *	Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union (NSW) (member) Henry Lawson Labor College (staff member, ?-?) Unions NSW (delegate, ?-1928)
Political Activism *	Communist Party (NSW) (member, ?-1930) ALP (NSW) (member, 1930-1958)

* Dates are approximate

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