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Name	William Henry Webber
Born	18 January, 1877 Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Died	27 March, 1948 (aged 71) Preston, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Occupation or Descriptor *	grocer (1900-1947) Victoria, Australia shop/store owner (1900-1948) Victoria, Australia trade union official (1909-1948) Victoria, Australia
Key Organisations *	Shop Assistant Journal (editor, ?-?) Shop Assistants Union (federal) (secretary, ?-?) Grocers Employees Union (Vic) (secretary, 1909-1919) Shop Assistants Union of Victoria (secretary, 1919-1948) Labor Call (Melbourne) newspaper (director, 1930-1948) Shop Assistants Union (federal) (president, 1944-1948)
Political Activism *	ALP (Vic) (member, ?-1948)

* Dates are approximate

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