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Samuel (Sam) Aarons (1895-1971), radical activist and communist
Born: 21 October 1895 at Prahan, Melbourne, Victoria. Son of Louis Aarons, boot repairer and Jane nee Hyam. Married: Dorian Lilian Thomas, separated in 1924. They had two sons, Laurie and Eric. He later married Annette Elizabeth Moore and they had one son, Gerald, in 1949. Died: 10 January 1971 in Perth, W.A. Religion: Jewish.
Sources
Tribune, 13 Jan. 1971; Australian Worker, 8 July 1931; Newcastle Morning Herald, 11 January 1971; John Playford, Doctrinal and strategic problems of the Communist Party of Australia, 1945-1962, PhD thesis, ANU, 1962, Macintyre, 1998. Inglis, Australians in the Spanish Civil War, 1987. Eric Aarons, What’s Left. Information from J. Damousi, 1991.
'Aarons, Samuel (Sam) (1895–1971)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/aarons-samuel-sam-23222/text32420, accessed 26 March 2023.
21 October,
1895
Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
January,
1971
(aged 75)
Western Australia, Australia