People Australia

Douglas (Doug) J. Allen (?-?) trade union official

Birth: ? Marriage: ? Death: ?

• Four years service with RAAF during WWII.  Instructor, Line Training School, S.A.
• 1953-1967, State Secretary, S. A. Branch, Amalgamated Postal Workers Union (APWU), encouraging union branch to erect its own building. Also served as Federal President.
• 1967, resigned union position due to ill health. 
• Significant role in 1968 transport strike.
• Became S.A. Manager, Industrial Relations Department, Postal Commission. ‘Stood firmly on the side of the rank and file’. Member ALP.

Sources
The Postal Advocate, 21 Jan 1954, Dec 1967; F. Waters 1978;