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Francis Harold (Hal) Devanny (1888-1966) coal miner, gaoled publisher and Communist activist
Birth: 8 September 1888 at Napier, New Zealand, son of William Devanny (1856-1912), mental hospital attendant, and Mary Ann Teresa, née Kavanagh (1864-1956). Both parents were born in New Zealand. Marriage: reputedly in 1911 but actually on 9 January 1925 in the registrar’s office at Palmerston, New Zealand, to Jane (Jean) Crook (1894-1962), an author and fellow Marxist. They had two daughters and a son. Death: 7 August 1966 at Charters Towers, Queensland. [D/c 1966 C/4156]
Sources
Jean Devanny, Point of departure; the autobiography of Jean Devanny (St Lucia, 1986); Stuart Macintyre, The Reds: The Communist Party of Australia from origins to illegality (Sydney, 1998).
'Devanny, Francis Harold (Hal) (1888–1966)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/devanny-francis-harold-hal-33478/text41860, accessed 8 January 2025.
8 September,
1888
Napier,
New Zealand
7 August,
1966
(aged 77)
Charters Towers,
Queensland,
Australia
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