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Thomas Joseph (Tom) Dowling (1897-1970) quarryman, waterside worker, Communist activist
Birth: 24 September 1897 at Hotham west (now North Melbourne), Victoria, son of native-born parents Thomas Michael Dowling (1865-1944), bootmaker, and his first wife, Margaret, née Hayes (1869-1897). Marriages: (1) 28 May 1927 at South Melbourne, Victoria, to a divorcée, Margaret Eileen, née O’Connell, late Allard. (2) 1943 at Rozelle, New South Wales, to Hilda Hesse Brown (1915-1983). They had a son and a daughter. Death: September 1970 at Sydney, NSW.
Sources
photo and profile, Tribune (Sydney), 19 November 1949, p 3, obituary, 30 September 1970, p 11.
'Dowling, Thomas Joseph (Tom) (1897–1970)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/dowling-thomas-joseph-tom-33437/text41807, accessed 22 September 2023.
24 September,
1897
North Melbourne, Melbourne,
Victoria,
Australia
September,
1970
(aged ~ 72)
Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia