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Reginald Samuel (Reg) Franklin (1901-1958) seaman, trade union leader
Birth: 16 November 1901 at Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, son of William Albert Franklin, dock labourer, and his first wife Lucy Elizabeth, née Reynolds (1878-1906). Marriage: 3 October 1925 at Stockton, Newcastle, New South Wales, to May Bell. They had one daughter and two sons. Death: 13 May 1958 in Morisset asylum, NSW. Religion: Anglican.
Sources
Brian Fitzpatrick and Rowan J. Cahill, The Seamen’s Union of Australia: a history, (Sydney, 1981); Newcastle Morning Herald, 15 May 1958; Seamen’s Journal, Dec 1957, June 1958; Donald Sinclair Fraser, Articles of agreement: The Seamen’s Union of Australia, 1904-1943 a study of antagonised labour, PhD thesis (University of Wollongong, 1998).
'Franklin, Reginald Samuel (Reg) (1901–1958)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/franklin-reginald-samuel-reg-32770/text40752, accessed 3 December 2024.
16 November,
1901
Newport,
Monmouthshire,
Wales
13 May,
1958
(aged 56)
Morisset,
New South Wales,
Australia
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