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Thomas Glynn (1881-1934) journalist, dock labourer, Communist, gaoled IWW member
Birth: reputedly on 1 April 1881 in Clough, Galway, Ireland, son of John Glynn (1849-1906), farmer, and Mary, née Touhy (1854-1883). Marriage: (1) 7 February 1905 at Johannesburg, South Africa, to Delia Rochford. They had one son and one daughter and divorced in about 1915. (2) 24 December 1931 at Coogee, Sydney, New South Wales, to native-born Alicia Faulkner (1887-1872)). They had one daughter. Death: 3 December 1934 in the state hospital at Lidcombe, NSW. Religion: Catholic.
Sources
H. J. Gibbney & A. G. Smith, A Biographical Register 1788-1939, vol 2 (Canberra, 1987); Frank Cain, The Wobblies at war; A history of the IWW and the Great War in Australia (Melbourne, 1993); Labor Call (Melbourne), 1 March 1917, p 9; Workers' Weekly, 7 December 1934, p 6.
Frank Cain, 'Glynn, Thomas (1881–1934)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/glynn-thomas-33418/text41774, accessed 1 September 2024.
Thomas Glynn, 1916
Sydney Mail, 18 October 1916, p 7
1 April,
1881
Clough,
Galway,
Ireland
3 December,
1934
(aged 53)
Lidcombe, Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
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