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John Thomas (Jack) Lonergan (1902–1979)

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John Thomas (Jack) Lonergan (1902-1979) waterside worker and trade union official

Birth: 29 May 1902 at Hobart, Tasmania, son of native-born parents David Lonergan (1858-1918), labourer, and Louise, née Coe (1860-1928). Marriage: 24 July 1926 at Hobart, to Euphemia Gladys (Effie) Sherrin (1894-1984). Death: 16 April 1979 in his residence at Malunnna Road, Lindisfarne, Tasmania. 

  • Educated at Wapping and Bathurst schools. Joined maritime industry and went to sea at age of 17.
  • Joined Waterside Workers’ Federation, Hobart branch, in 1919. Federal councillor, WWF, in 1936. General president, WWF, from 1939 to 1950. Hobart branch president, WWF for thirty-five years almost in a continuous sequence.
  • Member and deputy chairman of the Stevedoring Industry Commission set up after World War II to organise labour and handle convoy cargo.
  • Retired in 1967.

Sources
Maritime Worker, 17 August 1970, 12 April 1972, p 10, 8 May 1979 p 3.

This person appears as a part of the Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 15. [View Article]

Additional Resources and Scholarship

  • group photo, Examiner (Launceston, Tas), 26 February 1940, p 7
  • group photo, Mercury (Hobart), 2 March 1949, p 4
  • group photo, Mercury (Hobart), 28 June 1949, p 1
  • photo, Mercury (Hobart), 22 July 1949, p 1

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'Lonergan, John Thomas (Jack) (1902–1979)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/lonergan-john-thomas-jack-10855/text43752, accessed 21 December 2024.

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