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Adam Hutton (Lang) Ogston (1905-1982) greengrocer and gaoled Communist party organiser
Birth: 4 December 1905 at Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, son of Scottish-born parents James Ogston (1873-1952), a breadcarter, and Hellen Henrry [sic], née Hutton (1873-1955). Marriages: (1) on 24 June 1941 at Auburn, Sydney, New South Wales, to Hannah Thompson (1898-1960), born in Glasgow, Scotland. They had one daughter and two sons. (2) 1960 at Parramatta, NSW, to Shirley Lown (1918-2008), born in Kadina, South Australia. Death: 24 July 1982 in his residence at Seven Hills, NSW. Religion on enlistment: Presbyterian.
Sources
Malcolm Henry Ellis, The Garden path (Sydney, 1949); John Playford, Doctrinal and strategic problems of the Communist Party of Australia, 1945-1962, (PhD thesis, ANU, 1962), p 428; Tribune (Sydney), 5 August 1943, p 7, 11 May 1944, p 3, 27 September 1946, 22 February 1956, p 6.
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Tribune (Sydney), 27 April 1944, p 3
4 December,
1905
Cruden Bay,
Aberdeenshire,
Scotland
24 July,
1982
(aged 76)
Seven Hills, Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
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