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James Francis (Jim) Roulston (1922-1982) boilermaker and trade union official
Birth: 16 August 1922 at Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria, son of native-born parents Rupert James Roulston (1899-1947), cleaner and council employee, and Lillas Myrtle, née Hicks (1896-1986). Marriage: 1940 at Prahran, Melbourne, to Beryl Edith Martin (1923-2018). They had one daughter and one son. Death: 7 March 1982 in hospital at Noble Park, Victoria; usual residence Cumberland Way, Endeavour Hills. Religion: buried with Uniting Church forms.
Sources
Metal Worker, April 1982; ARU Gazette, May 1982 p 5.
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James Roulston, by John Ellis, 1977
University of Melbourne Archives, UMA/I/375
16 August,
1922
St Kilda, Melbourne,
Victoria,
Australia
7 March,
1982
(aged 59)
Noble Park, Melbourne,
Victoria,
Australia