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William Frederick (Fred) Thomas (1905-1977) fireman, builders’ labourer, trade union leader
Birth: 2 May 1905 in St Peters, Sydney, New South Wales, son of William Henry John Thomas, labourer, and Mary Agnes, née Smith or Guinerans. Marriages: (1) 4 April 1928 at St Paul’s Anglican Church, Sydney, to Catherine Maude Cannon (1905-1993). They had one son. The marriage ended in divorce. (2) 2 October 1937 at St James’s Catholic Church, Forest Lodge, Sydney to Edna Margaret (Teddi) Hurley (1915-1970). (3) 1970 at Katoomba, NSW, to Mavis Lillian Purves. Death: 29 October 1977 at Coffs Harbour, NSW. Religion: Anglican.
Sources
Paul True, Tales of the BLF: Rolling the Right The battle of the Builders Labourers rank and file in New South Wales, 1951-1964 (Parramatta, 1995); Humphrey McQueen, We built this country: builders’ labourers and their unions, 1787 to the future (Port Adelaide, 2011).
Chris Cunneen, 'Thomas, William Frederick (Fred) (1905–1977)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/thomas-william-frederick-fred-34852/text43903, accessed 4 December 2024.
2 May,
1905
St Peters, Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
29 October,
1977
(aged 72)
Coffs Harbour,
New South Wales,
Australia
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