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Arthur Edmund Watson (1892–1941)

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Arthur Edmund Watson (1892-1941) carpenter and trade union official

Birth: 17 May 1892 at Maryborough, Queensland, son of Robert Joseph Watson (1862-1927), sea captain, possibly born at Melbourne, Victoria, and Emily Dorothy, née Gibson (1857-1934), born at Melbourne. Marriage: 30 June 1913 at St Joseph’s Church, Townsville, Qld, to Mary Ethel Crawley, of Belfast Ireland. They had no children. Death: 28 August 1941 in Waterfall Sanatorium, Bulli, NSW; usual residence Gregory Street, Enfield, Sydney. Religion: Catholic. 

  • In 1928 defeated he John Lenehan to become general secretary and NSW secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters. Held office for twelve years in the interwar period.
  • Cause of death: pulmonary tuberculosis (9 years).

Sources
Trade Union Review, 15 September 1941; Labor Year Book, 1934/5.

Additional Resources and Scholarship

  • death notice, Sydney Morning Herald, 3 September 1941, p 11

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'Watson, Arthur Edmund (1892–1941)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/watson-arthur-edmund-34449/text43248, accessed 22 November 2024.

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Birth

17 May, 1892
Maryborough, Queensland, Australia

Death

28 August, 1941 (aged 49)
Bulligal, New South Wales, Australia

Cause of Death

tuberculosis

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