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Name	Joseph Edward Anderson
Born	5 July, 1915 Annandale, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	6 October, 1986 (aged 71) North Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Anderson, Irene Joyce (wife) White, James Gale (colleague)
Occupation or Descriptor *	house painter (1940-1958) New South Wales, Australia soldier (1941-1945) New South Wales, Australia trade union official (1947-1980) New South Wales, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (soldier)
Key Organisations *	ACTU (member, ?-1980) Operative Painters and Decorators Union of Australia (NSW) (trade union official) Operative Painters and Decorators Union of Australia (NSW) (member, 1940) Operative Painters and Decorators Union of Australia (NSW) (secretary, 1955) Unions NSW (member, 1956-1958)
Political Activism *	ALP (NSW) (member)
Workplaces *	Operative Painters and Decorators Union of Australia (federal) (secretary, 1958-1980)

* Dates are approximate

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