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Name	Basil James Bryan
Born	9 February, 1882 Burra, South Australia, Australia
Died	13 June, 1972 (aged 90) Strathalbyn, South Australia, Australia
Cause of Death	pneumonia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Sawtell, Michael (colleague)
Occupation or Descriptor *	builders' labourer (1902-1914) South Australia, Australia socialist (1905-1914) South Australia, Australia builders' labourer (1915-1920) New South Wales, Australia anti-conscriptionist (1916-1917) New South Wales, Australia gaoled trade unionist (1917-1917) New South Wales, Australia prisoner (1917-1917) New South Wales, Australia builders' labourer (1920-1940) South Australia, Australia communist (1920-1972) South Australia, Australia pacifist (1920-1972) South Australia, Australia
Key Organisations *	Builders Labourers Federation (SA) (member) Industrial Workers of the World (NSW) (member, 1915)
Key Places *	Broken Hill Correctional Centre (NSW) (inmate, 1917-1917)
Political Activism *	Communist Party (SA) (member) Socialist Party of South Australia (member, ?-1914) anti-conscriptionist (trade unionist, 1916-1917)

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