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Name	Roy Angus Cameron
Born	8 June, 1906 Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Died	30 July, 1997 (aged 91) Victoria, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] O'Shea, Clarrie (colleague) Gietzelt, Ray (colleague)
Occupation or Descriptor *	trade union official (1924-1978) Victoria, Australia sailor (1941-1945) Federal, Australia labour party organiser (1955-1970) Victoria, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (sailor)
Awards	Member of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1980)
Key Events *	Olympic Games (Melbourne, 1956) (trade union leader)
Key Organisations *	Victorian Trades Hall Council (president) Australian Tramway and Motor Omnibus Employees' Association (Vic) (organiser, 1924-1940) Federated Clerks Union of Australia (federal) (secretary, 1940) Miscellaneous Workers Union of Australia (Vic) (assistant secretary, 1946-1956) Miscellaneous Workers Union of Australia (Vic) (president, 1955-1978) Melbourne Harbor Trust (member, 1960-1978)
Political Activism *	ALP (Vic) (member, ?-1997)

* Dates are approximate

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