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Name	John James Cogan
Born	c. 1884 Carrieton, South Australia, Australia
Died	28 March, 1973 (aged ~ 89) Sylvania, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	cerebral thrombosis
Related Entries	[View as tree] Cogan, Emily (mother) Cogan, William (father) Dickson, Alice Cicley (sister) Lamb, Patrick Austin (brother-in-law) Dickson, William Edward (brother-in-law) Quintrell, Richard Ernest (colleague)
Occupation or Descriptor *	council worker (1904-1952) New South Wales, Australia trade union official (1924-1940) New South Wales, Australia
Key Organisations *	Barrier Industrial Council (NSW) (delegate, ?-?) Federated Municipal and Shire Council Employees' Union of Australia (NSW) (member, 1922-?) Workers' Industrial Union of Australia (NSW) (delegate, 1924)
Political Activism *	ALP (NSW) (member, ?-1973)
Workplaces *	Broken Hill Council (NSW) (employee, ?-?)

* Dates are approximate

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