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Name	John Henry Currie
Born	26 January, 1922 Blair Athol, Queensland, Australia
Died	19 September, 1998 (aged 76) Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Walker, Frederick Ernest (half-brother) Petersen, Henry (colleague)
Occupation or Descriptor *	coalminer (1939-1982) Queensland, Australia communist (1939-1998) Queensland, Australia trade union official (1941-1982) Queensland, Australia
Key Events *	coal strike (1949) (union leader) Collinsville mine disaster (Qld, 1954) (miner)
Key Organisations *	Queensland Colliery Employees' Union (organiser, 1941-1982) Australasian Coal & Shale Employees Federation (Qld) (council member, 1968-1982) Queensland Colliery Employees' Union (vice president, 1979-1982)
Political Activism *	Communist Party (Qld) (member, 1939)

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