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Name	Francis Harold Devanny
Born	8 September, 1888 Napier, New Zealand
Died	7 August, 1966 (aged 77) Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
Cultural Heritage	New Zealander Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Hurd, Ronald William (son-in-law) Hurd, Michael (grandson)
Occupation *	communist (1929-1945) New South Wales, Australia newspaper owner (1932-1940) New South Wales, Australia communist (1945-1966) Queensland, Australia mill worker (1945-1966) Queensland, Australia
Political Activism *	Communist Party (Qld) (member, ?-1966) Communist Party (NSW) (member, 1920)

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