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Name	Michael James Donegan
Born	29 June, 1916 Murchison, Victoria, Australia
Died	24 June, 1970 (aged 53) Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Doyle, George Arthur (colleague)
Occupation or Descriptor *	dockyard worker (1936-1970) Victoria, Australia trade union official (1941-1970) Victoria, Australia
Key Events *	coal strike (1949) (union leader) Costigan Royal Commission into the Federated Ship Painters and Dockers Union (1980-1984) (named in) Maritime Strike, 1956 (union leader)
Key Organisations *	Federated Ironworkers Association of Australia (Vic) (organiser, ?-1945) Federated Ship, Painters and Dockers' Union (Vic) (organiser, ?-1952) Arms Explosives & Munition Workers Federation of Australia (Vic) (organiser, 1941) Federated Ship, Painters and Dockers' Union (Vic) (secretary, 1952-1970)

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