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Name	George Arthur Doyle
Born	10 September, 1905 Port Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	21 September, 1955 (aged 50) Williamstown, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Donegan, Michael James (colleague) Sangster, George (acquaintance)
Occupation or Descriptor *	communist (1935-1952) Victoria, Australia dockyard worker (1935-1952) Victoria, Australia trade union official (1939-1952) Victoria, Australia soldier (1941-1943) Federal, 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) Royal Commission on Communism (Vic, 1949-50) (named in)
Key Organisations *	Federated Ship, Painters and Dockers' Union (Vic) (member) Federated Ship, Painters and Dockers' Union (Vic) (secretary, 1939-1952)
Political Activism *	Communist Party (Vic) (member, ?-1952)

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