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Life Summary

Name Sylvia May Ewart
Alternative Names
  • Sylvia May Wilson
Born

31 August, 1893
Manchester, Greater Manchester, England

Died

5 March, 1976 (aged 82)
Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia

Cause of Death

pneumonia

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  • bar staff (1915-1918) New South Wales, Australia
  • deportee (1918-1918) New South Wales, Australia
  • communist (1919-1940) Overseas
  • socialist (1950-1960) Western Australia, Australia
  • socialist (1960-1976) New South Wales, Australia
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