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Name	Ernest James Foyle
Born	26 September, 1921 St Peters, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	6 August, 2000 (aged 78) Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation or Descriptor *	meatworker (1935-1941) New South Wales, Australia soldier (1941-1946) Federal, Australia communist (1946-1980) New South Wales, Australia plasterer (1947-1990) New South Wales, Australia pacifist (1950-2000) New South Wales, Australia trade union official (1950-1965) New South Wales, Australia anti-nuclear campaigner (1965-1980) New South Wales, Australia
Key Organisations *	Australian Society for the Study of Labour History (NSW) (member, ?-2000) Operative Plasterers Federation of Australia (NSW) (member) Tranby Aboriginal College (NSW) (fund raiser) Unions NSW (delegate)
Political Activism *	anti-nuclear activist Australian Labor League of Youth (NSW) (member) Communist Party (NSW) (member) Communist Party (NSW) (member) Vietnam war opponent
Workplaces *	Glazebrook & Sons (employee, 1935-1941)

* Dates are approximate

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