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Name	Douglas John Gillies
Born	1909 Bellingen, New South Wales, Australia
Died	16 July, 1986 (aged ~ 77) Oak Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Occupation or Descriptor *	schoolteacher (1929-1933) New South Wales, Australia communist (1932-1938) New South Wales, Australia communist party organiser (1933-1938) New South Wales, Australia communist (1938-1941) South Australia, Australia communist party organiser (1938-1941) South Australia, Australia communist (1941-1986) Victoria, Australia communist party organiser (1941-1952) Victoria, Australia iron and steel worker (1941-1965) Victoria, Australia
Key Organisations *	Federated Ironworkers Association of Australia (Vic) (organiser, ?-1952) New South Wales Teachers Federation (member, 1929) Federated Ironworkers Association of Australia (SA) (organiser, 1938-1941) SA Unions (delegate, 1938-1941)
Political Activism *	Communist Party (NSW) (member, 1932-1938) Communist Party (SA) (member, 1938-1941) Communist Party (Vic) (member, 1941-1952)

* Dates are approximate

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