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Name	Thomas Claudius McGillick
Born	17 November, 1901 Terowie, South Australia, Australia
Died	22 May, 1990 (aged 88) Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Cause of Death	brain hemorrhage
Related Entries	[View as tree] Roper, Gilbert Giles (acquaintance)
Occupation or Descriptor *	clerk (1920-1949) South Australia, Australia communist (1930-1949) South Australia, Australia trade union official (1930-1949) South Australia, Australia wool classer (1949-1955) New South Wales, Australia
Key Events *	Royal Commission on Communism (Vic, 1949-50) (witness)
Key Organisations *	Friends of the Soviet Union (SA) (secretary) Federated Clerks Union of Australia (SA) (organiser, 1930-?) SA Unions (delegate, 1930-?) People's Union of New South Wales (lecturer, 1949)
Political Activism *	ALP (SA) (member, 1917-1930) Communist Party (SA) (member, 1930)

* Dates are approximate

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