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Life Summary

Name	Edmund Hudson McGrath
Born	1 September, 1920 Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	10 December, 2000 (aged 80) Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Cultural Heritage	Irish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Religious Influence	Catholic Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Short, Laurie (colleague) Whitlam, Gough (colleague)
Education *	Marist Brothers High School (Darlinghurst, Sydney) (student, 1936-1938) University of Sydney (student, 1940-1945)
Occupation or Descriptor *	public servant (1939-1984) Federal, Australia trade union official (1940-1960) New South Wales, Australia soldier (1941-1943) Federal, Australia local government councillor (1950-1953) New South Wales, Australia local government head (1954-1954) New South Wales, Australia
Military Service *	Sydney University Regiment (citizen soldier, 1941-1943)
Key Organisations *	Australian Public Service Association (federal) (member, 1939-1956) Administrative & Clerical Officers' Association (federal) (president, 1953-1957) Administrative & Clerical Officers' Association (NSW) (member, 1956-1981)
Political Activism *	ALP (NSW) (member, 1936-1969) Australian Labor Party (member, 1936-2000)
Workplaces *	Australian Taxation Office (public servant, 1939-1969) Fairfield City Council (NSW) (councillor, 1950-1953) Fairfield City Council (NSW) (deputy mayor, 1950-1953) Dept of Capital Territory (public servant, 1973-1984)

* Dates are approximate