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Name	Donald William McLeod
Born	8 May, 1908 Meekatharra, Western Australia, Australia
Died	13 April, 1999 (aged 90) Guildford, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Cause of Death	unknown
Related Entries	[View as tree] Hewett, Dorothy Coade (acquaintance) Bin Bin, Dooley (associate)
Education *	Geraldton Senior High School (student, ?-1923)
Occupation or Descriptor *	prospector (1924-1942) Western Australia, Australia Indigenous rights activist/supporter (1937-1999) Western Australia, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (volunteer, 1943-1944) Volunteer Defence Corps (volunteer, 1943-1944)
Awards	Medal of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1991)
Key Events *	Pilbara strike (1946-49) (organiser, 1946-1949)
Groups *	Pindan Group (member, 1945)
Key Organisations *	Northern Development and Mining Company Ltd (managing director, 1948)
Political Activism *	Communist Party of Australia (Marxist-Leninist) (member, 1946-1946)

* Dates are approximate

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