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Name	Murray Norris
Born	16 December, 1910 Renmark, South Australia, Australia
Died	16 May, 1986 (aged 75) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (disseminated)
Related Entries	[View as tree] Graham, Albert Leslie (colleague) Nadpur, Fred (supported)
Occupation or Descriptor *	drover (1926-1930) South Australia, Australia dockyard worker (1930-1970) New South Wales, Australia dockyard worker (1930-1970) Queensland, Australia dockyard worker (1930-1970) Victoria, Australia communist (1932-1943) New South Wales, Australia communist (1932-1943) Queensland, Australia soldier (1943-1944) Federal, Australia industrial arbitration advocate (1945-1951) New South Wales, Australia trade union official (1945-1951) Northern Territory, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (soldier)
Key Organisations *	Australian Workers' Union (Qld) (member, ?-?) Waterside Workers' Federation (NSW) (member) North Australian Workers' Union (organiser, 1945) North Australian Workers' Union (secretary, 1947-1949) North Australian Workers' Union (president, 1949-1951)
Political Activism *	Communist Party (NSW) (member, 1932)

* Dates are approximate

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