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Name	Charles Frederick Petersen
Alternative Names	Charles Frederick Peterson
Born	23 November, 1920 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
Died	1988 (aged ~ 67)
Related Entries	[View as tree] Petersen, Henry (brother)
Occupation or Descriptor *	coalminer (1940-1971) Queensland, Australia soldier (1942-1946) Federal, Australia communist (1946-1988) Queensland, Australia trade union official (1950-1980) Queensland, Australia gaoled social activist (1979-1979) Queensland, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (soldier)
Key Organisations *	Queensland Colliery Employees' Union (organiser, ?-1971) Queensland Colliery Employees' Union (member, 1940-1971) Australasian Coal & Shale Employees Federation (Qld) (secretary, 1971-1980)
Political Activism *	Communist Party (Qld) (member, 1946-?)

* Dates are approximate

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