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Name	Arthur Silvey Reardon
Alternative Names	Arthur Silvey-Reardon Arthur Silvey
Born	23 October, 1888 Swindon, Wiltshire, England
Died	25 July, 1973 (aged 84) Randwick, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	pneumonia
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Reardon, Alice Marcia (wife) Wilson, Alfred William (colleague)
Occupation or Descriptor *	blacksmith (1915-1940) New South Wales, Australia socialist (1915-1920) New South Wales, Australia communist (1920-1922) New South Wales, Australia mechanical engineer (1930-1940) New South Wales, Australia
Key Organisations *	Blacksmiths Society of Australia (NSW) (member) Workers' Industrial Union of Australia (NSW) (member, ?-1918) Unions NSW (delegate, 1921-1922)
Political Activism *	Australian Socialist Party (NSW) (member, 1915-1920) Australian Socialist Party (NSW) (general secretary, 1917-1923) Communist Party (NSW) (member, 1920)
Workplaces *	Clyde Engineering Co Pty Ltd (employee, 1915)

* Dates are approximate

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