Life Summary

Name	James Francis Roulston
Born	16 August, 1922 St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	7 March, 1982 (aged 59) Noble Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death	mesothelioma
Related Entries	[View as tree] Taft, Bernard (colleague)
Education *	South Melbourne Technical School (student, 1934-1936)
Occupation or Descriptor *	boilermaker (1936-1953) Victoria, Australia communist (1941-1963) Victoria, Australia trade union official (1953-1982) Victoria, Australia anti-conscriptionist (1966-1972) Victoria, Australia labour party organiser (1967-1982) Victoria, Australia anti-nuclear campaigner (1970-1982) Victoria, Australia
Key Organisations *	Boilermakers' Society of Australia (Vic) (member, 1941-1965) Boilermakers' Society of Australia (Vic) (organiser, 1950-1965) Boilermakers' and Blacksmiths' Society of Australia (Vic) (secretary, 1966-1973) Amalgamated Metal Workers and Shipwrights' Union (Vic) (president, 1973-1982) ACTU (junior vice-president, 1975-1977) Victorian Trades Hall Council (president, 1978-1980) ACTU (junior vice-president, 1979-1981)
Political Activism *	anti-nuclear activist (?-1982) Vietnam war opponent Communist Party (Vic) (member, 1941-1963) anti-conscriptionist (1966-1972) ALP (Vic) (member, 1967-1982)

* Dates are approximate

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