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Name	Michael Patrick Ryan
Born	9 March, 1894 Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Died	8 August, 1978 (aged 84) Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	stroke
Occupation or Descriptor *	labourer (1914-1942) New South Wales, Australia communist (1928-1978) New South Wales, Australia trade union official (1928-1931) New South Wales, Australia trade union official (1942-1948) Northern Territory, Australia
Key Events *	Bombing of Darwin, 1942 (resident)
Key Organisations *	Combined Council of Progress Associations (Newcastle, NSW) (secretary, ?-?) Federated Storemen & Packers' Union of Australia (NSW) (secretary, ?-?) Industrial Workers of the World (NSW) (member, ?-?) Workers Defence Corps (NSW) (member, ?-?) Northern Territory Workers' Union (secretary, 1942-?)
Political Activism *	ALP (NSW) (member, ?-?) Communist Party (NSW) (member, 1928-1978)

* Dates are approximate

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