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Name	Henry Patrick Scanlon
Born	1902 Teralba, New South Wales, Australia
Died	22 January, 1987 (aged ~ 85) Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Scanlon, Grace (wife) McBlane, William Hamilton (colleague) Kellock, John (colleague) Cockerill, Francis Henry (colleague)
Occupation or Descriptor *	coalminer (1918-1960) New South Wales, Australia communist (1931-1987) New South Wales, Australia trade union official (1933-1948) New South Wales, Australia
Key Organisations *	Australasian Coal & Shale Employees Federation (NSW) (organiser) Militant Minority Movement (NSW) (member) Retired Mine Workers Association (NSW) (member, ?-1987) Unemployed Workers' Union (NSW) (member)
Political Activism *	Communist Party (NSW) (member, 1931)

* Dates are approximate

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