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Name	Frederick Howard Slater
Born	April, 1907 Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Died	22 July, 1980 (aged 73) Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (prostate)
Occupation or Descriptor *	farm labourer (1925-1930) South Australia, Australia communist (1931-1980) New South Wales, Australia itinerant worker (1933-1939) New South Wales, Australia itinerant worker (1933-1939) South Australia, Australia itinerant worker (1933-1939) Victoria, Australia soldier (1941-1956) Federal, Australia communist party organiser (1946-1948) South Australia, Australia stoker (1950-1966) South Australia, Australia council worker (1966-1971) South Australia, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (soldier) Borneo Campaign (1945) (soldier) Western Desert campaign, 1940-42 (soldier)
Key Organisations *	Australia-Soviet Friendship League (SA) (member, ?-?) Tribune (Adelaide) newspaper (journalist, 1946-1948) Federated Gas Employees Industrial Union (SA) (member, 1950-1966) Adelaide City Council (employee, 1967-1971)
Political Activism *	Communist Party (NSW) (member, 1931)

* Dates are approximate

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