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Name	Harry James Wills
Born	15 March, 1907 St Peters, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	16 October, 1993 (aged 86) Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	dementia
Occupation or Descriptor *	wharf labourer (1915-1960) New South Wales, Australia Rugby League player (1925-1930) New South Wales, Australia boxer (1927-1935) New South Wales, Australia trade union official (1950-1971) New South Wales, Australia
Key Events *	Dalfram Pig-Iron Dispute (1938, Port Kembla, NSW) (participant)
Key Organisations *	Wollongong Surf Club (NSW) (member, ?-?) Waterside Workers' Federation (NSW) (member, 1937) Waterside Workers' Federation (federal) (organiser, 1950-1971)
Political Activism *	ALP (NSW) (life member, ?-1993)

* Dates are approximate

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