Life Summary

Name	Alan Alfred Wilson
Born	15 September, 1900 Rockdale, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	5 August, 1980 (aged 79) Croydon, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (lung)
Related Entries	[View as tree] Evans, Walter Patrick (colleague) Jones, Stanford Alfred (colleague) Hughes, Morris John (colleague)
Occupation or Descriptor *	fitter and turner (1917-1945) New South Wales, Australia railways employee (1917-1921) New South Wales, Australia railways employee (1924-1945) New South Wales, Australia communist (1944-1980) New South Wales, Australia
Key Events *	Great Strike of 1917 (participant)
Key Organisations *	ACTU (executive member, ?-?) Australian Pensioners and Superannuants Federation (NSW) (member) Amalgamated Engineering Union (NSW) (member, 1920-1968) Amalgamated Engineering Union (NSW) (organiser, 1924-1968) Amalgamated Engineering Union (national) (member, 1947-1954) Amalgamated Engineering Union (national) (member, 1956-1961) Australian Pensioners and Superannuants Federation (NSW) (president, 1975)
Political Activism *	ALP (NSW) (member, ?-?) Communist Party (NSW) (member, 1944)
Workplaces *	Dept of Railways (NSW) (fitter and turner, 1917-1921) Dept of Railways (NSW) (fitter and turner, 1924-1945)

* Dates are approximate

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