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Labor
Member South Fremantle and Fremantle Central branches of Australian Labor Party
Delegate to Fremantle District Council |
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14 July 1951 |
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South Fremantle |
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Electorates
- MLA South Fremantle 14 July 1951 (by-election)–25 January 1960
Committees
- Member Joint House Committee 1953–1958
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Personal Information |
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24 August 1915 |
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Fremantle, Western Australia |
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25 January 1960 |
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Hilton Park, Western Australia |
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Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Son of James Victor Lawrence, clerk/accountant, and Margaret Theresa Day |
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Married 6 April 1937, District Registry Office, Fremantle to Clarice May Ward (circa 1916–4 May 2004), daughter of Frederick Ward and Katie Ellen Jones
Children: two sons and one daughter |
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Catholic |
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Educated Christian Brothers' College, Fremantle
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Waterside worker |
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Labourer in Fremantle in early 1930s
Went to Doodlakine, worked there as labourer 1937–1940
Truck driver at time of enlistment with Australian Imperial Force 13 August 1940
Served in 2/28th Battalion at Tobruk—Sergeant
Wounded 27 July 1942 and repatriated
Served later in New Guinea, with Staff School; discharged 1945
Joined Waterside Workers Federation at Fremantle, secretary Fremantle branch 1948–1951 |
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Member Fremantle City sub-branch Return Services League of Australia
Vice patron South Fremantle Football Club |
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Black, David and Geoffrey Bolton. Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume two 1930-2010, p. 148.
West Australian, 26 January 1960. |
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