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William Francis (‘Bill’) Bodkin (1903-1971) trade union leader
Birth: 18 October 1903 at Lithgow, New South Wales, son of native-born parents George Clifford Bodkin (1867-1930), smelter, later trade union secretary, and Bridget Ellen, née Callaghan (1871-1937). Marriage: (1) 5 January 1939 at St Michael’s Presbytery, Stanmore, Sydney, to native-born Eileen Mildred, née Pearce. (1919-2007). They had one daughter and one son before divorcing. The two divorcees then married each other again, on 21 December 1970, at the Registrar General’s office, Sydney. Death: 19 July 1971 at Marrickville. Religion: Catholic.
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Meredith Burgmann and Verity Burgmann, Green bans, red union: environmental activism and the New South Wales Builders Labourers’ Federation (Sydney, 1998); Peter Sheldon, Nick Bodkin, interview, Sydney, 12 May 1988; Labor News, 31 December 1921; Colin Colbourne, interview, Sydney, 20 Nov 1984; NSW Parliamentary Debates, 192, 21 March 1950, pp 5409-12; Navvy, 1912-16; Labor News, 13 March 1920; Labor Daily, December 1927-1928; Tom Mutch papers, Mitchell Library; Peter Sheldon, Maintaining control: a history of unionism among employees of the Sydney Water Board, PhD thesis University of Wollongong, 1989; WW, Dec 1927-March 1928; Jack Mundey, Green Bans & Beyond (Sydney, 1981).
Peter Sheldon, 'Bodkin, William Francis (Bill) (1903–1971)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://labouraustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/bodkin-william-francis-bill-32771/text40753, accessed 2 February 2023.
18 October,
1903
Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia
19 July,
1971
(aged 67)
Marrickville, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia