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Frank Carey (1913-1977) railway cleaner, fireman, prisoner-of-war, locomotive driver and trade union leader.
Birth: 1 October 1913 in Melbourne, Victoria, son of Henry Bernard ‘Harry’ Carey, locomotive fireman and driver, unionist, and Elizabeth Margaret, née Shaw. Marriages: (1) 1940 in Melbourne to native-born Rae Olive Taberner (1921-2008). They had one son. (2) 1975 in Melbourne, to Shirley Hebb. Death: 31 January 1977 at Preston, Victoria. Religion: Presbyterian.
Sources
Locomotive Journal, May 1964, August 1964, April-June 1987.
'Carey, Frank (1913–1977)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://labouraustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/carey-frank-32992/text41113, accessed 3 November 2024.
enlistment photo, war service record (B883, VX31129 (National Archives of Australia)
1 October,
1913
Melbourne,
Victoria,
Australia
31 January,
1977
(aged 63)
Preston, Melbourne,
Victoria,
Australia
Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.