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John Hoskin (Jack) Close (1877-1958) miner, trade union leader
Birth: 1877 at Benalla, Victoria, son of James Close, farmer and Mary Elizabeth, née Hoskin. Marriages: (1) 1908 in Cessnock, New South Wales to Ellen Madeline ‘Nellie’ McMahon (1879-1918). (2) 1920 in Perth, Western Australia, to Catherine Norton. They had two sons and four daughters. (1 stepson). Death: 15 March 1958 in Collie, WA. Religion: Catholic.
Sources
Union membership file: 1101/38/1917; Westralian Worker, 20 April 1928; death certificate Wellington 37/1958; D. Black, Index to Parliamentary candidates in W.A. Elections 1890-1989. Oral history interview, Jack Curran, Battye library, OH 2239.
'Close, John Hoskin (Jack) (1877–1958)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://labouraustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/close-john-hoskin-jack-33069/text41233, accessed 29 January 2023.
John Close, 1926
Westralian Worker, 12 March 1926, p 5
1877
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
15 March,
1958
(aged ~ 81)
Collie, Western Australia, Australia