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Joseph (Joe) Convery (1899-1987) boilermaker, trade union official and Communist
Birth: 1899 at Coatbridge, Glasgow, Scotland, son of Charles Convery. Marriages: (1) 24 May 1933 at St Saviour’s Church, Hindmarsh, South Australia, to Edith Lyon, born at Walker on Tyne, England. They had two daughters. (2) to Agnes Annie (1911-1995) [details unknown]. Death: 25 May 1987 in hospital at Adelaide.
Sources
Boilermaker, February-March 1962, September 1966; Jim Moss, Representatives of discontent; history of the Communist Party in South Australia 1921-1981 (Melbourne, 1983).
'Convery, Joseph (Joe) (1899–1987)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://labouraustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/convery-joseph-joe-33569/text41962, accessed 4 October 2024.
1899
Coatbridge,
Lanarkshire,
Scotland
25 May,
1987
(aged ~ 88)
Adelaide,
South Australia,
Australia
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