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Alexander (Alex) McLagan (1919-2012) moulder and trade union official
Birth: 10 February 1919 at Carrington, Newcastle, New South Wales, son of Alexander Buik McLagan (1886-1970), union official in Newcastle district, and Mary, née Clark (1888-1971). His parents, both born at Dundee, Scotland, had married in 1912 at Cowdenbeath, Fife, and arrived in Australia with his eldest sister in 1915. Marriage: 10 June 1942 in St John’s Anglican Church, Newcastle, to native-born Beverley Joyce Arnold (1922-2012). Death: 18 April 2012 in Calvary Hospital, Waratah, Newcastle.
Sources
Australian Foundry Worker, April 1958, p 11, April 1959, p 4; ETU News, December-January 1969-1970.
'McLagan, Alexander (Alex) (1919–2012)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://labouraustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/mclagan-alexander-alex-34002/text42622, accessed 6 December 2024.
10 February,
1919
Newcastle,
New South Wales,
Australia
18 April,
2012
(aged 93)
Newcastle,
New South Wales,
Australia
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