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William (‘Old Bill’) Varty (1881-1955) coal miner, trade union official, shire president and Communist
Birth: 1881 at Telling, County Durham, England, son of William Varty (b.1851), coal miner, and his wife Ellen, née Cockburn (1858-1917). Marriage: 1909 at Telling, Durham, to Sibbell Harbin (1888-1984). They had two daughters and one son. Death: 10 June 1955 in hospital at Kurri Kurri, New South Wales; usual residence Government Rd, Weston (NSW). Religion: Anglican.
Sources
Common Cause, 25 June, 2 July 1955;Martin Mowbray, ‘The Red Shire of Kearsley, 1944-1947: Communists in Local Government’ Labour History, 51 (November 1986, pp 83-94.
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10 June,
1955
(aged ~ 74)
Kurri Kurri,
New South Wales,
Australia
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