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Name	Laurence Aarons
Born	19 August, 1917 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	7 February, 2005 (aged 87) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (not specified)
Religious Influence	Jewish 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.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Elliott, Kondelea (wife) Aarons, Samuel (father) Cameron, Annette Elizabeth (stepmother) Aarons, Eric John (brother) Aarons, Jane (grandmother) Dobson, William Thomas (colleague) Sharkey, Lance (related entry)
Education *	Sydney Boys' High School (student, 1929-1934)
Occupation or Descriptor *	communist (1932-1991) New South Wales, Australia political activist (1932-2000) New South Wales, Australia shoe/boot repairer (1933-1942) New South Wales, Australia taxi driver (1976-1990) New South Wales, Australia pamphleteer (1984-2000) New South Wales, Australia
Key Organisations *	Young Communist League (Sydney) (member, 1932) Communist Party (NSW) (organiser, 1942-1951) Communist Party (NSW) (secretary, 1951-1954) Communist Party (national) (general secretary, 1965-1976)
Political Activism *	Communist (party member) Vietnam war opponent

* Dates are approximate

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