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Name	Richard Arnold Anear
Born	27 August, 1920 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia
Died	4 September, 2003 (aged 83) Greenslopes, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Occupation or Descriptor *	communist (1939-1970) Queensland, Australia soldier (1943-1947) Federal, Australia meatworker (1950-1979) Queensland, Australia trade union official (1950-1985) Queensland, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (soldier)
Key Organisations *	Queensland Council of Unions (council member, 1979-1985) Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union (federal) (vice president, 1981-1985)
Political Activism *	Communist Party (Qld) (member, 1939)
Workplaces *	Chillagoe Copper Smelters (Qld) (employee, ?-1943) Meatworkers' Board of Control (Qld) (secretary, 1962-1979) Australasian Meat Industry Employees' Union (Qld) (secretary, 1979-1985)

* Dates are approximate

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