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Name	Francis Albert Bollins
Born	5 July, 1918 Aston, Warwickshire, England
Died	27 June, 2005 (aged 86) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Passenger Ship *	Beltana (1921) (passenger)
Occupation *	iron and steel worker (1945-1959) New South Wales, Australia communist (1950-1965) New South Wales, Australia trade union official (1950-1983) New South Wales, Australia
Key Organisations *	Sheet Metal Working Industrial Union of Australia (NSW) (organiser, ?-1959) Amalgamated Metal Workers and Shipwrights' Union (NSW) (president, 1959-1983)
Political Activism *	Communist Party (NSW) (member)

* Dates are approximate

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