Life Summary

Name	Laurence Norman Carmichael
Born	17 April, 1925 Coburg, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	18 August, 2018 (aged 93)
Related Entries	[View as tree] O'Shea, Clarence Lyell (colleague) Crean, Simon Findlay (colleague)
Education *	Merlynston Primary School (Melbourne) (student, 1930-1933) Coburg Primary School (Melbourne) (student, 1934-1936) Brunswick Technical School (Melbourne) (student, 1937-1940)
Occupation *	communist (1941-1975) Victoria, Australia airman/woman (1943-1945) Federal, Australia fitter and turner (1946-1958) Victoria, Australia trade union official (1949-1993) Victoria, Australia
Military Service *	World War II (airman)
Legacies *	Carmichael Centre (Australia Institute) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Amalgamated Engineering Union (Vic) (member, 1943-1972) Amalgamated Engineering Union (Vic) (organiser, 1949-1958) Amalgamated Engineering Union (Vic) (secretary, 1958-1972) Amalgamated Metal Workers' Union (national) (assistant secretary, 1972-1984) Amalgamated Metal Workers' Union (national) (research officer, 1984-1987) ACTU (assistant secretary, 1987-1993) Amalgamated Metal Workers' Union (national) (life member, 2008-2018)
Political Activism *	Communist Party (national) (president) Communist Party (Vic) (member) Search Foundation (member) Vietnam war opponent (trade union leader) Eureka Youth League (Vic) (member, 1941) anti-conscriptionist (trade union official, 1965-1972)

* Dates are approximate

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