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Name	Herbert Bovyll Chandler
Born	24 October, 1904 Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia
Died	30 October, 1987 (aged 83) Liverpool, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	pneumonia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Moloney, Parker John (colleague) Evans, Walter Patrick (colleague) Martin, Clarence Edward (colleague) Chiplin, Rex (colleague)
Occupation or Descriptor *	printer (1924-1970) New South Wales, Australia local government councillor (1936-1938) New South Wales, Australia local government head (1937-1938) New South Wales, Australia communist (1938-1987) New South Wales, Australia
Key Events *	Petrov Affair, 1954
Political Activism *	ALP (NSW) (member) Communist Party (NSW) (member, 1938-1964) Communist Party of Australia (Marxist-Leninist) (member, 1964-1987)
Workplaces *	Lithgow Council (NSW) (mayor, 1937-1938)

* Dates are approximate

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