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Name	David John Davies
Born	23 November, 1889 Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia
Died	26 September, 1978 (aged 88) Hornsby, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (prostate)
Cultural Heritage	Welsh Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Religious Influence	Catholic 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] Teece, Arthur (colleague) Hoare, Thomas (colleague) Baddeley, John Marcus (colleague)
Occupation or Descriptor *	coalminer (1910-1930) New South Wales, Australia anti-conscriptionist (1916-1917) New South Wales, Australia trade union official (1916-1931) New South Wales, Australia
Key Organisations *	Australasian Coal & Shale Employees Federation (NSW) (organiser) One Big Union (NSW) (supporter) Workers' Industrial Union of Australia (NSW) (organiser) Australasian Coal & Shale Employees Federation (NSW) (secretary, 1926-1931)
Political Activism *	ALP (NSW) (member) anti-conscriptionist (activist, 1916-1917)

* Dates are approximate

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