Life Summary - William Thomas (Bill) Divers - Labour Australia

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Life Summary

Name	William Thomas Divers
Born	1 September, 1896 Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	29 June, 1978 (aged 81) Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Religious Influence	Anglican 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.
Education *	Collingwood Primary School (Melbourne) (student, 1902-1909)
Occupation or Descriptor *	merchant sailor (1910-1920) Victoria, Australia sailor (1914-1918) Federal, Australia council worker (1922-1946) Victoria, Australia trade union official (1925-1958) Victoria, Australia local government councillor (1932-1946) Victoria, Australia local government head (1936-1937) Victoria, Australia airman/woman (1942-1945) Federal, Australia labour party organiser (1955-1965) Federal, Australia labour politician (1958-1970) Victoria, Australia Member of Lower House (1958-1970) Victoria, Australia
Military Service *	World War I (sailor) World War II (airman)
Key Organisations *	Freemasons (member, ?-1978) Victorian Trades Hall Council (delegate) Federated Municipal and Shire Council Employees' Union of Australia (Vic) (organiser, 1925-1946) Federated Municipal and Shire Council Employees' Union of Australia (Vic) (secretary, 1946-1958) Federated Municipal and Shire Council Employees' Union of Australia (national) (vice president, 1948-1953) Federated Municipal and Shire Council Employees' Union of Australia (national) (president, 1953-1958)
Political Activism *	ALP (Vic) (member, ?-1978) ALP (Vic) (politician, 1958-1970)
Workplaces *	MacRobertson and Co (employee, 1909-1910) Melbourne City Council (employee, 1922) Essendon Council (Melbourne) (councillor, 1932-1946) Essendon Council (Melbourne) (mayor, 1936-1937) Parliament of Victoria (Leg. Assembly - member, 1958-1970)

* Dates are approximate