Life Summary - George Norman (Norm) Jeffery - Labour Australia

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Life Summary

Name	George Norman Jeffery
Alternative Names	George Norman Jeffrey
Born	21 December, 1894 Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	26 February, 1966 (aged 71) Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	stroke
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.
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Education *	Fremantle Boys' State School (WA) (student, 1899-1909)
Occupation *	furniture maker (1909-1915) Western Australia, Australia trade union official (1911-1915) Western Australia, Australia socialist (1912-1915) Western Australia, Australia anti-conscriptionist (1916-1917) Victoria, Australia socialist (1916-1919) Victoria, Australia trade union official (1916-1919) Victoria, Australia communist (1920-1966) New South Wales, Australia trade union official (1930-1937) New South Wales, Australia clerk (1935-1950) New South Wales, Australia
Key Organisations *	Australian Workers' Union (NSW) (member) Federated Clerks Union of Australia (NSW) (member) Federated Ironworkers Association of Australia (NSW) (member) Hotel Club and Restaurant Employees Board (NSW) (member) Militant Minority Movement (NSW) (member) Unions NSW (delegate) Unions NSW (executive member) Federated Furnishing Trade Society of Australasia (WA) (member, 1909) Federated Furnishing Trade Society of Australasia (WA) (organiser, 1911) Industrial Workers of the World (WA) (secretary, 1914) Industrial Workers of the World (Vic) (secretary, 1916) Pastoral Workers Industrial Union of Australia (NSW) (executive member, 1930-1937)
Political Activism *	Vietnam war opponent anti-conscriptionist (1916-1917) Australian Socialist Party (Melbourne) (associate, 1916) Victorian Socialist Party (associate, 1916) Socialist Labor Party (NSW) (member, 1919) Communist Party (NSW) (member, 1920)

* Dates are approximate