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After spending part of his earlier life in the Australian navy, Benson began work as a bosun on a number of merchant vessels from 1950 to 1960. He joined the Seamen's Union in 1950. As bosun of the Manunda, a passenger ship trading between Melbourne and Cairns, he was involved in organising support by that ship during the 1956 wharfies strike. In the late 1950s he worked in the Melbourne Branch office of the Seamen's Union. In 1960 Benson became Assistant Branch Secretary, Sydney Branch, Seamen's Union and from 1967 until 6 Jul 1990 he was Branch Secretary, Sydney Branch, Seamen's Union. Benson was also active in the peace movement and was a member of the ALP. He was a Representative at World Congress of Peace Forces in 1973 and in 1979 selected as Executive Secretary, World Peace Council. Benson retired from his position as Presiding Officer of the Seamen's Union in 1990.
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Melbourne; Sydney
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political activist; seaman; trade union official
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Entered from deposit description on 18 August 2011; revised on 8 September 2011
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Seamen's Journal, August 1990, p. 194
Seamen's Journal, September 1990, p. 231-233