Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Robertson, Malcolm
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- Mal Robertson
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Description area
Dates of existence
1881 - 1971
History
Malcolm Robertson, labourer and trade union official, was born at Moyston, Victoria on 25 November 1881 and worked with bullock teams clearing the way in the Grampians for power lines. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 12 January 1915 serving in England and France. Robertson returned to Australia on 1 April 1919 and moved to Mildura as a linesman for the State Electricity Commission of Victoria, as well as undertaking blacksmithing work. He was a member of the Electrical Trades Union; an organiser with the Mildura branch of the Australian Workers’ Union from 1920; vice-president of the Mildura branch of the AWU in 1938; and vice-president of the Mildura Trades Hall Council. Robertson died on 22 November 1971.
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Mildura, Victoria
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
labourer; soldier; trade unionist; trade union official
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Entered from deposit description on 17 April 2012
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Sources
The AIF Project, http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/showPerson?pid=257840 (accessed on 17 April 2012) http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/11157795 (accessed on 17 April 2012)