Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Wright, Thomas
Other form(s) of name
- Tom Wright
- TW Wright
Description area
Dates of existence
1902 - 1981
History
Thomas (Tom) Wright was born in Scotland and emigrated to Australia about 1913 and was apprenticed in the sheet metal working trade at the age of fourteen. Wright joined the Sheet Metal Workers' Union in 1921 and in 1924 was appointed to the New South ... »
Places
New South Wales; China; Soviet Union; Cuba
Functions, occupations and activities
metalworker; political activist; trade unionist; trade union official
Relationships area
Related entity
Related entity
Sheet Metal Working Agricultural Implement and Stovemaking Industrial Union of Australia (1911 - 1972)
Category of the relationship
associative
Dates of the relationship
1921 - 1972
Description of relationship
NSW Branch Secretary, 1936-1972; Federal President from 1940-1972.
Control area
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Entered from deposit description on 23 April 2012
Sources
Frank Bollins. “Veteran Trade Union Leader Dies”, Metal Worker, February 1981
Monash Library, http://www.lib.monash.edu.au/exhibitions/communism/com105.html (accessed on 23 April 2012)