Wright, Thomas

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

Wright, Mary (1903 - 1993)

Category of the relationship

family

Description of relationship

spouse

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)

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