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Name	Melrose Desmond Donley
Born	23 December, 1914 Breakfast Creek, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died	4 February, 2011 (aged 96) New South Wales, Australia
Cultural Heritage	Indigenous Australian Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Religious Influence	Salvationist Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Occupation *	farm labourer (1928-1932) Queensland, Australia communist (1933-2011) Queensland, Australia builders' labourer (1935-1980) Queensland, Australia trade union official (1935-1970) Queensland, Australia
Key Organisations *	Building Workers Industrial Union (Qld) (member)

* Dates are approximate

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