Percy Coleman
Politician
1892 – 1934
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Who was Percy Coleman?
Percy Edmund Creed Coleman was an Australian union organiser and politician. Born at Surry Hills in Sydney to Thomas Coleman and Ellen, née Creed, Coleman was orphaned when still a young child and, after a New Zealand education, went to sea at the age of 13. After three years, he was a clerk with the Sydney branch of the Federated Seamen's Union of Australasia, and by 1916 he was general secretary of the United Clerks' Union of New South Wales.
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- Born
- Oct 23, 1892
Surry Hills - Nationality
- Australia
- Profession
- Died
- May 25, 1934
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on July 23, 2013
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