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Curtin, John (1885 - 1945)

Publication Details:: Originally published in ADB, Volume 13, MUP, 1993, pp 550-558
Author:: Geoffrey Serle

Life Summary

	Curtin, John (1885 - 1945)	Find all people...
Born	8 January 1885 Creswick, Victoria, Australia	born around 8 January 1885 in Creswick, Victoria, Australia
Died	5 July 1945 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia	died around 5 July 1945 in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Cultural Heritage	Irish	Irish
Religious Influence	Catholic and Presbyterian	Catholic Presbyterian
Occupation * * The details in the Occupation section have been interpreted solely from the article's text. Question marks indicate that exact years were not given in the text. More about 'Occupation'	1903? - 1917 pacifist, Victoria, Australia 1903? - 1917 socialist, Victoria, Australia 1911 - 1917 trade union official, Victoria, Australia 1916 - 1917 anti-conscriptionist, Victoria, Australia 1917 - anti-conscriptionist, Western Australia, Australia 1917 - 1934 journalist, Western Australia, Australia 1917 - 1928 newspaper editor, Western Australia, Australia 1917 - 1945 socialist, Western Australia, Australia 1917? - 1928? trade union official, Western Australia, Australia 1928 - 1931 labour politician, Federal, Australia 1928 - 1931 Member of Lower House, Federal, Australia 1932 - 1934 sports writer, Western Australia, Australia 1934 - 1945 labour politician, Federal, Australia 1934 - 1945 Member of Lower House, Federal, Australia 1941 - 1945 prime minister, Federal, Australia	anti-conscriptionist journalist labour politician Member of Lower House newspaper editor pacifist prime minister socialist sports writer trade union official
Biography Author	Geoffrey Serle	all biographies by Serle, Geoffrey

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