Goldbloom, Sam

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Agent TypePersonIdentifierUMA-AG-000000255Activities & OccupationsCommunistsPolitical activistsHistorySam Goldbloom became active in the Victorian Peace Council after serving in the Australian forces during the second world war. Through the VPC he became active in the Australian Peace Council with representatives of the Communist Party, Quakers, Trade Unions and other religious groups. He became the Australian representative on the World Peace Council, attending his first conference in 1955 and becoming an Executive member of the WPC. He was a founding member of CICD in 1959 and vice-president with Jim Cairns of the Vietnam Moratorium Coalition in Melbourne in the early 1970s. His biography is being written. He died in Melbourne 25 May 1999, aged 79.Search records of this agent

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Date1919-1999

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Given NameSamFamily NameGoldbloom

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Founder of OrganisationCampaign For International Co-operation And DisarmamentMember of OrganisationAustralian Peace CouncilVictorian Peace Council

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