Karslake, Harry

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Agent TypePersonIdentifierUMA-AG-000001547Activities & OccupationsCommunistsPolitical activistsTrade unionistsHistoryHarry Karslake joined the Communist Party of Australia after being discharged from the Army at the end of the Second World War. He also commenced work in the building trades, eventually becoming an organiser for the Builders' Labourers' Federation. From approximately 1950-1955 he worked as an underground organiser for the Communist Party but eventually returned to the building industry. He was a political opponent of Norm Gallagher within the BLF, and organised in the LaTrobe Valley for many years until his retirement.

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Given NameHarryFamily NameKarslake

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Member of OrganisationCommunist League of AustraliaAustralian Builders' Labourers' Federation Victorian Branch

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