Misc. Notes
Name from the
Australia Electoral Roll - Subdivision of Cessnock Roll 1954, found in October 2023:
Anlezark, Claude Hamilton, 43 Congewai street, Aberdare, carpenter, M
Anlezark, Minnie Beatrice, 43 Congewai street, Aberdare, home duties, F
Anlezark, Lorna Sylvia, 43 Congewai street, Aberdare, home duties, F [Daughter-in-law]
Australia Electoral Roll - North Sydney, Subdivision of Milsons Point Roll 1968, found in October 2023:
Anlezark, Claude Hamilton, 41 Congewai street, carpenter, M
Anlezark, Minnie Beatrice, 41 Congewai street, home duties, F
Year and place of birth, name of parents, from the Australia Birth records, found in October 2023:
Name: Cladius H Anlezark
Birth Year: 1887
Birth Place: New South Wales
Registration Year: 1887
Registration Place: Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
Father: Andrew Anlezark
Mother: Ellen Anlezark
Name of Claude's first wife from the Australia Marriage records, found in October 2023:
Groom: Claude Anlezark
Bride: Elizabeth J Burke
Marriage Year: 1908
Marriage Place: Wickham, New South Wales
Registration Date: 1908
Registration Place: Wickham, New South Wales, Australia
Name of Claudeus' second wife from the Australia Marriage records, found in October 2023:
Groom: Claudeus H Anlezark
Bride: Minnie B Jackson
Marriage Year: 1928
Marriage Place: Kurri Kurri, New South Wales
Registration Date: 1928
Registration Place: Kurri Kurri, New South Wales, Australia
Date of birth and death, biography, of Claude Hamilton Anlezark found in October 2023:
https://labouraustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/anlezark-claude-hamilton-25521Claude Hamilton Anlezark (1886–1978)
This article was published:
in the Biographical Register of the Australian Labour Movement, 1788-1975
online in 2016
This entry is from People Australia
Claude Hamilton Anlezark.
Birth: 23 December 1886, Armidale, NSW.
Marriage: Elizabeth Burke, 1908
Death: 10 October 1978, Paxton, NSW.
Pit worker and journalist. Worked at Hetton colliery, Newcastle, aged 13 as trapper boy and at Stockton, Old Farley and Pelaw mines in Hunter. Unemployed and moved to Sydney, 1912, where he led procession of 2000 unemployed in Sydney with Tom Flynn and Donald Grant. 1916, member, Brisbane Labor Council opposing conscription. Victimised in Brisbane for organising stop work meetings protesting against shooting of James Connolly and other Irish workers that had resolved ‘That we, the workers of Brisbane, protest against the wholesale butchery of the Irish working class by English capitalism’. 1916, delegate to assist J. Wright and G. Dale to put case for Barrier miners. 1917, delegate to Strike Defence Committee, Newcastle and Treasurer, Newcastle Anti-conscription Committee. 1919, delegate to first OBU (One Big Union) conference, Sydney. 1921, started first weekly Labor newspaper in Newcastle, which failed ‘due to lack of working class support’. Returned to work as coal miner, employed at Abermain pit. Member, NSW ALP executive ?-?. 1934, Secretary, Abermain No. 2 Lodge, Australasian Coal and Shale Employees’ Federation (AC &SEF0; 1943 ran unsuccessfully as Lang team candidate against Harold Wells in election for general presidency of AC &SEF.
Further details on occupations and positions held, found in October 2023:
https://labouraustralia.anu.edu.au/lifesummary/anlezark-claude-hamilton-25521Labour Australia
Life Summary
Name: Claude Hamilton Anlezark
Born : 23 December, 1886, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
Died: 10 October, 1978 (aged 91), Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: *
- coalminer (1900-1912) New South Wales, Australia
- Irish nationalist (1916-1918) Queensland, Australia
- anti-conscriptionist (1917-1918) Queensland, Australia
- coalminer (1921-1946) New South Wales, Australia
- trade union official (1934-1946) New South Wales, Australia
Key Organisations: *
- One Big Union (NSW) (attended first conference)
- Australasian Coal & Shale Employees Federation (NSW) (union official, 1934)
Political Activism: *
- ALP (NSW) (executive member)
- anti-conscriptionist (activist, 1916-1917)
* Dates are approximate