Clarrie Fallon

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|name = Clarrie Fallon

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|birth_date = {{circa|1890}}

|birth_place = Rockwood, Queensland, Australia

|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1950|1|11|1890}}

|death_place = North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

|spouse = {{marriage|Lillian Sansum|1913}}

|occupation = Trade unionist

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Clarence George Fallon ({{circa|1890}} – 11 January 1950) was an Australian trade unionist. He served as general secretary of the Australian Workers' Union (AWU) from 1941 to 1943. He was also president of the Australian Labor Party National Executive from 1938 to 1944.{{cite news|url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/fallon-clarence-george-clarrie-10149|title=Fallon, Clarence George (Clarrie) (1890–1950)|first=Lynette|last=Bergstrum|year=1996|volume=14|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=Melbourne University Press}}

Fallon died on 11 January 1950 at the Mater Hospital in North Sydney, New South Wales, having suffered a cerebral haemorrhage while attending an AWU Federal Council meeting.{{cite news|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/18144923|title=Sudden Death of Mr. C. G. Fallon, Stalwart Of A.W.U.|date=12 January 1950|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald}} Fallon House in Bundaberg, Queensland, was named in his honour.{{cite QHR|33400|Fallon House|602814|accessdate=1 August 2014}}

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Category:1890 births

Category:1950 deaths

Category:Trade unionists from Queensland

Category:Australian military personnel of World War I

Category:Australian Labor Party officials

Category:People from Central Queensland