CRONIN, John Michael
| Service Numbers: | SX29237, S38661 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 April 1943, Adelaide River, NT |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2) |
| Born: | Quorn, SA, 19 October 1913 |
| Home Town: | Thebarton (Southwark), City of West Torrens, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 1 Apr 1943: | Involvement Sergeant, SX29237 | |
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| 1 Apr 1943: | Involvement Sergeant, S38661 | |
| 1 Apr 1943: | Enlisted Adelaide River, NT | |
| 1 Apr 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, SX29237, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2) | |
| 24 Jan 1946: | Discharged | |
| 24 Jan 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, SX29237, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2) |
John Michael CRONIN
Enlisted in the Northern Territory but normal place of residence was Thebarton (Adelaide). In the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s John Michael Cronin was an active member of the Federated Clerks' Union of South Australia. He was also a keen member of "The Movement" (Formally the Catholic Social Studies Movement) and a 'grouper' (A member of an industrial group in that union). Both The Movement and the industrial group within the FCU - They overlapped - struggled to
eliminate 'pro-communist' influence in the union. Cronin became the arch-enemy of
Harry Krantz (1919-2006) who was the left-wing state secretary of the union (in South Australia) in 1941 and between 1946 and 1984 (when he retired). Cronin was a member of the Commercial Clerks' section of the FCU in SA and around 1950 worked in Austral Mills
Submitted 22 August 2021 by Malcolm SAUNDERS