# Clarrie Fallon

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{{Short description|Australian trade unionist (1890–1950)}}
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|name             = Clarrie Fallon
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|birth_date       = {{circa|1890}}
|birth_place      = [Rockwood, Queensland](/source/Tangorin), Australia
|death_date       = {{death date and age|df=yes|1950|1|11|1890}}
|death_place      = [North Sydney, New South Wales](/source/North_Sydney%2C_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](/source/Australian_Workers'_Union) (AWU) from 1941 to 1943. He was also president of the [Australian Labor Party National Executive](/source/Australian_Labor_Party_National_Executive) from 1938 to 1944.<ref name=adb>{{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}}</ref>

Fallon died on 11 January 1950 at the [Mater Hospital](/source/Mater_Hospital%2C_North_Sydney) in [North Sydney, New South Wales](/source/North_Sydney%2C_New_South_Wales), having suffered a cerebral haemorrhage while attending an AWU Federal Council meeting.<ref>{{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}}</ref> [Fallon House](/source/Fallon_House) in [Bundaberg, Queensland](/source/Bundaberg%2C_Queensland), was named in his honour.<ref name=qhr>{{cite QHR|33400|Fallon House|602814|accessdate=1 August 2014}}</ref>

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{{s-ttl|title=General Secretary of the [Australian Workers' Union](/source/Australian_Workers'_Union)|years=1941–1944}}
{{s-aft|after=[Beecher Hay](/source/Beecher_Hay)}}
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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
Category:20th-century Australian trade unionists

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