Match the events in John Curtin's life with the dates below. Check your answers as you go. Good luck!
1885 1899 1906 1907 1911 1916 1917 1924 1928 1935 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945
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| Joins the Victorian Socialist Party |
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| Appointed Secretary of the Timber Workers' Union |
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| Appointed Secretary of the Trades Hall Council Anti-conscription Campaign |
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| Represents Australia at the International Labour Organisation Conference in Geneva |
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| Becomes Prime Minister of Australia |
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| Travels to the USA, Canada and Britain |
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| Clashes with Churchill over the return of 6th and 7th Divisions of the AIF to Australia |
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| Leaves school aged 14 |
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| Becomes President of the Brunswick Branch of the Political Labor Council (later the ALP) |
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| Moves to Western Australia to become editor of the Westralian Worker newspaper |
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| Convinces the ALP (Australian Labor Party) to accept conscription for overseas military service |
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| Dies at the Lodge in Canberra, aged 60 |
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| Born in Creswick, Victoria |
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| Becomes Federal Leader of the Australian Labor Party |
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| Wins the federal seat of Fremantle for the first time |
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