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Colin Victor Mawson 1914 - 1975

Colin Victor Mawson of Geelong, Greater Geelong City County, VIC Australia was born on May 3, 1914 in Wensleydale, Surf Coast Shire County to Albert Mawson and Rosina Gladman Mawson. He had siblings Percy Albert Mawson and Percy Albert Mawson. Colin Mawson married Mary Coster Witcombe in 1938, and died at age 61 years old on July 23, 1975 in Geelong, Greater Geelong City County.

Colin Victor Mawson
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Geelong, Greater Geelong City County, VIC Australia
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May 3, 1914
Wensleydale, Surf Coast Shire County, VIC, 3241, Australia
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In 1914, in the year that Colin Victor Mawson was born, in August, the Panama Canal opened to traffic. Begun by the French in the 1880's and abandoned, the United States undertook further construction in 1904. After 10 years, and the elimination of malaria carrying mosquitoes (which caused immense delays for the French and the Americans), the 48 mile long artificial waterway - a series of locks - created a shortcut for ships traveling between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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In 1922, he was just 8 years old when on June 22, coal miners in Herrin Illinois, were on strike (coal miners had been on strike nationally since April 1). The striking miners were outraged at the strikebreakers (scabs) that the company had brought in and laid siege to the mine. Three union workers were killed when gunfire was exchanged. The next day, union miners killed 23 strikebreakers and mine guards. No one, on either side, ever faced jail time.
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Mawson, Fred (Jan 9, 1924 - Sep 3, 1985) Mawson, Eileen (Jan 4, 1923 - Jun 22, 2011) Mawson, Lois (Dec 16, 1884 - Dec 1972) Mawson, Nancy (Aug 5, 1916 - Jan 1985) Mawson, John (Aug 24, 1919 - Oct 1983) Mawson, Catherine (Sep 28, 1909 - Nov 9, 2003) Mawson, Norman (Dec 31, 1926 - Aug 1, 1992) Mawson, Hazel (Jun 9, 1927 - Oct 15, 1997) Mawson, Mary (Dec 24, 1927 - Dec 23, 1997) Mawson, Katharine (Jan 28, 1877 - Jan 1965)
Mawson, Gladys (Mar 15, 1904 - Aug 11, 1998) Mawson, Elizabeth (Sep 23, 1928 - Feb 13, 2011) Mawson, Joseph (Sep 15, 1902 - Jun 19, 1986) Mawson, Gordon (Mar 8, 1904 - Apr 1982) Mawson, Thomas (Jul 13, 1931 - Oct 9, 1970) Mawson, Mary (Jan 18, 1921 - Jun 10, 1989) Mawson, Arthur (Mar 5, 1924 - Oct 23, 2007) Mawson, John (Dec 4, 1887 - May 1968) Mawson, Joseph (Oct 1, 1927 - Aug 7, 2007) Mawson, Andrew (Jul 20, 1950 - Jun 1986)
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