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Joseph Cyril Carroll
Joseph Cyril Carroll was born in 1901 in Ireland and apprenticed as a fitter and turner. He fought on the Republican side in the War of Independence. He was imprisoned in Dublin before leaving Ireland in 1922. He travelled widely as a seaman, joined the Seamen’s Union and became a ship’s engineer.
He jumped ship in Sydney in 1924 and became an apprentice engineer at Mort’s Dock in Balmain, rising through the ranks until he quit to run his own business in Pyrmont – the Anaesthetic and Portable Machine Company. He gave his address as Miller Street. He retired in 1963.
Carroll was an active Labor Party member, holding several positions, including secretary of the Pyrmont branch. He represented the party as alderman for Phillip Ward and the Municipality of Darlington from 1948 to 1953.
In 1949 William O’Connor, the federal member for West Sydney, surprisingly stood aside. Carroll (living in Miller Street, Pyrmont) nominated for pre-selection, citing his years of union membership and party loyalty. He lost to the publican Dan Minogue who occupied the seat for twenty years. Carroll’s interests were politics and horse racing. In 1994 he led the St Patrick’s Day Parade.
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