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Troy was jailed for three months after the banning of the
Communist Party in 1940, after which he returned to the marine industry. He was elected an official of the Coastal Dock, Rivers and Harbour Works Union of Workers in 1944, and became secretary in 1948. The union was deregistered by the Court
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emancipation, and ran on many occasions for the federal and state parliaments. During his period of activity he was
Western Australia's most prominent communist; despite this, he enjoyed the respect of employers and the trust of his union. He retired in 1973. Following his wife's death in 1975, he
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in 1934. In 1936 he led a strike at the
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