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James Scullin
18 September - 28 January 1953
Prime Minister of Australia from 22 October 1929 to 6 January 1932

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His tombstone in Melbourne Cemetery reads as follows:

Gravestone of James Scullin

JAMES HENRY
SCULLIN P.C.

PRIME MINISTER OF THE COMMONWEALTH
OF AUSTRALIA
OCTOBER 1929 - JANUARY 1932
BELOVED HUSBAND OF
SARAH MARIA
DIED 28-1-1953
AGED 76 YEARS

REQUIESCAT IN PACE

"JUSTICE AND HUMANITY DEMAND
INTERFERENCE WHENEVER THE WEAK
ARE BEING CRUSHED BY THE STRONG"

J.H.S.

ERECTED BY THE FEDERAL EXECUTIVE OF THE A.L.P.
FEDERAL PARLIAMENTARY LABOR PARTY AND A.C.T.U.
ON BEHALF OF THE LABOR MOVEMENT OF AUSTRALIA

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