Pat Shannon (union secretary)
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Pat Shannon, born Patrick Bowe in 1928 in Melbourne Victoria, was best known as secretary of the Federated Ship Painters and Dockers Union, known colloquially as the Painters and Dockers Union.[1]
Despite not pulling the trigger, gangster and hitman Billy "The Texan" Longley was found guilty of the 1973 murder of union secretary Pat Shannon, shot at the Druids Hotel in South Melbourne.[2]
The murder of Shannon, along with other alleged crimes associated with the Painters and Dockers, led to the Costigan Royal Commission into the union. Shannon was succeeded as union secretary by Jack "Putty Nose" Nicholls, who when asked why it had been so difficult to identify the trigger men for the murder, declared We catch and kill our own.[1][3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Silvester, John (May 24, 2012). "Killin' on the dock of the bay". The Age.
- ^ Robinson, Russell (12 June 2012). [>https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-order/underworld-enforcer-billy-the-texan-longley-maintains-silence-on-dock-boss-pat-shannons-murder/news-story/035a1692fb217b68919ff25671367d2e "Underworld enforcer Billy 'The Texan' Longley maintains silence on dock boss Pat Shannon's murder"]. Herald Sun. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
{{cite news}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ "Richard Lewer on Brian "The Skull" Murphy and Billy "The Texan" Longley - Ian Potter Museum of Art". 26 June 2019.
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