When the 'people's champion' got walloped  | Canberra CityNews

In Brisbane on March 17 1948, Australia's only Communist Party MP Fred Paterson was savagely smashed from behind by a policeman. The assault became known as The Great St Patrick's Day Bash. ROSS FITZGERALD tells the story.

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