Synopsis
Teacher, Provincial secretary of the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union (ICU) in the OFS
First name
John Bidwell
Last name
Mancoe
Date of birth
1895
Location of birth
Reddersburg, Orange Free State
John Bidwell Mancoe was born in 1895 in Reddersburg in the Orange Free State, he graduated from Healdtown and became a teacher. In 1923 he joined the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union (ICU), becoming secretary of the Bloemfontein branch and later provincial secretary for the Orange Free State. During the 1930s he was an officer of Clements Kadalie's Independent ICU, centered in East London.