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Jessie ADAMS
Domestic on Samuel B. RUDDUCK's Koobabbie Farm in Coorow 1914-1917 [19]
Joseph William AKERS
Born 29 September 1896 in Tottenham, Middlesex, England [16]
Son of William Walter AKERS and Elizabeth Emma DUDLEY [20] [21]
In 1901 he was living with his parents, sister Mary and brother William at 7 Windmill Road in Edmonton, Middlesex, England [20]
Married Violet Harriett MASON in England in 1918 [21]
Departed London, England with his wife on the Benalla and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 7 January 1924 [70]
Baker in Coorow, Western Australia in 1929 [19]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Fremantle prior to enlisting in the Royal Australian Navy on 14 December 1939 [16]
LG Cook F2885 on the Royal Australian Navy's H.M.A.S. Lonsdale during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Royal Australian Navy on 14 November 1946 [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Rivervale [2]
Died 13 January 1973; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, M, 171) [2]
Mrs Violet Harriett AKERS
Wife of Joseph William AKERS; see Violet Harriett MASON
George Henry ALBAN
Born 1903 in England [21]
Departed London, England on the Orcades and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 24 October 1924 [70]
After arrival he worked as a farm labourer on Group Settlement number 111 in Denmark [70]
Labourer in Coorow in 1929 [19]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of South Perth [2]
Died 12 March 1985; ashes scattered to the wind at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
John ALFORD
Farmer in Coorow 1922-1927 [19]
Margaret ALLARDYCE
Born C.1871 [2]
Married George William O'HERN in Perth in 1905 [15]
Resided with her husband and children in Mingenew, where he was the local Police Constable 1905-1912 [87]
Resided on farmland in Gunyidi with her husband and children 1914-1939 [19]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Swanbourne [2]
Mother of George, Alma Hope, James and William [15]
Died 27 October 1946; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Presbyterian, EA, 282A) [2]
Charles William ANDERSON
Railway Fettler in Marchagee 1911-1933 [19]
David Alexander ANDERSON
Born 23 October 1902 in Bothwell, Lanark, Scotland [16] [28]
Son of spirit merchant William Miller ANDERSON and Elspeth Simpson RANKIN [28]
Departed London, England on the Barrabool and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 25 August 1924 [70]
Clearer at Waddy Forest in the Coorow district of Western Australia 1925-1927 [19]
Mrs Dorothy ANDERSON
Wife of Samuel ANDERSON; see Dorothy MACKENZIE
George Rankin ANDERSON
Born 13 June 1899 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland [28]
Son of spirit merchant William Miller ANDERSON and Elspeth Simpson RANKIN [28]
Departed London, England on the Orvieto and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 2 November 1922 [70]
Clearer in Waddy Forest 1925-1930 [19]
Farmer in Latham 1932-1935 [19]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Victoria Park prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 19 March 1941 [16]
Sapper W5838 in the Australian Army's 7 Works & Park Company until being discharged on 5 November 1941 [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Mount Pleasant [2]
Died 15 September 1986; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (MC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 11, 34) [2]
James ANDERSON
Born 21 October 1897 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland [28]
Son of spirit merchant William Miller ANDERSON and Elspeth Simpson RANKIN [28]
In 1922 he was living at Marlborough Cottages in Broomhouse, Lanark, Scotland and working as a Steel Turner [28]
Married Jessie Gibson MCNEILL on 3 January 1922 at Marlborough Cottages in Broomhouse, Lanark, Scotland [28]
Departed London, England on the Barrabool and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 25 August 1924 [70]
Clearer in Waddy Forest 1925-1930 [19]
Farmer in Latham 1932-1935 [19]
Later resided at Crestwood Estate in the Perth suburb of Thornlie [2]
Died 30 September 1975; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (EC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 7, 96) [2]
James Andrew ANDERSON
Born 22 May 1897 in Hillgrove, New South Wales, Australia [16]
Son of Andrew W. ANDERSON and Jane WILSON [32]
Married Kathleen BONSER in Western Australia in 1919 [66]
Farmhand in Waddy Forest 1927-1935 [19]
Farmhand in Latham in 1938 and in Buntine in 1939 [19]
Farmhand in Wubin 1941-1948 [19]
Private W76462 in Wubin's local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Mount Helena [2]
Died 31 October 1978; buried Midland Cemetery, Perth suburb of Midland (Wesleyan, B, 66) [2]
Mrs Jessie Gibson ANDERSON
Wife of James ANDERSON; see Jessie Gibson MCNEILL
Mrs Kathleen ANDERSON
Wife of James Andrew ANDERSON; see Kathleen BONSER
"Sam" Samuel ANDERSON
Married Dorothy MACKENZIE in Perth in 1935 [66]
Farmer in Waddy Forest in 1941 [19]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Mount Hawthorn prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 26 February 1941 [16]
Private WX10949 in the D Section of the Australian Army's 4th Reserve M. T. Company during the Second World War [16]
During the hostilities he was a Prisoner of War, and was discharged from the Australian Army on 16 August 1946 [16]
Farmer of Victoria Location 9972 in Waddy Forest 1946-1962 [3] [19]
Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Sub-Branch of the Returned Soldiers League in 1951 [4: 21-Apr-1951]
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society 1957-1958 [13]
Resided of late in the southern coastal Perth suburb of Safety Bay [2]
Father of Terry, Thea, Robert and Ronald [P343]
Died 16 June 1974; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 36, 63) [2]
"Terry" Samuel Terrance ANDERSON
Son of "Sam" Samuel ANDERSON and Dorothy MCKEZNIE [P343]
Blacksmith in Coorow in 1964 [19] and later took over his father's farm in Waddy Forest [P343]
Farmer of Victoria Location 9972 on Lampard Road in Waddy Forest / Coorow 1986-1992 [19]
After selling his farm to his brother Robert left Coorow and shifted to Showground Road in South Greenough [19]
Mrs Violet Ann ANDERSON
Wife of Walter ANDERSON; see Violet Ann DORRIES
Walter ANDERSON
Farmer in Gunyidi 1930-1935 [3] [19]
"Billy" William Miller ANDERSON
Born 1928 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Son of James ANDERSON and Jessie Gibson MCNEILL [16]
Resided with his parents in Waddy Forest / Latham 1928-1935 [19]
Student at the Waddy Well State School in Waddy Forest [5: 12-Jul-1935]
Won a 2nd prize for Handwork in the Educational section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 7 September 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball in Coorow on Saturday 6 July 1935 dressed as "Nigger Minstrel" [5: 12-Jul-1935]
Won 2nd prize for the Novelty Competition in the Educational section of the 1935 Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show [5: 13-Sep-1935]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Bateman [2]
Died 25 December 2004; ashes interred Fremantle Cemetery, Perth suburb of Palmyra (Sainsbury, Rose Memorial, BP18, 7) [2]
Mrs Elizabeth Rose ANGELO
Wife of William Aikenhead ANGELO; see Elizabeth Rose GATLEY
William Aikenhead ANGELO
Born C.1886 [2]
Married Elizabeth Rose GATLEY in 1926 [66]
Farmhand for Baxter D. BOTHE on Inglewood Farm in Coorow in 1927 [19]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Nedlands [2]
Died 18 January 1963; ashes scattered over the rose garden at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Thomas H. ARMSTRONG
Born C.1900 [1]
Resided on Victor W. BROUN's farm in Coorow in 1938 [1]
Passed away suddenly from a coronary haemorrhage [1]
Died 31 October 1938 in Coorow; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row C, Plot 3) [1]
Rev. Kenneth P. LUCAS officiated at his burial, which was undertaken by Henry Parkin & Son, both of Carnamah [1]
His funeral cost £17/10/0 - the Government paid £13/4/0 and the remainder was written off by Henry Parkin & Son [53]
Jemima ASHBY
Born C.1886
Married "Frank" Francis Charles BAGLEY in 1908 [66]
Resided with her husband in Marchagee in 1908 and then in Wannamal 1909-1922 [19]
Member of the Wannamal Hall Committee 1912-1919 [114: pages 107, 202]
Along with her husband and children left Wannamal in December 1922 [114: page 219]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Midland [2]
Mother of Annie and Walter [114: page 213]
Died 8 April 1971; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, NA, 114) [2]
George ASHLEY
Contractor in Coorow 1929-1932 [19]
James George William ASHWORTH
Born 20 May 1896 in Gingin, Western Australia [15] [16]
Son of James ASHWORTH and Mary Maria SMITH [15]
Farmer in Gunyidi 1921-1923 [19]
In Gunyidi he initially farmed the 160 acre Victoria Location 5643, and later also the 1,068 acre Victoria Location 7308 [44]
Farmer in Carnamah in 1927 [19]
Resided in Wiluna prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 13 July 1940 [16]
Driver WX4408 in the Australian Army's 2/28 Australian Infantry Battalion during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 24 October 1943 [16]
Resided of late in Gingin [2]
Died 5 July 1978; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (EC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 18, 153) [2]
Thomas Roland Jonathon ASHWORTH
Born 1902 in Gingin, Western Australia [15]
Son of James ASHWORTH and Mary Maria SMITH [15]
Labourer in Gunyidi 1924-1927 [19]
Later resided in Gingin [2]
Died 13 September 1983 ; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (EC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 18, 153) [2]
Bertram Lidstone ASPLEY
Born 1890 in Richmond, Victoria, Australia [54]
Son of Winter Lidstone ASPLEY and Elizabeth DUMARESQ [54]
Farmer of Merriedale Farm in Coorow 1914-1916 [19]
Farmer of Lidstone Farm in Latham 1916-1921 [19]
From 1912 to 1916 he was the lessee of the 160 acre lease 12720/74 east of Coorow [44]
Later resided in Busselton [2]
Died 29 February 1956; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, ZP, 615) [2]
Mrs Elizabeth ASPLEY
Wife of Winter Lidstone ASPLEY; see Elizabeth DUMARESQ
Lloyd Dumaresq Lidstone ASPLEY
Born 1885 in Richmond, Victoria, Australia [15]
Son of Winter Lidstone ASPLEY and Elizabeth DUMARESQ [54]
Farmer of Merriedale Farm in Coorow 1911-1916 [19]
Farmer of Lidstone Farm in Latham 1916-1925 [19]
He was the lessee of the 160 acre lease 12721/74 east of Coorow from 1912 to 1916 [44]
From 1916 to 1926 he was the freehold owner of Victoria Location 4001 in Latham [61]
William George Lidstone ASPLEY
Born 1887 in Richmond, Victoria, Australia [15]
Son of Winter Lidstone ASPLEY and Elizabeth DUMARESQ [54]
Farmer of Lidstone Farm in Latham in 1916 [19] [30]
From 1912 to 1916 he was the lessee of the 160 acre lease 12722/74 east of Coorow [44]
Later became the freehold owner of the 160 acres, which became Victoria Location 4002 in Latham [61]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in Perth on 6 May 1916 [30: item 3037464]
When he applied to enlist he gave his address as 322 Hay Street in the Perth suburb of Subiaco [30]
Upon enlistment he was 5 feet 6½ inches, weighed 148 pounds, with dark brown eyes, dark brown hair and a fresh complexion [30]
Stated his profession as a General Engineering Blacksmith, having previously undertaken a three year apprenticeship [30]
Gave his father Winter Lidstone ASPLEY as his next of kin, his address at the time being Latham, Western Australia [30]
After training at Blackboy Hill he was on 24 January 1917 appointed to the Australian Imperial Force's 3rd Railway Corps [30]
Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A28 Militades on 29 January 1917 [30]
Disembarked in Devonport, England on 27 March 1917 and on 11 May 1917 proceeded to France [30]
Blacksmith 979 of the 59th Australian Railway Operating Division of the A.I.F. in France during the First World War [30]
In 1919 he was designated to the 5th Australian Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company of the A.I.F. [30]
Returned to Australia on the Konigin Louise, disembarking in Fremantle, Western Australia on 23 August 1919 [30]
Discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 10 September 1919; received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [30]
Married Martha Mary COE in 1920 [66]
In 1926 he was working as a Blacksmith in Prince Street, Busselton [61]
Winter Lidstone ASPLEY
Married Elizabeth DUMARESQ [15] [54]
Himself and his wife arrived in Victoria, Australia on the ship Cephalonia in March 1883 [42]
By 1911 they had left the Australian state of Victoria and shifted to Coorow in Western Australia [19]
Farmer of Merriedale Farm in Coorow 1911-1916 [19]
Farmer of Lidstone Farm in Latham 1916-1921 [19] [30]
From 1912 to 1916 he was the lessee of the 160 acre lease 12681/74 east of Coorow [44]
Throughout the same period he also had a 360 acre Conditional Purchase block in lease 23405/55 [44]
Became the freehold owner of the two blocks, which became Victoria Locations 3999 and 4003 in Latham [61]
Later resided in Capel, but owned Victoria Locations 3999 and 4003 in Latham until 1926 [61]
Father of Alice, Lloyd, William, Bertram and Lucy [15] [54]
Paul ATTWOOD
Born 16 October 1910 in Perth, Western Australia [16]
Son of Henry and Mary ATTWOOD, and stepson of John SIMPTON [215]
Resided with his mother and stepfather in Coorow 1919-1921 and in Gunyidi 1922-1924 [6] [44] [215]
Student at the Coorow State School in Coorow in 1920 [215]
Won a 2nd prize for Writing at the Three Springs Day held in Three Springs on Thursday 23 September 1920 [10: 15-Oct-1920]
Farmer at Wilroy north east of Mullewa 1933-1935 [19]
Married Mabel Joan JAMES in Perth in 1941 [66]
Resided in Perth prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 12 December 1941 [16]
Sergeant W23119 of the Australian Army's 110 Perth Military Hospital during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 14 April 1947 [16]
From after the war until at least 1958 resided at 56 Westminster Street in the Perth suburb of Victoria Park [3] [84]
Following his mother's death in 1941 he paid rates on two vacant blocks in the Carnamah townsite belonging to his late stepfather [3]
The two blocks were 9 Yarra Street (Lot 13 of Victoria Location 1936) and 10 Yarra Street (Lot 14 of Victoria Location 1936) [3]
By 1952 there was £5/2/6 of unpaid rates for the two blocks in Carnamah owing to the Carnamah District Road Board [4: 2-Aug-1952]
The Carnamah District Road Board advertised and subsequently sold off the two blocks to recover the money owed [4: 2-Aug-1952]
9 Yarra Street was sold to David I. M. BOWMAN and 10 Yarra Street to Mrs Stella M. REYNOLDS, both of Carnamah [3]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Carlisle [2]
Father of Vicki, Laurence and Brian [84]
Died 1 March 1995; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (General, Lawn 3, 247) [2]
Nicol AULD
Born 30 December 1918 in Scotland [16]
Resided in Wayville, South Australia prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 4 April 1941 [16]
Private S31279 in the Australian Army's Ordnance Recovery Station during a portion of the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 10 June 1941 and re-enlisted the next day on 11 June 1941 [16]
Corporal SX13180 in the Australian Army's 106 T B G Workshops during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 3 January 1946 [16]
Farmer in Coorow, Western Australia 1955-1973 [19]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Guildford [2]
Died 18 July 2004; cremated Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
William George AYLWARD
Born 24 October 1896 in Peckham, London, England [16]
Son of greengrocer Alfred William AYLWARD and Ellen DAWES [20] [21]
In 1901 he was living with his parents, brother Alfred and sister Ellen at 100 Glengall Road in Camberwell, London, England [20]
Departed London, England on the Osterley and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 16 September 1924 [70]
Farmhand in Waddy Forest 1925-1927 [19]
Married Doris Alisa DANKER in 1934 [66]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Claremont prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 27 March 1940 [16]
Private W237557 in the Australian Army's Army Canteens during a portion of the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 2 January 1941 [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Mount Hawthorn [2]
Died 31 July 1981; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (MC Section, Niche Wall, W4, 36) [2]
"Frank" Francis Charles BAGLEY
Born 1883 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Son of John BAGLEY and Emily Edith GARDNER; and step-son of Peter PILONI [15] [114: page 32]
Along with his twice widowed mother and siblings shifted to Wannamal late in the year 1900 [114: page 32]
Resided with his mother on Haresfield Farm in Wannamal [114: page 32]
Had a relationship with Jemina ASHBY which resulted in a daughter Annie Emily, who was born in 1902 [15]
In 1903 he was working as a Fettler on the Koojan-Moora section of the Midland Railway line [114: page 80]
The next year he acquired through two leases 260 acres in Wannamal (Swan Locations 2152 and 2260) [114: page 57]
Farmer in Wannamal 1906-1908 [6] [19]
Married Jemima ASHBY in 1908 [66]
Farmer in Marchagee in 1908 [19]
Railway Ganger in Wannamal in 1909 and 1910 [19], and was later Ganger, Postmaster and an Orchardist in Wannamal [114: page 213]
Member of the Wannamal Hall Committee in 1912-1919 - was Vice Chairman in 1919 [114: pages 107, 116, 185, 188, 197-8, 202]
Left Wannamal in December 1922 after selling his orchard in Wannamal to John K. KIMBER [114: page 219]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Midland Junction [2]
Father of Annie and Walter [114: page 213]
Died 19 December 1955; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, NA, 114) [2]
Mrs Jemima BAGLEY
Wife of Francis Charles BAGLEY; see Jemima ASHBY
Donald Macdiarmid BAIN
Born 2 March 1882 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland
Son of pastry cook George BAIN and Jane Craig MALCOLM [28]
He was born at 15 minutes past five in the evening at 130 Mathieson Street in Glasgow [28]
Grew up with his parents and siblings at East Clyde Street in Helensburgh, Dunbarton, Scotland [20]
He was one of at least nine children, with siblings George, Janet, James, William, Jane, Maggie, Mary and Sumervill [20]
By 1901 he was like his father working as a Pastry Cook [20]
Married Isabella McCALLUM on 1 July 1907 at Seaview House, 72 East Clyde Street in Helensburgh, Dunbarton, Scotland [28]
Departed London, England with his wife and daughter Jane and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 1 November 1910 [70] [203]
Railway Stationmaster in Coorow in 1915 and 1916 [6] [19] [50]
Railway Stationmaster in Watheroo from 1916 to 1919 [6] [166]
Himself and his wife were the recipients of a Farewell Social and Dance in Watheroo on Wednesday 16 April 1919 [9: 18-Apr-1919]
Left Watheroo in April 1919 after being transferred to Gingin [9: 18-Apr-1919]
Railway Stationmaster in Gingin 1919-1921 [6] [9: 18-Apr-1919]
Resided at 14 Stafford Street in the Perth suburb of Midland Junction from 1922 until his death in 1948 [6]
Goods Agent for the Midland Railway Company in Commercial Road, Midland Junction 1923-1930 [6]
Store Superintendent in Midland Junction 1931-1937 [6]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Miss "May" Mary L. LANG of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 26 November 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Carnamah farmer John LANG at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth on 24 December 1935 [5: 3-Jan-1936]
Judged the Confectionary section at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in Coorow on Thursday 3 September 1936 [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Died 27 November 1948; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Presbyterian, IA, 862) [2]
Mrs Isabella BAIN
Wife of Donald Macdiarmid BAIN; see Isabella McCALLUM
Jane Malcolm BAIN
Born 6 June 1909 in Scotland [166]
Daughter of Donald Macdiarmid BAIN and Isabella McCALLUM [166]
Departed London, England her parents on the Otranto and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 1 November 1910 [70] [203]
Resided with her parents in Coorow, where her father was the local Stationmaster, in 1915 and 1916 [6]
Shifted with her parents to Watheroo in 1916, and was enrolled at the Watheroo State School on 13 March 1916 [6] [166]
Resided with her parents in Watheroo from 1916 until April 1919 when her father was transferred to Gingin [9: 18-Apr-1919]
Married George Elder MARSHALL in Perth in 1933 [66]
In 1936 was living with her husband, who worked as a teacher, at 47 North Beach Road in the Perth suburb of North Beach [50]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Forrestfield [2]
Died 8 September 1980; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (MC Section, Niche Wall, W3, 3) [2]
Alexander Melville BALLOCH
Born C.1894 [2]
Married Alice Agnes BUIRCHELL in Perth in 1920 [66]
Linesman in Coorow in 1932 and 1933 [4: 12-Nov-1932] [19]
In 1932 had a Hupmobile car licensed with the Carnamah District Road Board with license plate CA-80 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Later resided in Perth [2]
Died 10 July 1950; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, ZI, 563) [2]
Mrs Alice Agnes BALLOCH
Wife of Alexander Melville BALLOCH; see Alice Agnes BUIRCHELL
T. BARBOUR
Did contract clearing in East Coorow for the Upper Irwin Road Board for 2/6 per chain in December 1910 [9: 30-Dec-1910]
Henry James BARLOW
Contractor in Coorow 1929-1932 [19]
Eva BARNSLEY
Born 1884 in Prior's Lee, Shropshire, England [20] [21]
Daughter of bricklayer Henry BARNSLEY and Elizabeth Ann MASON [20] [21]
She was living with her parents and siblings Edith, William and Annie at Snedshill, Shropshire, England in 1891 [20]
In 1901 was a Tailoress and was living with her parents, brother William and sister Annie in Prior's Lee, Shropshire, England [20]
Married Thomas GREGORY in 1906 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England [21]
Resided with her husband on farmland in Coorow, Western Australia 1920-1927 [6] [19]
Assisted the Coorow Hall Committee with the Official Opening of the Coorow Agricultural Hall on 1 February 1923 [9: 23-Feb-1923]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Maylands [2]
Died 15 April 1946; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Baptist, CA, 195)
Mary Ann BARRINGTON
Married Robert John GALBRAITH in Yalgoo in 1902 [15]
Her husband, who had worked as a Labourer near Field's Find and as a Contractor in Perenjori, died in 1931 [15] [50]
Resided in Coorow 1943-1947 [19]
James Robert BARRON
Labourer for Samuel B. RUDDUCK on Koobabbie Farm in Coorow 1911-1914 [19]
Mrs Agnes BARWISE
Born C.1892 [1]
Husband of Henry BARWISE [14]
Resided with her husband on Samuel B. RUDDUCK's Koobabbie Farm in Coorow 1947-1956 [1] [19]
Later resided at 128 Mathison Road in the Perth suburb of Applecross [1]
Died 4 July 1958 in the Perth suburb of Applecross; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row F, Plot 4) [1] [14]
Henry BARWISE
Born C.1895 [1]
Stockman on Samuel B. RUDDUCK's Koobabbie Farm in Coorow 1943-1956 [1] [19]
Husband of Agnes [14]
Died 9 December 1956 in Coorow; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row F, Plot 3) [1]
Mrs Amy Lillian BATEMAN
Wife of Albert Edward Parker BATEMAN; see Amy Lillian DRAPER
Mrs Annie Mary BATTERSBY
Wife of George John Thomas BATTERSBY; see Annie Mary HUTCHINS
"Ted" Edwin BATTERSBY
Born 1 December 1889 in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia [16]
Son of George John Thomas BATTERSBY and Annie Mary HUTCHINS [P335]
Resided with his parents in Boulder, Mount Magnet and Cue where his father worked as a Miner [P335]
In 1908 settled with his parents in Coorow, where his father began farming and established Wattle Vale Farm [P335]
Farmer of Wattle Vale Farm in Coorow 1908-1923 [19]
One of the farm's Conditional Purchase blocks, the 160 acre Victoria Location 3456, was in his name [44]
Married Lucy Agatha WILLIS on 24 July 1917 at Our Lady of Peace Church in Auburn, South Australia [55]
Following his marriage may have lived on another farm, as his wife enrolled with an address of Hawthorne Farm in Coorow [19]
In 1942 was living in the Perth suburb of Victoria Park [16]
Private W67742 in the Australian Army's Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Victoria Park [2]
Father of Ronald, Dorothy, and twins Maureen and Doreen [P335]
Died 31 May 1947; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, JC, 199D) [2]
George BATTERSBY
Born 24 October 1895 in Cassilis, Victoria, Australia [16]
Son of George John Thomas BATTERSBY and Annie Mary HUTCHINS [54]
Shifted with his parents to Western Australia and they initially resided in Boulder, Mount Magnet and then Cue [P335]
In 1908 they left Cue and shifted to land in Coorow [P335]
Farmer of Wattle Dale Farm in Coorow 1908-1951 [P335]
Married Vera HARRY in Perth in 1925 [66]
Committee Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society 1932-1934 [5: 23-Dec-1932, 10-Nov-1933]
Exhibited in the Horse and Cattle sections of the First Annual Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 8 September 1932 [5]
In the Horse section received 1st prize for a Draught Gelding or Mare and 2nd prize for a Pair of Farm Horses [5: 16-Sep-1932]
Received 1st prize for a Jersey Heifer bred in the North Midlands, 1st for a milking strain Jersey Bull and 2nd for a Jersey Cow [5]
Member of Coorow's Maley Park Management Committee in 1933 [5: 23-Dec-1932]
In February 1934 he offered a portion of his farm on an unlimited tenure to the Coorow Rifle Club for their rifle range [5: 23-Feb-1934]
The site he offered was accepted and approved by the Defence Department, and surveyed in March 1934 [5: 16-Mar-1934]
Awarded 1st prize for a Jersey Cow exhibited in the Cattle section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1934 [5: 7-Sep-1934]
Unsuccessfully requested in August 1935 that the Carnamah District Road Board close Telegraph Road in Coorow [5: 23-Aug-1935]
Exhibited in the Cattle and Pig sections of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show held on Thursday 5 September 1935 [5: 13-Sep-1935]
Won 1st prizes for Jersey Heifer, Best Beef Breed Bull, Best Dairy Cow, and Two Porkers; and 2nd prize for Jersey Cow [5]
Member of the Coorow Rifle Club in 1936 [5: 4-Sep-1936]
Exhibited in the Cattle, Pig and Grain & Fodder sections of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 3 September 1936 [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Won 1st prizes for Jersey Heifer and Best Bull, both 1st and 2nd for Two Porkers, and 2nd for Australian Strong White Wheat [5]
Sold 33 shorn wethers at 14/4 and 7 ewes at 11/1 through Westralian Farmers Ltd at the Midland Market in October 1936 [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Private W72124 in Coorow's local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Coorow farmer George HUTCHCRAFT at the Winchester Cemetery on 28 January 1949 [5: 3-Feb-1949]
Along with his wife and children Harry, Rae, Iris and Edna left Coorow in 1951 and shifted to the Perth suburb of Cottesloe [P335]
Their sons Jack and Donald remained farming in Coorow [P335]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Cottesloe until his death in 1966 [2]
Father of Jack, Harry, Donald, Rae, Iris and Edna [P335]
Died 25 June 1966; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 8, 72) [2]
From The Western Mail newspaper, Friday 20 December 1928:
Country Towns and Districts - Carnamah-Coorow - Rapid Development
"Mr G. Battersby believes that he will win a 19 bushel average from his 950 acres of crop. At present he has stripped 8 bags per acre on well fallowed land, sown with 45 lb. seed and 135 lb. super per acre, but the sand plain country awaiting the machines is likely to bring down that average. On his property, which is a couple of miles south of Coorow, he has 1,000 acres fallowed for next year. He will carry next season a flock of 500 merino ewes."
George John Thomas BATTERSBY
Born 23 July 1863 in Millbrook, South Australia [30] [55]
Son of Thomas BATTERSBY and Jane ABBOTT [55]
Married Annie Mary HUTCHINS on 9 September 1889 in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia [P335]
In Victoria their daughter Olive Jane was born on 21 June 1891 at Omeo, and died on 4 April 1892 in Cassilis [P335]
Shifted to Western Australia and where he worked as a Miner in Boulder, Mount Magnet and Cue [P335]
Farmer of Wattle Dale Farm in Coorow, Western Australia 1908-1928 [P335] [19]
His farm was 731 acres of size and consisted of three Conditional Purchase blocks in Victoria Locations 3207, 3831 and 3577 [44]
Also part of the farm was his son the 160 acre Victoria Location 3456, which was owned by his son Edwin [44]
During the 1920s also owned the 43 acre Victoria Location 5655 (by 1932 it was owned by Mrs Blanche A. BOTHE) [3] [44]
He may have initially worked as a Fettler in Coorow, that being his occupation from 1908 to 1911 [44]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in Geraldton on 11 April 1916 and allocated regimental number 2835 [30: item 3057589]
On enlistment gave his address as Coorow and his profession as Miner (presumably from his years before going to Coorow) [30]
Recorded as 5 feet 6½ inches tall, weighing 140 lbs., with light brown eyes, dark brown hair, a medium complexion [30]
After training he was appointed as a Private in the 6th Reinforcement of the Australian Imperial Force's 5th Pioneer Battalion [30]
Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the A28 Port Melbourne on 30 October 1916 [30]
Disembarked from Port Melbourne in Devonport, England on 28 December 1916 for further military training [30]
Embarked Devonport, England on the Miltiades and disembarked in Fremantle, Western Australia on 22 June 1917 [30]
Due to having chronic bronchitis was discharged from the A.I.F. on 24 July 1917; received the British War Medal [30]
From 5 July 1917 onwards he received a fortnightly pension of 30/- and his wife one of 15/- [30]
Following his discharge he Australian Imperial Force he returned to Coorow [19]
Purchased with Sydney MUSTO 701 acres of virgin land in Coorow from the Midland Railway Company on 26 September 1918 [27]
The 701 acres was Lot M1121 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost £263/2/7 (7/6 per acre), payable by instalments [27]
They farmed the 701 acres in partnership as "Battersby & Musto" until abandoning the block during the 1921-22 financial year [44]
The 701 acre Lot M1121 was re-sold to Alexander GRANT in July 1922, and he sold it onto Daisy FARLEY in June 1925 [27]
At the first wool sale of the season on Friday 4 November 1921 he sold one bale of wool for 15¼d. per pound [10: 11-Nov-1921]
Prior to his death he is said to have left his farm in Coorow and settled with his son Thomas on a farm in Marchagee [P335]
Resided in the Coorow district until his death in 1930 [2]
Father of Edwin, Olive Jane, George and Thomas [P335]
Died 6 February 1930; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, OA, 211) [2]
By the end of the 1931-32 financial year his son George was the owner of his 731 acres and an additional 3,115 acres in Coorow [3]
Iris BATTERSBY
Born 14 February 1936 in Carnamah, Western Australia [P335]
Daughter of George BATTERSBY and Vera HARRY [P335]
She was born at Dr Cecil P. ROSENTHAL's Carnamah Private Hospital at 14 Robertson Street, Carnamah [5: 21-Feb-1936]
Resided with her parents on Wattle Vale Farm in Coorow 1936-1951 [P335]
She was baptised at the Methodist Church in the Perth suburb of Cottesloe on 24 January 1937 [84]
Educated at the Coorow State School in Coorow, and then at Perth Girls High School in Perth [P335]
Married Ross WHITE in 1961 [P335]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Attadale [2]
Mother of Stuart [P335]
Died 22 January 1983; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 8, 72) [2]
From The North Midland Times newspaper, Friday 21 February 1936:
"Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Geo. Battersby, of Coorow, on the birth of a daughter. The baby was born at the Carnamah Hospital on Friday, February 14."
Jack BATTERSBY
Born 21 May 1926 in Perth, Western Australia [15] [P335]
Son of George BATTERSBY and Vera HARRY [P335]
Resided with his parents on Wattle Vale Farm in Coorow [P335]
He was baptised at the Methodist Church in the Perth suburb of Cottesloe on 20 June 1926 [84]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Coorow in July 1933 dressed as "Arabian Nights" [4: 29-Jul-1933]
Won 1st prize for a Pencil Drawing at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in Coorow on Thursday 5 September 1935 [5: 13-Sep-1935]
Student at the Coorow State School until leaving at the age of 14 to assist his very ill father on the farm [P335]
Farmhand on and later Farmer of Wattle Vale Farm in Coorow [P335]
Member of the Winchester Tennis Club in 1945 [0: image 04374]
Committee Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society 1946-1951 [4: 7-Apr-1951 [150]
Steward of the Poultry section at the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society's Tenth Annual Show in 1947 [150]
Married "Pat" Patricia Vera LEADBITTER on 27 January 1951 [0: images 04602 & 04715]
Member of the Coorow Rifle Club 1952-1959 [0: image 04682] [4: 24-Jul-1959]
Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest branch of the Farmers' Union of WA in 1951 [4: 7-Apr-1951]
Member of the Coorow Tennis Club 1951-1953 [0: image 04721] [4: 7-Apr-1951]
Founding Committee Member of the Coorow Pasture Improvement Group in 1954 [4: 18-Dec-1954]
Farmer in Coorow until at least 1970 [19]
Resided on the Midland Road in Coorow in 1976 [90]
Father of Stephen, Susan, Allan and Wayne [14]
Died 1 December 1976 in Coorow; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row G, Plot 5) [1]
Mrs Lucy Agatha BATTERSBY
Wife of "Ted" Edward BATTERSBY; see Lucy Agatha WILLIS
Mrs "Pat" Patricia Vera BATTERSBY
Wife of Jack BATTERSBY; see "Pat" Patricia Vera LEADBITTER
Thomas BATTERSBY
Born 18 June 1901 in Boulder, Western Australia [P335]
Son of George John Thomas BATTERSBY and Annie Mary HUTCHINS [P335]
Resided with his parents in Boulder, Mount Magnet and Cue where his father worked as a Miner [P335]
In 1908 settled with his parents in Coorow, where his father began farming and established Wattle Vale Farm [P335]
Farmer in Coorow 1923-1933 [19]
Married Daisy Gertrude FERGUSON in Perth in 1924 [66]
In 1932 he had a hired Chevrolet truck registered with the Carnamah District Road Board with license plate CA-8 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Guildford prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 14 October 1942 [16]
Private WX34020 in the Australian Army's Catering Corps during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 15 October 1945 [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Lockridge [2]
Died 7 May 1978; ashes interred Midland Cemetery, Perth suburb of Midland (Old Ashes Site, Old Style Memorial, 66) [2]
Mrs Vera BATTERSBY
Wife of George BATTERSBY; see Vera HARRY
William BATTY
Labourer in Marchagee in 1922 [19]
His sons John and William were enrolled as students at Saint Ildephonsus College in New Norcia on 4 October 1922 [187]
James Kelvin BAX
Teamster in Marchagee 1914-1916
Evelyn BAXTER
Born C.1881 [52]
Married Francesco VANZETTI in Perth in 1903 [15]
Resided with her husband in South Perth until 1912 and from 1913 onwards they lived on Ytiniche Farm in Marchagee [44]
By 1919 ownership of Ytiniche Farm in Marchagee had changed from her husband to herself [61]
Farmer of Ytiniche Farm in Marchagee [19]
The farm's 2,756 acres consisted of Victoria Locations 841, 3209, 3215, 3251, 3268, 3286, 3287, 3769 and 5627 [3]
In 1923 she used 224 pounds of superphosphate to the acre on their wheat crops in Marchagee [10: 6-Mar-1924]
Received 1st prize for a Sheaf of Oaten Hay at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 7 September 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Awarded four 2nd prizes for a Bushel of Oats, Collection of Fodder Plants, Three Cut Roses and a female White Leghorn [5]
Signatory to a letter sent in January 1934 expressing confidence in the Carnamah Road Board and its South Member [5: 19-Jan-1934]
In 1934-35 she was the owner of the aged draught stallion registered under the name of Sir James [5: 25-Jan-1935]
Attended the Ball at the East Marchagee Hall after the Marchagee-Gunyidi Picnic & Sports Day on 14 September 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Won 2nd prizes for Turnips, Collection of Roses, and Half Dozen Photos at the 1936 Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Claremont [2]
Died 20 November 1960; ashes scatted over the Rose Garden at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Mrs Jeannie Ann BEAMENT
First wife of Reginald James H. BEAMENT; see Jeannie Ann COX
Mrs Maria Helen BEAMENT
Second wife of Reginald James H. BEAMENT; see Maria Helen LIPP
Reginald James H. BEAMENT
Born 11 September 1900 in Broadstone, Dorset, England [16]
Son of James Haswell BEAMENT and Annie Maria CLARK [20] [21]
In 1901 he was living with his parents and brother William at 31 George Street in Taunton, Somerset, England [20]
Farmer in Gunyidi, Western Australia 1932-1953 [19]
In 1932 his farm was 2,479 acres in size and consisted of Victoria Locations 3980, 7352, 8423 and 8794 [3]
Married (1) Jeannie Ann COX in Perth in 1933 [66]
His wife Jeannie died at the age of 40 years during childbirth at their homestead in Gunyidi in March 1934 [5: 16-Mar-1934]
Married (2) Maria Helen LIPP in Perth in 1941 [66]
Private W72073 in Coorow's Australian Army Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Tuart Hill [2]
Father of Barry and Kaye [166]
Died 21 July 1976; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (EC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 13, 269) [2]
"Dolly" Mary Florence Sarah BEARD
Born 17 December 1891 in Northam, Western Australia [P186]
Daughter of Job BEARD and Esther BIDDLE [15]
Grew up on her father's One Treehill Farm at Jurendine in the Northam district and was educated at the Jennapullin State School [P141]
Married George Netherwood GREENWOOD at Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in Northam on 6 July 1910 [P141]
Her bridesmaid at her wedding was her sister Miss Alma BEARD, while best man was George's brother Guy [P280]
They held their wedding reception, to which 50 family and friends attended, at the Southern Brook Agricultural Hall [P280]
Resided with her husband and later children on Brooklands Farm in Southern Brook near Northam 1910-1922 [P141]
She was said to have taught her husband a great deal about farming, having been resided on farms her entire life [P141]
In 1922 shifted with her husband and children to prospective farmland at Waddy Forest, north east of Coorow [P141]
Resided on Maryland Farm in Waddy Forest 1922-1968 [P141]
On arrival to Waddy Forest the dingoes used to howl around their house at night [P141]
From 1923 until about 1931 they proved accommodation at their home for the teacher of the local Waddy Forest State School [P280]
Initially there were no fences and therefore no livestock on the farm which meant they had no fresh meat [P280]
One day she saw a bush turkey outside and to her and later her husband's amazement she shot it and they had it for dinner [P280]
She established and maintained a very nice garden on Maryland, which contained both flowers and vegetables [P141]
Annually they took about 20 bags of wheat to the flour mill at Dongara and she used the flour to make the family's bread [P141]
Initially their transport was a horse and cart/buggy until buying a Chevrolet truck in 1927 and a Page car in 1936 [P141]
Kept the family's food in a cool-safe - a metal frame covered by damp pieces of hessian which was cooled by the wind [P141]
Member of the Waddy Forest Tennis Club in 1933-34 [5: 20-Oct-1933]
Along with her husband and children returned to Waddy on 20 January 1934 after a holiday with relatives in Northam [5: 26-Jan-1934]
Herself, her husband and two of their children travelled to the coast for a few days at Dongara on 20 February 1934 [5: 2-Mar-1934]
During March 1935 herself and her daughter Dorothy spent a holiday staying with relatives in Northam [5: 8-Mar-1935]
Won 2nd prizes for Cauliflower and Carnations at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 5 September 1935 [5: 13-Sep-1935]
Sold a cow for £9/2/6 through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 23 October 1935 [5: 25-Oct-1935]
Attended the 25th Wedding Anniversary of Malcolm L. and Irene S. PATTON in Waddy Forest on 1 April 1936 [5: 3-Apr-1936]
During the first weekend of August 1936 she was called to Northam on account of her mother's illness [5: 7-Aug-1936]
Miss Joyce BALLARD holidayed with herself and her family in Waddy Forest during August 1936 [5: 14-Aug-1936]
During her stay Joyce attended with three of her children Nance FOLLAND's 21st Birthday in Waddy on 17 August 1936 [5: 21-Aug-1936]
Won 2nd prize for Cabbage in the Vegetable section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 3 September 1936 [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Attended Roy M. PATTON's birthday at the dam on Longforest Farm in Waddy Forest on Sunday 8 November 1936 [5: 13-Nov-1936]
In early January 1937 she was an inmate of the Moora Hospital with her condition reported to have been improving [5: 8-Jan-1937]
Committee Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society in 1937 [5: 20-Nov-1936]
Used kerosene lamps and candles for lighting until the late 1940s when they installed a petrol driven 32 volt lighting plant [P141]
Member of Coorow's branch of the Country Women's Association - served as President [P141]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club - served as President and later Patron [P280]
Member Coorow's branch of the Red Cross Society [P141]
Passed away at her home on Maryland Farm in Waddy Forest [P141]
Mother of Harry, Mary, Cornelius, Marjory, Anne and Dorothy [P141]
Died 20 January 1968; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Roman Catholic, Plot 59) [24]
Francois Dauphin Alexis BECHOZ
Labourer in Coorow 1916-1920 [19]
Gerald H. BEETSON
Cleared a road from the Coorow Railway Station to Victoria Location 3341 for 1/9 per chain in October 1910 [9: 30-Sep-1910]
Contract cleared for the Upper Irwin Road Board a road at Jun Jun in Coorow for 1/6 per chain in November 1910 [9: 4-Nov-1910]
Mrs Annie BELL
Wife of James Fletcher BELL; see Annie MINGHAM
George Lavender BELL
Born 6 November 1885 in New Luce, Wigtown, Scotland [28]
Son of George LAVENDER and Jane BELL; and stepson of James MCFADYEN [20] [30]
In 1891 was living with his unmarried mother and grandfather John BELL at Glenwhilly Shepherds House in New Luce, Wigtown [20]
His mother married shepherd James MCFADYEN in 1898 in Inch, Wigtown, Scotland [28]
In 1901 was living with his mother and stepfather at Glenwhilly Farm House in New Luce, Wigtown, Scotland [20]
Labourer in Coorow, Western Australia in 1914 [18] [30]
He may have lived with and worked for his uncle James MCGILL who was a farm manager in Coorow [19]
Resided in Coorow until enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force at Blackboy Hill on 2 September 1914 [30: item 3008521]
Gave his aunt Mrs Janet MCGILL as his next of kin, her address being Coorow and later the Perth suburb of Victoria Park [30]
Upon enlistment he was 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighed 127 pounds, and had blue eyes, brown hair, and a fair complexion [30]
After brief training at Blackboy Hill he was on 6 October 1914 appointed to the Australian Imperial Force's 11th Battalion [30]
Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.AT. A11 Ascanius on 2 November 1914 [30]
Private 275 of the Australian Imperial Force's 11th Battalion in Egypt and Turkey during the First World War [30]
After further training embarked Alexandria, Egypt on the H.M.T. Suffolk for the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey [30]
Killed in Action on the day of landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula with the 11th Battalion on 25 April 1915 [30]
Himself and about 14 others had got to within three miles of Anzac Cove when they struck the main body of the Turkish Forces [86]
He was shot in the middle of his thigh and had his wound bound up by two of his companions when they had to retreat [86]
On retreating at 5 p.m. on 25 April1 915 he was left behind and was never seen again [86]
He was listed as Missing in Action with hopes he'd been taken Prisoner of War until being certified as Killed in Action in 1919 [30] [86]
Following the discovery of his remains he was buried in 1919 at Plugge's Plateau Cemetery at Anzac in Turkey [18]
His effects consisting of a bible, damaged wrist watch, belt, lanyard, button and brush were sent to his aunt Mrs Janet MCGILL [30]
Three photos of his grave sent to his mother Mrs Jane MCFADYEN at Brighouse in Balmaclellan, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland [30]
His aunt Janet MCGILL planted a tree in his memory at King Park in Perth, next to one planted for his cousin Thomas MCGILL [P350]
James Fletcher BELL
Born 1881 in Manchester, Lancashire, England [30]
Married Annie MINGHAM in 1916 in Perth, Western Australia [66]
Teamster in Coorow, Western Australia in 1916 [19]
Later in 1916 he was working as a Stud Groom in the Perth suburb of Maddington [30]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in Perth on 1 December 1916 [30: item 3008656]
Upon enlistment he was 5 feet 7½ inches tall, weighed 147 pounds, and had blue eyes, brown hair and a fresh complexion [30]
After brief training at Blackboy Hill he was appointed to the 24th Reinforcements of the 11th Infantry Battalion [30]
Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A28 Miltiades on 29 January 1917 [30]
Disembarked in Plymouth, England on 27 March 1917 and after further training proceeded to France on 30 July 1917 [30]
Private 7213 in the Australian Imperial Force's 11th Infantry Battalion in France and Belgium during the First World War [30]
Killed in Action in Belgium on 20 September 1917; buried Hooge Crater Cemetery, Zillebeke, Belgium [30]
Norma Clark BELL
Born 1899 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of Peter Albany BELL and Edith Agnes CLARK [15]
Her parents or grandparents were the owners of Bell's Hatchery near Midland, which sold day old chickens [P8]
Married "Ken" Kenneth Edmund JONES in Perth in 1927 [66]
Resided with her husband on farmland in Waddy Forest [19]
Committee Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society 1933, 1935 and 1937 [5: 23-Dec-1932, 3-May-1935, 20-Nov-1936]
Member of the Waddy Forest Tennis Club in 1933-34, 1935-36 and 1936-37 [5: 20-Apr-1934, 25-Oct-1935, 23-Oct-1936]
Along with her husband and children returned to Waddy Forest on 12 March 1934 after an extended holiday at the beach [5: 16-Mar-1934]
In May 1934 and in September 1934 her sister Wylie BELL spent holidays staying with her in Waddy Forest [5: 18-May-1934, 14-Sep-1934]
Arrived back in Waddy Forest on Wednesday 17 October 1934 after a holiday in the Australian state of Victoria [5: 19-Oct-1934]
Herself and her children returned to Waddy on Saturday 18 May 1935 after spending a few months in Perth [5: 24-May-1935]
Supplied the music for the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Coorow on Saturday 6 July 1935 [5: 12-Jul-1935]
Her sister Betty BELL of Roelands spent a holiday in Waddy Forest staying with her in July 1935 [5: 26-Jul-1935]
After several weeks herself and her children returned to Waddy Forest on Tuesday morning 18 February 1936 [5: 21-Feb-1936]
Played for the combined Winchester-Waddy-Coorow tennis team against Carnamah-Parkinson on Sunday 5 April 1936 [5: 3-Apr-1936]
Dr and Mrs BELL of Bruce Rock spent a few days staying with herself and her husband in Waddy in May 1936 [5: 15-May-1936]
Herself, her husband and their children travelled to Perth on Thursday 18 June 1936, and returned Saturday 20 June 1936 [5: 26-Jun-1936]
Attended the Surprise 21st Birthday Party for Nance FOLLAND at Enfield Park in Waddy Forest on 17 August 1936 [5: 21-Aug-1936]
Attended the Show Ball held after the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 3 September 1936 dressed in red georgette [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Attended Roy M. PATTON's birthday at the dam on Longforest Farm in Waddy Forest on Sunday 8 November 1936 [5: 13-Nov-1936]
Played the piano for the singing at the Social Evening at the Waddy Forest Hall on Tuesday 15 December 1936 [5: 18-Dec-1936]
Along with her husband and children travelled from Waddy Forest to Perth on Monday 21 December 1936 [5: 24-Dec-1936]
Herself and her children remained in Perth for the duration of the 1936 summer school holidays [5: 24-Dec-1936]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Mount Pleasant [2]
Died 20 August 1981; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Lawn 2, Rose Memorial, GGD, 39) [2]
Janet BELL
Born 14 August 1862 in New Luce, Wigtown, Scotland [28]
Daughter of John BELL and Jane SMITH [28]
Married shepherd James MCGILL on 30 March 1887 in New Luce, Wigtown, Scotland [28]
Witnesses to their marriage were William MCGILL and Mary MCDOWELL [28]
In 1891 was living with her husband and elder two sons with her parents-in-law on Main Street in Old Luce, Wigtown, Scotland [20]
Later resided with her husband and children at Changue Cottage on Changue Farm in Mochrum, Wigtown, Scotland [20]
They decided to leave Scotland on the invitation of his husband's brother-in-law to manage a farm in Coorow, Western Australia [P147]
Departed London, England with husband and children on the Otway and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 26 July 1910 [70]
Resided with her husband and children at Coorow House in Coorow, Western Australia 1910-1916 [6] [19] [P147]
Coorow House was constructed of mud brick plastered white, jarrah timber and a galvanised iron roof [P147]
During their time at Coorow House there was an almond tree out the front [P147]
Local dances, Church services and the Coorow State School were conducted from their home in Coorow [P147]
Her nephew George L. BELL was Killed in Action on 25 April 1916, shortly after landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey [30]
By July 1916 had left Coorow and was living at 2 Cavendish Street in the Perth suburb of Victoria Park [30: item 3008521]
Her second eldest son Thomas MCGILL died from wounds received in action in France on 20 August 1917 [30: item 1944147]
As a result of her son's death she was granted on 30 October 1917 a fortnightly pension of 40/- from the Australian Imperial Force [30]
Resided at 2 Cavendish Street in the Perth suburb of Victoria Park until 1917 and then in the suburb of Queens Park 1918-1920 [6]
Planted trees at King Park in Perth in memory of her son Thomas MCGILL and her nephew George L. BELL [P350]
Resided on their son James' Toro Brook Farm in Calingiri 1920-1933 [P147
Following her husband's death in 1933 resided with her daughter Mary and son-in-law John G. THOMPSON in Yerecoin [P147]
Mother of John, Thomas, James, Margaret, Mary and Robert [203]
Died 14 August 1948 in Yerecoin; buried Northam Cemetery in Northam, Western Australia [P147]
Wylie Melissa BELL
Born 1906 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of Peter Albany BELL and Edith Agnes CLARK [15]
Her parents or grandparents were the owners of Bell's Hatchery near Midland, which sold day old chickens [P8]
In May 1934 and in September 1934 spent holidays with her sister Mrs Norma C. JONES in Waddy Forest [5: 18-May-1934, 14-Sep-1934]
Married Waddy Forest farmer "Jim" Randolph Hanscombe Belper HOGBIN in Perth in 1934 [66]
Along with his her husband arrived in Coorow by train on 1 December 1934 and received a warm reception at the station [5: 14-Dec-1934]
Resided with her husband on farmland in Waddy Forest and later on Wandao Farm in Coorow
Supplier of music at the Dance in aid of the Anglican Church held in Waddy Forest on Saturday 20 June 1936 [5: 26-Jun-1936]
Herself and her infant daughter spent a holiday in Perth during late July 1936 [5: 31-Jul-1936]
Attended the Surprise 21st Birthday Party for Nance FOLLAND at Enfield Park in Waddy Forest on 17 August 1936 [5: 21-Aug-1936]
Her parents, of the Perth suburb of Nedlands, holidayed with herself and her sister in Waddy Forest in October 1936 [5: 16 & 23-Oct-1936]
Attended Roy M. PATTON's birthday at the dam on Longforest Farm in Waddy Forest on Sunday 8 November 1936 [5: 13-Nov-1936]
Herself and her young daughter travelled from Waddy Forest to Perth on Thursday 12 November 1936 [5: 20-Nov-1936]
Later resided in the coastal Perth suburb of Waterman's Bay [2]
Died 24 February 1984; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Church of Christ, AA, 141) [2]
Edmund BENNETT
Contractor in Coorow 1911-1916 [19]
Clearing Contractor in Arrino 1916-1922 [19]
Clearing Contractor in Three Springs 1922-1925 [6] [19]
Benjamin BENTLEY
Farmer in Waddy Forest in 1928 and 1929 [19]
Evelyn Annie BINGHAM
Born 3 August 1915 in Subiaco, Western Australia [16]
Daughter of Fred BINGHAM and Lilian Sarah REYNOLDS [P84]
Resided with her parents in Coorow, where her father was a Railway Fettler and later Storekeeper [19]
Played the mandolin at the Carnamah Roman Catholic Church's Annual Ball at the Carnamah Hall on 6 August 1932 [5: 19-Aug-1932]
Attended the Carnamah Roman Catholic Church's Annual Ball in Carnamah in a gown of rose pink georgette [5: 19-Aug-1932]
Supplier of music at the Carnamah Basketball Club's Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 29 July 1933 [5: 4-Aug-1933]
Assisted with the supplying of music at the Anglican Church Bazaar held in Carnamah on Saturday 12 August 1933 [5: 18-Aug-1933]
Played the mandolin at the Carnamah Football Club's Monster Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 2 September 1933 [5: 8-Sep-1933]
Attended the Show Ball after the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 12 September 1935 in a gown of marina blue silk velvet [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Member of the Coorow Tennis Club in 1935-36 [5: 8-Nov-1935]
Attended the Carnamah Girls Club's Masquerade Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 7 December 1935 as a "Senorita" [5: 13-Dec-1935]
She was part of the Best Dressed Set as "Spaniards" with nine others from Coorow dressed as Senoritas, Toreadors and Bulls [5]
Received notification in early December 1935 to commence her nursing training at the Perth Hospital the next week [5: 6-Dec-1935]
Spent a holiday with her parents in Coorow during November 1936 [5: 6-Nov-1936]
Attended Roy M. PATTON's birthday at the dam on Longforest Farm in Waddy Forest on Sunday 8 November 1936 [5: 13-Nov-1936]
Returned to Perth and resumed her duties at the Perth Hospital in late November 1936 [5: 4-Dec-1936]
Resided in Coorow until enlisting in the Australian Army on 5 March 1942 [16]
Lieutenant WX21988 in the Australian Army's Australian Army Nursing Service during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 13 August 1945 [16]
Fred BINGHAM
Born 3 May 1887 in Heanor, Derbyshire, England [16] [20]
Son of greengrocer John and Elizabeth BINGHAM [20]
Lived with his parents and siblings Annie, George, Harry, Herbert and Frank at 21 Church Street in Heanor, Derbyshire, England [20]
His mother died at the age of 51 years in 1899, and the following year his father married Mrs Hannah WHITE [20] [21]
In 1901 he was working as an Iron Fitter & Turner and later worked as a Mechanic [20] [203[
Married Lilian Sarah REYNOLDS in 1911 in Leicestershire, England [21]
Departed Liverpool, England for Albany, Western Australia on the Suevic on 14 November 1911 [203]
By 1912 himself and his wife were living in Wannamal, Western Australia [114: page 95]
Assisted Stephen SHERIDAN in building the Wannamal Hall at Lot 1 Byrne Street in Wannamal in 1912 [114: page 107]
Cleared and fenced the Wannamal Cemetery by contract for the Wannamal Cemetery Committee in May and June 1913 [114: page 130]
Helped clear the recreation ground in Wannamal in early September 1913, in preparation for a local football match [114: page 116]
Farmer in Wannamal in 1915 and 1916 [6]
Fettler in Coorow 1916-1921 and Storekeeper in Coorow 1922-1945 [6] [19] [50] [44]
Ran his general storekeeping business in partnership with his wife Lilian as "L. S. & F. Bingham" [4: 4-Oct-1930]
His shop, which included the Coorow Post Office, was situated on the corner of Main Street and Poynton Parade, Coorow [114: page 95]
Won a raffled pig at the Dance in aid of the Coorow Christmas Tree at the school house in Coorow on 29 November 1919 [9: 5-Dec-1919]
Three men were going to start work on cleaning out a well in Coorow on Friday 2 February 1923 [9: 9-Feb-1923]
When the first man descended he inhaled foul air, and when the other two men went to his aid they also inhaled it and collapsed [9]
He rescued all three men who otherwise would have lost their lives, and as a result also suffered from the effects of the foul air [9]
In July 1925 he was appointed a Justice of the Peace for the Victoria Magisterial District [9: 24-Jul-1925]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club - was Treasurer in 1928-29 and 1934-35 [4: 20-Apr-1929] [5: 28-Sep-1934]
Delegate for the Coorow Cricket Club at meetings of the Coorow and Districts Cricket Association in 1928 [4: 3-Nov-1928]
In 1930 was an agent in for Gordon & Gotch (books, periodicals etc), Sunshine Machinery and Parts and a Shell depot [4: 4-Oct-1930]
At their general store sold the West Australian, Western Mail, Sunday Times and Irwin Index newspapers [4: 4-Oct-1930]
Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Progress Association - was Vice President in 1931 [4: 13-Dec-1930]
Exhibited and one six prizes in the Flower section of the first Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 8 September 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
Won 1st prizes for Rose and a Collection of Carnations and both 1st and 2nd prizes for collections of Sweet Peas and Pansies [5]
The next week, on Thursday 15 September 1932, entered exhibits in the Carnamah Agricultural Show [5: 23-Sep-1932]
Won 1st Prizes for Geraniums, Pansies, Carnations and both 1st and 2nd prizes for Sweet Peas in the Flower section [5]
In October 1932 his store in Coorow was broken into and a quantity of money, tobacco, cigarettes and tinned goods [5: 28-Oct-1932]
The Post Office, which was under the same roof as his store was also broken into however nothing was stolen [5]
The men responsible appeared before the Three Springs Court where they were fined £6/1/3 or 14 days imprisonment [5]
Their store in Coorow was an agent and seller of The North Midland Times newspaper 1933-1935 [5: 7-Jul-1933, 24-Aug-1934, 23-Aug-1935]
He was among those who attended the opening of the East Marchagee Hall on Saturday 11 November 1933 [5: 17-Nov-1933]
In 1933 he had general stores in both Coorow and Waddy Forest [5: 5-Jan-1934]
Rabbit Poison provided by the Carnamah District Road Board could be obtained at his stores in Coorow and Waddy Forest [5: 5-Jan-1934]
His nephew "Jack" John Herbert BINGHAM lived with himself and his family in Coorow and worked in their general store [P84]
Also employed his nephew Jack to drive a van from Coorow to the store in Waddy twice a week to deliver mail and groceries [P84]
Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society [5: 10-Nov-1933, 3-May-1935, 13-Mar-1936, 20-Nov-1936]
He was a Committee Member in 1934, Treasurer 1935-1937, and Vice Patron in 1936 and 1937 [5]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Smoke Social held in Carnamah on Thursday 26 April 1934 [5: 4-May-1934]
Won 2nd prize for Three Cut Roses in the Flower section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 30 August 1934 [5: 7-Sep-1934]
Attended the funeral of Mrs Christina B. D. FORRESTER of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 31 August 1934 [4: 8-Sep-1934]
The Carnamah District Road Board decided to replace their windmill in Coorow town and called for tenders [5: 21-Sep-1934]
He was the successful tenderer to purchase and remove the old windmill, for £6, with 14 days to remove the windmill [5]
Donated a trophy to the recently formed Coorow Rifle Club in 1934 [5: 19-Oct-1934]
Member of the Coorow Football Club - was Timekeeper in 1935 and Patron in 1936 [5: 3-May-1935, 10-Apr-1936]
Represented Coorow at meetings of the North Midlands Football Association in 1935 and 1936 [5: 3-May-1935, 10-Apr-1936]
Vice President of the North Midlands Football Association in 1935 and 1936 [5: 3-May-1935, 8-May-1936]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club - was Treasurer in 1935 and a Committee Member in 1936 [5: 17-May-1935, 27-Mar-1936]
Won 1st for Beetroot and 2nd for Roses, Pansies and Iceland Poppies at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1935 [5: 13-Sep-1935]
A week later at the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 12 September 1935 he once again won 2nd prize for Pansies [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Himself and his daughter Evelyn were among those from Coorow who attended the Royal Show in Perth in October 1935 [5: 11-Oct-1935]
Exhibited gladiola's he had grown in Coorow in the Flower section at the Royal Show in Perth [5: 18-Oct-1935]
One of his gladiola stems carried over 20 flowers and buds, with the bottom flowers measuring up to four inches in diameter [5]
After spending a week in Perth he returned to Coorow on Monday 14 October 1935 [5: 18-Oct-1935]
Became a member of the Carnamah Masonic Lodge No.150 WAC on 8 November 1935 [96]
Attended the entertainment for the Commonwealth Grants Commission at the Coorow Hotel on 21 November 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Attended the funeral of Miss "May" Mary L. LANG of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 26 November 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Attended the funeral of Carnamah agent William B. SHERIDAN at the Winchester Cemetery on 27 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Attended the 25th Wedding Anniversary of Malcolm L. and Irene S. PATTON in Waddy Forest on 1 April 1936 [5: 3-Apr-1936]
Attended the Carnamah Golf Club's 1936 season Opening Day at Centenary Park in Carnamah on Sunday 26 April 1936 [5: 1-May-1936]
Attended the Coorow Golf Club's Opening Day for the 1936 season in Coorow on Sunday 17 May 1936 [5: 22-May-1936]
Exhibited in the Flower section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show at Maley Park in Coorow on Thursday 3 September 1936 [5]
Awarded 1st prize for Collection of Roses and 2nd prizes for Three Cut Roses and for Bulbous Flowers [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Attended the Bucks Party for George A. RAFFAN and Eric J. BRADLEY of Winchester in Coorow on 7 October 1936 [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Attended Roy M. PATTON's birthday at the dam on Longforest Farm in Waddy Forest on Sunday 8 November 1936 [5: 13-Nov-1936]
Won the Weight Guessing Competition at the Sports Meeting at Maley Park in Coorow on Boxing Day 26 December 1936 [5: 8-Jan-1937]
He telephoned police constable Maurice PLUNKETT of the Carnamah Police Station at about 9 p.m. on 31 December 1936 [88]
He informed the constable that there had been a car collision near Coorow and advised that a number of people were injured [88]
Following the call the constable promptly left for the scene accompanied by Carnamah doctor Cecil P. ROSENTHAL [88]
Among the injured were Coorow residents Hector T. A. JAMES, Richard HUGHES and Howard HIGGS [5: 8-Jan-1937]
Attended the funeral of Waddy Forest farmer Stanley L. FOLLAND at the Moora Cemetery on Monday 25 August 1941 [4: 30-Aug-1941]
Sergeant in Coorow's local Volunteer Defence Corps during the First World War [16]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Waddy Forest farmer Price Willis HUNT at the Winchester Cemetery on 11 September 1946 [5]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Subiaco [2]
Father of Ivy and Evelyn [P84]
Died 14 July 1966; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 9N, 61) [2]
Ivy Lilian BINGHAM
Born 1913 [15]
Daughter of Fred BINGHAM and Lilian Sarah REYNOLDS [P84]
Resided with her parents in Coorow, where her father was a Railway Fettler and later Storekeeper [19]
Postal Assistant at the Coorow Post Office which was located in a room of her father's shop in Coorow [P84]
Won a 1st prize for Writing at the Three Springs Day held in Three Springs on Thursday 23 September 1920 [10: 15-Oct-1920]
Bridesmaid at the wedding of Mora WILLIAMS and Ernest CHAPMAN on 1 March 1930 at Waddy Waddy [4: 8-Mar-1930]
Entrant in the Coorow Popular Girl Competition in 1930 [4: 31-May-1930]
Bridesmaid at the wedding of Marjorie E. PIESING and Thomas H. PARKIN in Carnamah on 7 August 1931 [4: 15-Aug-1931]
Herself and Miss Olive W. KAU were good friends and "went around together as two sophisticated young ladies of Coorow" [P84]
Attended the Carnamah Grand Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Thursday 28 July 1932 in a gown of black lace [5: 5-Aug-1932]
Attended the Carnamah Roman Catholic Church's Annual Ball on 6 August 1932 in a gown of black Spanish lace [5: 19-Aug-1932]
Attended the Grand Show Ball following the Three Springs Show on 22 September 1932 in frock of black lace [5: 7-Oct-1932]
Attended the Hospital Appeal Grand Ball in Three Springs on Thursday 8 June 1933 in a dress of black chantilly [5: 16-Jun-1933]
Organised the Coorow Church Dance which was held in Coorow on 24 June 1933 to raise funds for the Anglican Church [5: 30-Jun-1933]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Monster Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 2 September 1933 [5: 8-Sep-1933]
She "looked very becoming in shrimp crinkly crepe with black trimmings at shoulder and waist and quaint web effect at back" [5]
Won 2nd prizes for Roses, Sweat Peas, Pansies and Stocks at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Member of the Coorow Tennis Club in 1933-34 and 1935-36 [5: 3-Nov-1933, 8-Nov-1935]
She was among the 150 who attended the Carnamah Tennis Club's Dance at the Carnamah Hall on 9 December 1933 [5: 15-Dec-1933]
Also attended the Carnamah Tennis Club's Flannel Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 3 February 1934 [5: 9-Feb-1934]
Travelled from Coorow to Perth for a holiday in March 1934 [5: 16-Mar-1934]
Attended the Parkinson Tennis Club's Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 14 April 1934 [5: 20-Apr-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Golf Club's Opening Season Dance at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 21 April 1934 [5: 27-Apr-1934]
On Saturday 12 May 1934 attended the Carnamah Football Club's Grand Opening Ball at the Carnamah Hall [5: 18-May-1934]
Wore a dress of "white silk velvet, made in Early Victorian style, featuring tiny satin frills on the skit, and Alice bandeau" [5]
Attended the Roman Catholic Church's Ball in Carnamah on Saturday 26 May 1934 in a black silk velveteen frock [5: 1-Jun-1934]
Attended the Dance in aid of the Institute for the Blind held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday evening 18 August 1934 [5: 24-Aug-1934]
Awarded 1st prize for Knitted Woollen Article at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 30 August 1934 [5: 7-Sep-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Premiership Ball on 20 October 1934 in black chenille velvet and silver lame [5: 26-Oct-1934]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club in 1935 [5: 12-Jul-1935]
Returned to Coorow in mid August 1935 after spending a holiday in Perth of several weeks duration [5: 16-Aug-1935]
Won 1st prize for Lady's Hand Bouquet and 2nd for Lady's Spray at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1935 [5: 13-Sep-1934]
Attended the Ball after the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 12 September 1935 in a gown of white silk net over satin [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Visited Perth over the weekend of 19-20 October 1935 and then returned to Coorow [5: 18-Oct-1935]
Attended the Carnamah Girls Club's Masquerade Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 7 December 1935 as a "Senorita" [5: 13-Dec-1935]
She was part of the Best Dressed Set as "Spaniards" with nine others from Coorow dressed as Senoritas, Toreadors and Bulls [5]
Attended Miss Olive W. KAU's 21st birthday at Meadowdale Farm in Coorow on Saturday evening 18 January 1936 [5: 24-Jan-1936]
Attended the Wedding Social & Dance for Stuart and May FORD at Koolabba Farm in Carnamah on 25 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Departed Coorow on Friday 21 February 1936 for her annual holidays as Coorow's Postmistress [5: 28-Feb-1936]
Attended the 25th Wedding Anniversary of Malcolm L. and Irene S. PATTON in Waddy Forest on 1 April 1936 [5: 3-Apr-1936]
Played for the combined Winchester-Waddy-Coorow tennis team against Carnamah-Parkinson on Sunday 5 April 1936 [5: 3-Apr-1936]
She was among those from the North Midlands districts who visited Perth during the Easter holidays in April 1936 [5: 17-Apr-1936]
Attended the Carnamah Anglican Church's Mid-Winter Ball in Carnamah on 11 July 1936 dressed in old rose organdie [5: 17-Jul-1936]
After spending several days holiday in Perth she returned to Coorow during the second week of August 1936 [5: 14-Aug-1936]
Attended the Coorow Tennis Club's Back to Childhood Ball at the Coorow Hall on Saturday 22 August 1936 [5: 28-Aug-1936]
Herself and Miss Elsie SIMS received the prize for the Best Dressed Couple at the Back to Childhood Ball [5: 28-Aug-1936]
In early September 1936 she was an inmate of the Carnamah Private Hospital at 14 Robertson Street, Carnamah [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Exhibited in the Flower and Fancy Work sections of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 3 September 1936 [5]
In the Flower section she won 1st prize for Gent's Buttonhole, and received both 1st and 2nd prizes for Lady's Spray [5]
Awarded 1st prize for Novelty Article in Wool and 2nd prize for Embroidered Supper Cloth in the Fancy Work section [5]
Attended the Show Ball held at the Coorow Hall on the evening of the show dressed in helis frilled net [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Won 1st prize for Supper Cloth at the Carnamah Agricultural Show at Centenary Park, Carnamah on 10 September 1936 [5: 18-Sep-1936]
Suffering with whooping cough she was admitted to the Carnamah Private Hospital on two occasions in September 1936 [5: 2-Oct-1936]
During October 1936 she spent a holiday in Perth [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Attended Roy M. PATTON's birthday at the dam on Longforest Farm in Waddy Forest on Sunday 8 November 1936 [5: 13-Nov-1936]
Postal Assistant in Coorow until 1938 [19]
Married "Jack" John Wilson RANSOM in Perth in 1938 [66]
"Jack" John Herbert BINGHAM
Born 16 July 1913 in Perth, Western Australia [16]
Shop Assistant for his uncle and aunt Fred and Lilian S. BINGHAM in their general store in Coorow for a number of years [P84]
He drove a van from Coorow to the store in Waddy twice a week to deliver mail and groceries [P84]
Member of the Coorow Tennis Club from 1933-34 to 1936-37 - was elected Secretary on 13 March 1934 [5: 16-Mar-1934, 23-Oct-1936]
Member of the Coorow Football Club 1934-1936 [5: 12-Jul-1935]
Treasurer and Vice President in 1934 and a Committee Member in 1936 of the Coorow Football Club [5: 20-Apr-1934, 10-Apr-1936]
Committee Member of the Coorow Rifle Club in 1934, and a Member in 1936 [5: 18-May-1934, 31-Jul-1936]
Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Progress Association in 1934 [5: 8-Jun-1934]
Represented Coorow at meetings of the Carnamah-Winchester-Coorow Tennis Association in 1934-35, 1935-36 [5: 7-Sep-1934, 20-Dec-1935]
Attended the Carnamah Girls Club's Masquerade Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 7 December 1935 as a "Toreador" [5]
He was part of the Best Set as "Spaniards" with nine others from Coorow dressed as Toreadors, Senoritas and Bulls [5: 13-Dec-1935]
Attended Miss Olive W. KAU's 21st birthday at Meadowdale Farm in Coorow on Saturday evening 18 January 1936 [5: 24-Jan-1936]
Attended the Wedding Social & Dance for Stuart and May FORD at Koolabba Farm in Carnamah on 25 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
It was reported in mid April 1936 that he was absent from Coorow on account of spending a holiday in Perth [5: 17-Apr-1936, 1-May-1936]
Competed at the Official Opening of the Three Springs Rifle Club's rifle range in Three Springs on Thursday 23 July 1936 [5: 31-Jul-1936]
Attended the Back to Childhood Ball held at the Coorow Hall on Saturday 22 August 1936 as a "Little Girl in Blue" [5: 28-Aug-1936]
Attended Roy M. PATTON's birthday at the dam on Longforest Farm in Waddy Forest on Sunday 8 November 1936 [5: 13-Nov-1936]
Gave evidence before the Carnamah Police Court on 12 January 1937 about a tyre stolen from his uncle and aunt's store [5: 15-Jan-1937]
Married Thelma Jean BOTHE in Perth in 1940 [66]
Resided in West Perth prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 4 February 1942 [16]
Sergeant W51305 in the 8 Australian Army Ordnance Depot during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 27 March 1945 [16]
Later resided in North Fremantle [2]
Died 7 October 1974; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Lawn 5, Niche Wall, W5, 127) [2]
Mrs Lilian Sarah BINGHAM
Wife of Fred BINGHAM; see Lilian Sarah REYNOLDS
"TJ" Trevor Wells BIRCH
Born 5 May 1922 in Adelaide, South Australia [55]
Son of Cyril James BIRCH and Myrtle Margaret THOMSON [55]
Resided in Maya, Western Australia prior to enlisting in the Royal Australian Air Force in Perth on 6 June 1946 [16]
Warrant Officer 415298 in the Royal Australian Air Force's 114 Air Sea Rescue Flight during the Second World War [16]
During the war he flew on catalinas, which were American-Canadian built flying boats [45]
Discharged from the Royal Australian Air Force on 6 June 1946 [16]
Farmer in Coorow, Western Australia [19]
Member of the Coorow Parents & Citizens Association - was President in the 1950s [P361]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of South Perth [2]
Member of the Como Bowling Club [45]
Member and Secretary of the Como Sub-Branch of the Returned Soldiers League [45]
Husband of Mary [45]
Father of Rodney and Malcolm [45]
Died 24 April 2006; cremated at the Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Perth WA [2]
John BISSETT
Labourer in Coorow 1911-1921 [19]
Edward Thomas BLACKWELL
Born 30 May 1905 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England [16]
In England he worked for the sports company Grays in Cambridge and later for Slazengers in London [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Departed London, England on the steamship Baradine and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 13 May 1929 [63]
Married Lorna Robina LIZARS in 1935 [66]
Baker in Coorow, Western Australia 1936-1949 [5: 6-Nov-1936] [6] [19]
Advertised in The North Midland Times in October 1936 that he re-strung tennis rackets with quality gut for 27/6 [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Alerted the Carnamah District Road Board to the bad state of the septic tank at the Coorow Hotel in October 1936 [5: 6-Nov-1936]
Private W72121 in Coorow's local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Morley Park [2]
Died 13 February 1956; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Wesleyan, IC, 474) [2]
Mrs Lorna Robina BLACKWELL
Wife of Edward Thomas BLACKWELL; see Loran Robina LIZARS
Margaret Oliver BLAKE
Born 25 June 1885 in Balaklava, South Australia [55]
Daughter of Walter BLAKE and Marian SMITH [55]
Married Ivor Blyth ROBERTS on 10 June 1911 in Balaklava, South Australia [55]
Resided with her husband on Barokee Farm in Waddy Forest, Western Australia for at least the years 1933-1949 [4: 27-Aug-1949] [19]
In mid October 1932 she was conveyed from Coorow to Perth for an immediate operation [5: 14-Oct-1932]
Captain SNOOK was in Carnamah with a parachutist however cancelled the event so he could get her to hospital [5]
In 1932 was the owner of a Chevrolet truck registered with the Carnamah District Road Board with license plate CA-55 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Attended the Official Opening of the Carnamah Golf Course at Centenary Park in Carnamah on Sunday 23 July 1933 [5: 28-Jul-1933]
Won 1st prize for Iceland Poppies at the Carnamah Agricultural Show at Centenary Park on Thursday 6 September 1934 [5: 14-Sep-1934]
Returned to Waddy Forest on Monday 20 May 1935 after spending a number of weeks in Broome Hill and Perth [5: 24-May-1935]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club in 1935 and 1936 [5: 12-Jul-1935, 19-Jun-1936]
Won 1st prize for Wheatmeal Cookery at the Carnamah Agricultural Show held on Thursday 12 September 1935 [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Rev. Alfred J. and Mrs Myra TOOMEY of Three Springs stayed with them in Waddy Forest in late October 1935 [5: 8-Nov-1935]
Sold four bales of wool at 16¾d. per pound through Westralian Farmers Ltd on Monday 13 January 1936 [5: 17-Jan-1936]
Attended the Carnamah Golf Club's 1936 season Opening Day at Centenary Park in Carnamah on Sunday 26 April 1936 [5: 1-May-1936]
Won the Ladies Putting Competition at the Opening Day of the Coorow Golf Club for the 1936 season on 17 May 1936 [5: 22-May-1936]
Herself and Ivor celebrated their Silver Wedding Anniversary with friends at their home on Thursday 11 June 1936 [5: 19 & 26-Jun-1936]
The celebration took the form of a Card Evening, and doubled as a farewell for herself who was about to leave for a holiday [5]
Left Perth by train for Adelaide on Saturday 18 June 1936 to spend some months with friends and relatives in South Australia [5]
After spending three months in Adelaide and its suburbs she arrived back in Waddy Forest on 23 September 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Attended Roy M. PATTON's birthday at the dam on Longforest Farm in Waddy Forest on Sunday 8 November 1936 [5: 13-Nov-1936]
Sold four bales of wool at 18d. per pound through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Perth Wool Sale on 23 November 1936 [5: 27-Nov-1936]
Committee Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society in 1937 [5: 20-Nov-1936]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley [2]
Mother of John, Peter and Mary [P84]
Died 31 August 1972; ashes scattered to the wind at Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Edward McGill BLYTHE
Born 1883 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia [15]
Son of Edward BLYTHE and Helen MCGILL [15]
Married Margaret Kate HUME in 1907 [66]
He was the manager of the drapery firm Economic Ltd at 111 High Street in the Perth suburb of Fremantle [6]
Resided in Shenton Road, Claremont 1909-1911, and then in Wolseley Gardens, Richmond / East Fremantle in 1912 [6]
Resided in Silas Street, Plympton 1913-1915; and then at 49 Colin Street, Perth in 1916 [6]
Resided at 25 Osborne Road in Richmond / East Fremantle 1917-1936 [6]
He appears to have purchased the freehold remnants of Coorow Station in Coorow from Francis H. THOMAS in 1910 [44]
Absentee owner of 3,683 acres of farmland in Coorow [44]
3,683 ares: Victoria Locations 385, 995, 996, 1116, 1274, 2732, 2927, 2997, 3058, 3059, 3350, 3351, 3355, 3370, 3483, 3500 [44]
The land is said to have been purchased by his father, and was managed by his uncle James MCGILL 1910-1916 [P147]
Rates for the land were initially sent to Subiaco, presumably to his father who lived at 116 Subiaco Road, Subiaco [6] [44]
Rates were later sent to 7 Outram Road, Perth in 1913-14 and 1915-16 and were then sent to Coorow [44]
On his Victoria Location 385 was Coorow House, the old homestead of the LONG family who had arrived in Coorow in 1862 [135]
Coorow House was of mud brick and jarrah wood construction with a galvanised iron roof [P147]
Some of his land in Coorow was leased for a time by Thomas BONHAM [44] [61]
Appears to have sold 140 of his acres, Victoria Locations 385 and 1274, to Angus A. MCGILP during the 1917-18 financial year [44]
Remained the owner of his remaining acreage until about 1919, when he sold most of it to Francis A. LATHAM [10: 12-Sep-1919] [44]
Victoria Location 995 of 40 acres appears to have been sold to Thomas GREGORY [44]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Claremont [2]
Father of Jean [84]
Died 27 May 1961; ashes buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Presbyterian, CA, 23) [2]
Nicholas BOLAND
Contractor in Watheroo in 1911 [19]
Labourer in Coorow 1933-1935 [19]
T. BOND
Grew 350 acres of wheat crop on his farm in Coorow in 1917 [10: 19-Jun-1917]
Sarah BONHAM
Born 31 August 1872 in Clare, South Australia [55]
Daughter of Daniel BONHAM and Jane HUNTER [55]
Married Alexander Ray Porter GRANT on 10 November 1897 in Adelaide, South Australia [55]
In 1915 was living at 16 Laura Street in Stepney, South Australia [94]
Resided with her husband on farmland in Coorow, Western Australia from 1923 until her death in 1938 [9] [19]
Her brother "Tom" Thomas BONHAM resided in Coorow from 1911 until his death in 1945 [19]
She was the owner of 2814 acres of farmland in Coorow being Victoria Locations 8282 and 8734 [3]
Attended the Official Opening of the Coorow Agricultural Hall in Coorow on Thursday 1 February 1923 [9: 23-Feb-1923]
Donated to the Coorow Hall Committee a beautiful oil painting she had painted, which was sold at the opening for £12/5/- [9]
Won 1st prize for a female White Turkey and 2nd for a female Bronzewing Turkey at the Coorow Show in 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Member of the Coorow Tennis Club in 1933-34 [5: 3-Nov-1933]
Resided in Coorow until her death in 1938 [2]
Mother of Clem Hunter Porter, Roy Percival Marcus and Jack McDonald GRANT [55]
Died 9 December 1938; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, LB, 156) [2]
"Tom" Thomas BONHAM
Born 18 November 1859 in Adelaide, South Australia [55]
Son of Daniel BONHAM and Jane HUNTER [55]
Contractor in Moora, Western Australia in 1909 and 1910 [19]
Contractor, then Farmer and later Retiree in Coorow, Western Australia 1911-1945 [3] [19] [44]
It was said he had the best and most advanced crop in all the country between Coorow and Mingenew in July 1914 [10: 17-Jul-1914]
Farmed 1,781 acres in Coorow belonging to Edward M. BLYTHE from in 1915 and 1916 [44]
In 1919 farmed 3,363 acres in Coorow in partnership with Francis A. LATHAM as "Bonham & Latham" [44]
The 3,363 acres consisted of Victoria Locations 2927, 3058, 3059, 3350, 3351, 3355, 3370, 3483, 3500, 3502, 3732 and 5464 [44]
The land was possibly owned by Francis A. LATHAM and had previously been owned by Edward M. BLYTHE [10: 12-Sep-1919] [44]
By 1921 he had purchased 295 acres of his own land in Coorow from Angus A. N. MCGILP [44]
The 340 acres was Victoria Location 385, a portion of Victoria Location 1274, and Lot M634 of Victoria Location 2023 [3] [44]
He lived in the old house on Victoria Location 385 which had been the home of the LONG family who pioneered Coorow [P361]
In later years he lived in mainly just one large room of the house which contained an enormous table [P361]
On 15 May 1926 extended his farm by 130 acres with purchase of Lot M1640 of Victoria Location 2023 [27]
The 130 acres was purchased from the Midland Railway Company and cost £130, payable by instalments over four years [27]
His horse Lady Folly won the Maiden Plate and Forced Handicap races at the Carnamah Picnic Races on 1 April 1918 [10: 12-Apr-1918]
Four days later Lady Folly won the Midland Handicap at the Moora Race Club's Annual Races on Friday 5 April 1918 [10: 12-Apr-1918]
His horse Birdie won the Hurry Scurry race at the Peace Day Celebrations in Carnamah on Saturday 19 July 1919 [10: 25-Jul-1919]
At the Moora Races on 19 March 1920 his horse Lady Folly came 3rd in the Midland Handicap of seven furlongs [9: 26-Mar-1920]
His horse Olderfeet won the Hack Race and came 2nd in the Maiden Plate at the Carnamah Races on 28 March 1921 [10: 1-Apr-1921]
By February 1924 his brother-in-law and sister Alexander R. P. and Sarah GRANT had settled in Coorow [19]
His horses Don Mac and Moidore ran at the Carnamah Race Club's Annual Race Meeting in Carnamah on 10 April 1924 [10: 3-Apr-1924]
Vice President of the Carnamah Race Club in 1927 [9: 8-Apr-1927]
Purchased a new McCormick-Deering harvester from Carnamah agent Charles ROBERTSON in October 1928 [4: 20-Oct-1928]
Won 2nd prize for White Hen Eggs at the first Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show at Maley Park on 8 September 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
Received 1st prizes for both male and female White Leghorns and for White Hen Eggs at the Coorow Show in 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
During the 1933-34 financial year sold his farm in Coorow to Angus A. N. MCGILP [3]
The MCGILP family kindly allowed him to continue residing in the house on the farm following its sale [P8]
Won 1st prize for a Thoroughbred Mare exhibited in the Horse section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1934 [5: 7-Sep-1934]
Also received 1st prize for White Hen Eggs, 2nd prize for male White Leghorn, and 2nd prize for female White Leghorn [5]
Awarded 1st prize for White Hen Eggs in the Farm Produce section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1936 [5: 11-Sep-1936]
The JOHNS children of Coorow used to visit him, at which time he neat white beard and rode a white horse [P361]
Resided in Coorow until his death in 1945 [1]
Died 8 August 1945 in Three Springs; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row D, Plot 14) [1]
Tom MORCOMBE of Coorow officiated at his funeral, which was undertaken by Henry Parkin & Son of Carnamah [1]
His headstone reads "Thomas Bonham, Died 8th August 1945, aged 86 years, A Pioneer at Rest, Erected by the McGilp Family" [14]
From The North Midland Times newspaper, Friday 24 August 1945:
"Thomas Bonham. The funeral of the late Thomas Bonham, of Coorow, took place at the Winchester Cemetery on the 10th inst., and was conducted by Mr. Tom Morcombe, of Coorow. Deceased, who was one of the oldest residents of the Coorow district, was 86 years at the time of his death. The pall bearers were Messrs. A. McGilp, B. D. Bothe, C. C. Bothe, G. Hutchcraft, G. Lambert, and G. Greenwood."
"Bert" Albert Joseph BONSER
Born 6 August 1893 in Northam, Western Australia [16]
Son of William James BONSER and Bridget MCMAHON [15]
Bricklayer in Meckering, Western Australia in 1916 [94]
Lance Corporal 6223 in the Australian Imperial Force's 16th Battalion during the First World War [94]
Married Dorothy Mabel CLEGGETT in 1922 [66]
Contractor in Waddy Forest 1929-1934 [5] [19]
He had a small farm in Waddy Forest, but not with many acres cleared, and worked out as a builder and contractor [P32]
Built a house for Philip T. MORCOMBE on Minaru Farm in Waddy Forest [P32]
With Bill BONSER built a mud brick house for George N. GREENWOOD on Maryland Farm, Waddy Forest for £1100 in 1928 [P280]
In November 1929 purchased a new Ford truck from Carnamah dealer Rupert H. LAFFAN [4: 16-Nov-1929]
Played the drums at the Coorow Anglican Church's Dance at the Coorow Hall on Saturday 7 April 1934 [5: 13-Apr-1934]
Along with his wife and children left Waddy Forest in April 1934 [5: 13-Apr-1934]
In 1942 was living in the Perth suburb of Queens Park [16]; and later resided in the Perth suburb of East Victoria Park [2]
Died 6 May 1958; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, ZD, 228) [2]
Mrs Dorothy Mabel BONSER
Wife of "Bert" Albert Joseph BONSER; see Dorothy Mabel CLEGGETT
Kathleen BONSER
Born 1897 in Northam, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of William James BONSER and Bridget MCMAHON [15]
Married James Andrew ANDERSON in 1919 [66]
Resided in Waddy Forest 1927-1935 [19]
Resided in Latham in 1938, Buntine in 1939 and Wubin 1941-1948 [19]
Sidney Francis BONSER
Born 1904 in Northam, Western Australia [15]
Son of William James BONSER and Bridget MCMAHON [15]
Farmhand for John J. PEARSE in North Cunderdin in 1925 [50]
Labourer in Coorow 1929-1932 [19]
Married Janet Alice THOMPSON in 1934 [66]
Farmhand in Meckering in 1936 [50] [84]
Father of Thea [84]
"Bill" Albert Charles BOTHE
Born 11 August 1920 in Perth, Western Australia [16]
Son of Charles Cleaver BOTHE and Margaret MCGILL [P98]
Spent his childhood on his father's Glenfield Farm in Coorow [P98]
Educated at Christ Church Grammar School in Perth 1927-1929 [P98]
Educated at the Coorow State School 1930-1932 and then at the Perth Boys School 1933-1936 [P98]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Coorow in July 1933 dressed as a "Shiek" [4: 29-Jul-1933]
Received a 1st prize for Handwork at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 7 September 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
A week later, on Thursday 14 September 1933, won a 2nd prize for Wood/Fretwork at the Carnamah Agricultural Show [5: 22-Sep-1933]
After completing his schooling Perth he returned to Coorow and worked with his father on Glenfield Farm [P98]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1935-36 [5: 14-Feb-1936]
Attended Miss Olive W. KAU's 21st birthday at Meadowdale Farm in Coorow on Saturday evening 18 January 1936 [5: 24-Jan-1936]
Member of the Coorow Football Club in 1937 [0: image 03660]
One of the Stewards of the Sheep section of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1937 [150]
Member of the No. 2 Troop of the "C" Squadron of the 25th Light Horse Machine Gun Militia Regiment in 1939 [P15]
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