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Biographical Dictionary - Coorow, Carnamah, Three Springs


Surname

"Bert" Albert Rolfe WILSON

Born 23 May 1916 in Maldon, Victoria, Australia [16]
Son of Albert Rolfe WILSON and Emma MOORE [54]
Resided in Mullewa where he was a prominent member of their colts cricket team[5: 16-Apr-1937]
Shifted to Carnamah in 1937 after his father became the proprietor of Smarts Popular Store in Carnamah [5: 2 & 16-Apr-1937]
Member of the Carnamah Cricket Club in 1936-37 [5: 9-Apr-1937]
Returned to Mullewa over the second weekend of April 1937 to play in one of the Mullewa Cricket Club's colt finals [5: 16-Apr-1937]
Member of the Carnamah Football Club in 1937 [5: 14 & 21-May-1937]
Resided in Mullewa prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 21 April 1941[16]
Private WX11748 in the Australian Army's 2/28th Battalion during the Second World War, and was a Prisoner of War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 1 August 1945 [16]
Married Shirley Corona WATSON in Perth in 1946 [66]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley [2]
Died 14 October 1983; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Lawn, C, 9) [2]


Reference:  Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Albert Rolfe Wilson' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 29 March 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/albert-rolfe-wilson-jnr [reference list]




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