Alfred Edward LUTZ
Born 20 June 1912 in Perth, Western Australia [16]
Son of Louis August Alfred LUTZ and Margaret Maud GREER [18] [66]
After being closed since 25 October 1935 he re-opened the Inering State School on Monday 3 February 1936 [5: 7-Feb-1936] [276]
School Teacher of the Inering State School on the Inering Estate in Carnamah 1936-1938 [73]
His annual salary as sole teacher of the Inering State School was £263 in 1936 and £271 in 1937 and 1938 [73]
He was unable to secure boarding accommodation with a nearby family so had to reside in the teacher's quarters at the school [276]
Wrote to the Education Department on 24 July 1936 requesting his quarters be equipped with a bath and stove, with they lacked [276]
Accompanied mechanic William TOOLE from Carnamah to test drive a De Soto six touring car on Sunday 15 March 1936 [5]
The car had a habit of catching a light and had been at the Farm Service Station for the cause to be found and rectified [5]
Near Bowman's Hill on the Carnamah-Perenjori Road a discharge noise was heard coming from the engine [5]
They stopped and he opened the bonnet to discover the engine was in flames, after which the driver quickly got out of the car [5]
Left out of control the car rolled backwards in flames for 50 yards, and was burnt to the ground [5: 20-Mar-1936] [88]
He visited Geraldton during the Easter holidays in 1936 [5: 17-Apr-1936]
Attended the Bridge Evening to bid farewell to Tom & Johanna BERRIGAN in Carnamah on Sunday 21 June 1936 [5: 26-Jun-1936]
Attended the Carnamah Repertory Club's Social including three plays at the Carnamah Hall on Friday 2 October 1936 [5: 9-Oct-1936]
On 19 December 1936 at 1 p.m. he telephoned the Carnamah Police Station reporting a theft from the school premises at Inering [88]
The items stolen were his bicycle with license plate CA-43 and his wallet [5: 24-Dec-1936] [88]
Constable Maurice PLUNKETT left the Carnamah Police Station and on his way to Inering drove past the Carnamah Hotel [88]
The Constable saw the bicycle on the back of a truck at the Carnamah Hotel and searched the owner where he found the wallet [88]
On 21 December the man who had stolen his bicycle and wallet went before the Carnamah Police Court where he was fined [88]
A few days after the theft he travelled to Perth for Christmas [5: 24-Dec-1936]
Himself and Henry W. RUNCIMAN, of the Billeroo State School, returned to Carnamah on Monday 1 February 1937 [5: 5-Feb-1937]
After spending the school holidays in Perth he returned to Carnamah during the second last weekend of September 1937 [5: 24-Sep-1937]
Allowed his students to go home at 12:30 p.m. on 10 February 1939, as it was 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3°C) inside the school [276]
Married Melva Esther LEWIS in Perth in 1941 [66]
Resided in 21 Highbury Street in the Perth suburb of Floreat Park prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 16 February 1942 [16] [18]
Lance Bombardier WX16100 in the Australian Army's 3rd Field Regiment during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 20 October 1942 and enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force on 21 October 1942 [16]
Pilot Officer 429710 in the Royal Australian Air Force's 16th Operational Training Unit during the Second World War [16]
Killed in Action in a Flying Battle in England on 4 March 1945; buried Oxford Cemetery in Oxford, Offordshire, England [17] [18]
His wife never remarried, and passed away at the age of 65 years on 31 July 1977[2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Alfred Edward Lutz' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 20 April 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/alfred-edward-lutz [reference list] |
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