Bena HIRSCH / TREMLETT
Born 12 September 1921 in New South Wales, Australia [P374]
Daughter of Arthur Edward HIRSCH and Agnes Sarah BLAKE [19] [32]
Shifted to Meckering in Western Australia with her parents and siblings Laura, Peggy, Max and Arthur in 1928 [P374]
Resided with her parents on farmland in Latham 1930-1942 [P374]
Walked the few miles to the Latham State School each day and later boarded at the Moora Convent School for two years [P374]
Herself and her siblings delivered milk and eggs and collected payment on their way to school [P374]
Assisted her mother run their boarding house in Latham with cleaning, ironing, cooking and waitressing [P374]
Married "Geoff" Geoffrey Thomas TREMLETT in Perth in 1942 [66]
Resided with her husband and later daughter in Melbourne during her husband's service in the Royal Australian Air Force [P374]
Following the end of the war they resided on part of F. W. Gustav LIEBE's enormous Waddi Farm in Winchester [19]
Her husband oversaw a team of clearers on LIEBE's property while she cooked their meals [P374]
They secured farmland on part of the War Service Land Settlement's Waddi Estate in Latham in 1953 [P374]
Resided on Orana Farm near Carnamah and later at 52 Macpherson Street in the Carnamah townsite [19]
Mother of Yvonne, Sue, Rod and Colleen [P374]
Died 29 March 2009 [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Bena Hirsch / Tremlett' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 17 April 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/bena-hirsch [reference list] |
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