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Biographical Dictionary - Coorow, Carnamah, Three Springs


Surname

Cyril Leslie COUSINS

Born 24 August 1899 in Walkaway, Western Australia [16]
Son of "Harry" Henry William COUSINS and Clara Elizabeth KING [15]
Resided with his parents in Walkaway until shifting with them to farmland in Arrino [P2]
     Won the Handicap Hurdle Race at the Annual Sports Meeting held in Arrino on Easter Monday 1 April 1915 [10: 9-Apr-1915]
     Attended as a "Stockman" the Plain & Fancy Dress Ball in Three Springs on 19 July 1916 in aid of the Red Cross [39: 31-Jul-1916]
     Won the High Jump and Pole Vault at the Three Springs Day at Casuarina Park, Three Springs on 27 September 1916 [10: 6-Oct-1916]
     Winner of Tilting at the Ring in the Horse Events at the Red Cross Gala Day held in Three Springs on 23 May 1918 [9: 7-Jun-1918]
     Attended May BERRIGAN's 21st Birthday held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday 12 September 1919 [9: 19-Sep-1919]
     Won the Pillow Fight at the Three Springs Day held in Three Springs on Thursday 23 September 1920 [10: 15-Oct-1920]
     Attended the wedding of Robert CALDOW and May BYRNE at the Hall in Three Springs on 5 October 1921 [9: 21-Oct-1921]
     Member of the Arrino Cricket Club in 1921-22 and 1922-23[10: 3-Feb-1922] [9: 9-Mar-1923]
     Won the Swerving Race and Pillow Fight at the Three Springs Day held on Thursday 28 September 1922 [9: 20-Oct-1922]
     Member of the Arrino Football Club in 1922 [9: 19-May-1922]
Farmhand in Winchester 1923-1933 [19]
     He possibly worked in Winchester for his brother Irwin R. COUSINS who was a farmer in Winchester [4: 19-Oct-1929]
     Member of the Carnamah Football Club 1920-1926  [7: page 195] [9: 24-Jul-1925, 9-Jul-1926] [10: 23-Jul-1920]
     Signed the petition in February 1923 for the Irwin Licensing Court to grant a hotel license for Carnamah [10: 9-Mar-1923]
     Attended and competed at the Annual Show & Sports Carnival held in Carnamah on 20 September 1923 [86: 4-Oct-1923]
          Won Tilting at the Ring in the Horse Events, and in the sports won both the 75 Yards Sheffield Handicap and High Jump [86]
     Attended the Grand Plain & Fancy Dress Ball held in the Carnamah Hall on 6 August 1925 dressed as "Cavalier" [9: 21-Aug-1925]
     "Very Satisfactorily" umpired a local football match between Carnamah and Coorow on Sunday 31 July 1932 [5: 5-Aug-1932]
     Member of the Carnamah Cricket Club in 1932-33 [5: 10-Mar-1933]
     Member of the Carnamah Football Club in 1933 [5: 2- Jun-1933, 16-Jun-1933]
Later lived in the Perth suburb of Midland Junction, where he worked for the Midland Railway Company [P2]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Midland Junction prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 8 May 1941 [16]
     Corporal W17093 at the Australian Army's W/C ORD Depot during the Second World War [16]
     Discharged from the Australian Army on 3 November 1944 [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Midland [2]
Died 5 December 1971; buried Midland Cemetery, Perth suburb of Midland (Anglican, J, 72) [2]


Reference:  Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Cyril Leslie Cousins' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 29 March 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/cyril-leslie-cousins [reference list]




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