David George DUTHIE

Born 19 June 1910 in Nhill, Victoria, Australia ^[16]
Son of Alfred Ernest DUTHIE and Beatrice Mary HILL ^[54]
Farmer / Sharefarmer at Bowgada in the Perenjori district of Western Australia in 1933 and 1934 ^{[19] [50]}
His sister Mrs Nellie E. A. DORRINGTON resided with her husband on the Inering Estate in Carnamah 1931-1933 ^{[5: 2-Feb-1934] [19]}
Wheat Lumper at Bowgada in the Perenjori district over the 1935-36 harvest ^{[39: 25-Jun-1936]}
Farmhand on Ernest C. ANDREWS' farm on the Yarra Yarra Estate in Carnamah, Western Australia in mid 1936 ^[88]
He was arrested on 23 June 1936 on a charge of insurance fraud and taken to Perenjori where the offence had been committed ^[88]
His former co-worker from Bowgada, Neville C. CHARLTON, had lost part of his index finger after injuring his hand ^{[39: 25-Jun-1936]}
He had supported a falsified insurance claim that CHARLTON had injured his hand as a result of wheat-lumping work ^{[39: 25-Jun-1936]}
CHARLTON was sentenced to six months imprisonment and he was bound by a six month good behaviour bond of £50 ^{[39: 25-Jun-1936]}
Married Effey Constance Kate CHOMLEY in 1936 ^[66]
Farmhand in Jeparit, Victoria, Australia in 1937 ^[50]
He was living in Camberwell, Victoria, Australia when he enlisted in the Australian Army on 2 March 1942 ^[16]
Private VX75534 in the Australian Army's 2/14 Field Regiment during the Second World War ^[16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 4 February 1946 ^[16]
Farmhand in Perenjori, Western Australia 1949-1958 ^[50]
Farmer in Denbarker southwest of Mount Barker in Western Australia for at least the years 1963-1968 ^[50]
In 1972 he was living in retirement at 52 Sholl Street in the coastal town of Mandurah ^[50]
Resided in Mandurah until his death at the age of 65 years ^[2]
Died 31 July 1975; buried Fremantle Cemetery, Perth suburb of Palmyra (Methodist, BB, 737) ^[2]

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