Gordon Lowe WALDECK
Born 14 February 1907 in Dongara, Western Australia [16]
Son of "Harry" Henry David WALDECK and Eliza Jane SMITH [P128]
His father had worked for storekeepers Henry & William CARSON in Geraldton in 1902 and 1903 [6]
By 1904 his parents had shifted to Dongara, where his father was a Storekeeper in 1904 and 1905, and a Farmer from 1906 [6]
He was baptised by Methodist minister J. E. STONE of Dongara on 12 April 1907 [84]
Resided with his parents and then widowed mother in Dongara [P128]
Farmhand in Carnamah in 1927, 1928 and 1929 [4: 10-Sep-1927] [19]
His mother and sister spent a holiday with him in Carnamah during September 1927 [4: 10-Sep-1927]
Following their stay they spoke "highly of the social and progressive spirit of the district" [4: 10-Sep-1927]
In June 1928 he transferred from the Carnamah Football CLub to the Coorow Football Club [4: 23-Jun-1928]
He was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Won the Gretna Green Race at the Carnamah Show and Sports Carnival held in Carnamah on Thursday 4 October 1928 [4: 13-Oct-1928]
He was among those who attended the Centenary Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on 26 July 1929 [86: 3-Aug-1929]
The ball was to celebrate 100 years since the founding of Perth and the establishment of the Swan River Colony [86]
He first met Miss Vera KEEN at Norman W. REYNOLDS' General Store in Carnamah, where she was a Shop Assistant [P128]
Acquired farmland in Pindar near Mullewa - namely Victoria Locations 5730 and 5731 [61]
Farmer in Pindar 1930-1934 [6] [19] [61]
Married "Vera" Lilias Vera KEEN at the Methodist Church in Northam on 1 January 1932 [P128]
The depression hit hard and by 1935 he had left Pindar and was working on a mine in Mount Austin [19] [P128]
His wife remained in Pindar and managed the farm while also working as a dressmaker [P128]
By 1936 they had given up the farm and were both living in Sandstone, and later resided in Cue, Gwalia and Norseman [P128]
Driller at the Gold Mine in Norseman 1938-1942 [P128]
Resided in Norseman until enlisting in the Royal Australian Air Force on 31 January 1942 [16]
Corporal 46374 in the Royal Australian Air Force's 4 Transport and Movement Office during the Second World War [16]
During the majority of the war he served as a transport driver at Port Moresby in New Guinea [P128]
Discharged from the Royal Australian Air Force on 23 November 1945 [16]
Driller at the Gold Mine in Norseman 1945-1949 [P128]
After leaving Norseman they shifted to Perth, and he worked as a Winder-Driver at the South Fremantle Power House [P128]
In Perth resided in a State Housing Commission home in Hilton Park and then in a War Service home in Mount Hawthorn [P128]
Later worked as a Winder-Driver at a mine in Ravensthorpe, and resided and worked there until retiring [P128]
Upon retirement himself and his wife shifted to Amelia Heights in the Perth suburb of Balcatta [P128]
Father of Barry, Edmund and Helen [P128]
Died 21 June 1989; ashes interred with those of his mother at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth (Crematorium Rose Gardens, E, 94) [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Gordon Lowe Waldeck' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 18 April 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/gordon-lowe-waldeck [reference list] |
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