"Jim" / "Jimmy" James Gerald LYNCH
Born 16 April 1905 in County Meath, Ireland [16]
Son of Philip LYNCH and Sarah MCENROE [201]
Departed London, England with his parents on the Omrah and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 25 March 1909 [201] [203]
After residing with his parents in North Perth for a few months shifted with them to Three Springs in later 1909 [201]
Resided with his parents on Shamrock Farm in Three Springs [19] [24]
Student at the Three Springs State School and then at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs [98]
Performed in the Dominican Convent School's Annual Concert held in Three Springs on 20 November 1918 [10: 29-Nov-1918]
Boarding Student at Saint Ildephonsus College in New Norcia for two years beginning on 14 July 1920 [187]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club 1920-1937 [10: 9-Jul-1920, 12-Jun-1924] [9: 4-Sep-1925, 25-Jun-1927] [4: 13-Jul-1929] [5: 5-Jun-1936, 6-Aug-1937]
Captain of the Three Springs Football Club in 1933 and 1934, and President in 1960 [5: 2-Jun-1933, 31-Aug-1934, 12-Jul-1935] [4: 26-Feb-1960]
Farmer in Three Springs [19]
By 1924 he and his brother Philip F. LYNCH were farming in partnership in Three Springs [187]
He and Charles F. THOMAS ran the tote at the Picnic Race Meetings in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day 1925-1928 [124]
Financially assisted the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee with a donation of £1/1/- in 1928 [124]
Conducted the children's events at the Picnic Race Meeting in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day on Saturday 17 March 1928 [124]
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]
Attended the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show and Show Ball on Thursday 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Attended the Three Springs Race Club's Race Meeting & Evening Ball held in Three Springs on Thursday 11 April 1929 [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Attended the Three Springs Football Club's Welcome Home Social for two newly wedded couples on 1 November 1929 [4: 9-Nov-1929]
Donated ale for the patients of the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs for Christmas / New Year of 1929 [4: 8-Feb-1930]
Returned to Three Springs in mid February 1930 after recuperating from an illness in Perth [4: 8-Feb-1930]
Won the Sheffield Handicap and Stepping 100 Yards at the Saint Patrick's Day Sports Meeting in Three Springs in 1930 [4: 22-Mar-1930]
Attended the Commemoration Dinner held at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs on Friday 26 August 1932 [5: 9-Sep-1932]
The dinner was to commemorate Three Springs having the highest average yield for wheat in the State for the 1931-32 season [5]
Attended the evening dance at the Three Springs Hall after the R.S.L. Sports Day at Arrino on 5 November 1932 [5: 18-Nov-1932]
Attended the Farewell Evening tendered to local pioneer Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Finalist in the Billiard Tournament conducted at Mr BROWNING's Billiard Saloon in Three Springs in 1933 [5: 8-Sep-1933]
Married Una Alice KENNEDY in Perth in 1934 [66]
Came 2nd in the Sheep Weight Guessing Competition at the St. Patrick's Day Sports in Three Springs on 18 March 1935 [5: 22-Mar-1935]
Attended the Three Springs Football Club's Victory Ball held in Three Springs on Tuesday 24 September 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
During the evening he received a presentation for being the oldest and one of the best players of the Three Springs Football Club [5]
Speaker at the Social Evening for newlyweds Richard H. S. & Rachel M. A. JAMES in Three Springs on 5 January 1937 [5: 8-Jan-1937]
On behalf of the sporting bodies of the district he extended good wishes and the very best of happiness to the popular couple [5]
Attended the meeting in Three Springs about extending telephonic facilities to East Three Springs on 9 March 1937 [5: 12-Mar-1937]
Private W20519 in Three Springs' local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
In 1946 it was reported that he had "practically forsaken football for golf"[187]
Speaker at the Farewell Dance for Ron & Irene QUARTERMAINE at the Three Springs Hall during February 1960 [4: 26-Feb-1960]
On his retirement he shifted into the Three Springs townsite, and his son Philip took over the farm [201]
By 1990 he had retired from farming and was living at 42 Mayrhofer Street in the Three Springs townsite [24]
Passed away at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs at the age of 85 years [24]
Father of Philip and Gloria [201]
Died 23 November 1990; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Roman Catholic, Plot 140) [24]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'James Gerald Lynch' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 19 April 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/james-gerald-lynch [reference list] |
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