Robert Arthur CULPH
Born 1 August 1929 in Bunbury, Western Australia [P159]
Son of Harold Edwin CULPH and Alice HUMPHREYSON [P159]
Grew up in Bunbury and at Eastbrook, near Pemberton [P159]
Educated at the Bunbury Primary School and Saint Mary's Convent in Bunbury [P159]
Before marriage he worked as a farmhand and then for the Post Master General (PMG) [P159]
After marriage worked at the PMG Line-yards in Donnybrook [P159]
Then worked on the North West project changing telephone lines to underground cables between Meekatharra and Nullagine [P159]
Shifted to Carnamah in 1959 [P159]
Resided with his wife and children at 1 Caron Street, Carnamah in 1959 and 1960[P159]
Among their friends during their time in Carnamah were Ken & Edna SEAR and Dick & Bridie EVANS [P159]
Member of the Carnamah Football Club and the Carnamah Cricket Club [P159]
Left Carnamah in 1960, and resided in Pinjarra 1961-1967 where he continued to work as a Linesman for PMG [P159]
Resided in Bunbury 1967-2004, and worked for Telecom in Bunbury as an Estimator from 1967 to 1987 [P159]
Resident of Knight Street, Bunbury in 2004 [45]
Husband of Mary [P159]
Father of Helen, Stephen, Greg and Christine [45]
Died 6 July 2004 in Perth; service held at the Crematorium Chapel in Bunbury on 9 July 2004 [45]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Robert Arthur Culph' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 19 April 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/robert-arthur-culph [reference list] |
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