Vernon John DURY
Born 31 January 1904 in Sydenham, London, England [16]
Son of Leon Frederick DURY and Esther Eleanor Maud HARRIS [15]
At the age of 18 years he immigrated to Western Australia [203]
His last address before leaving England was Gothie House at 52 Kent House Road in Sydenham [20] [203]
He worked as a Junior Insurance Clerk in England but on arriving in Australia gave his occupation as Farming [203] [338]
Departed from London, England on the steamship Ballarat on 6 July 1922 [203]
After a voyage of about five weeks he arrived on the Ballarat and in Fremantle, Western Australia on 13 August 1922 [70]
Teamster in Carnamah 1925-1930 [19]
Foundation Member of the Carnamah Soccer Club in 1927 [4: 2-Jul-1927]
Married Rachel Margaret Letitia GRIFFITHS in Perth in 1937 [66]
Resided at Darlington in the Perth hills prior to enlisting in the Royal Australian Air Force on 2 October 1942 [16]
Leading Aircraftman 82114 in the Royal Australian Air Force's 5 Personnel Depot Staff during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Royal Australian Air Force on 23 May 1946 [16]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Scarborough [2]
Died 25 February 1972; ashes interred at Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 23, 6) [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Vernon John Dury' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 15 July 2026 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/vernon-john-dury [reference list] |
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