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Biographical Dictionary - Coorow, Carnamah, Three Springs


Surname

"Bill" William Lionel JORDAN

Born 11 July 1917 in Cottesloe, Western Australia [16]
Son of William George JORDAN and Alba DUNDERDALE [P2]
Shop Assistant in his parents General Store in Three Springs [P2]
On Saturday 12 May 1934 attended the Carnamah Football Club's Grand Opening Ball at the Carnamah Hall [5: 18-May-1934]
Member of the Three Springs Cricket Club in 1934-35 and 1935-36 [5: 22-Feb-1935, 1-Nov-1936]
Member of the Three Springs Tennis Club in 1934-35 [5: 5-Apr-1935]
Member of the Three Springs Golf Club in 1935 and 1936 [5: 17-May-1935, 10-Apr-1936]
Performed an item with his father at the Annual Dominican Concert in Three Springs on 15 August 1935 [5: 23-Aug-1935]
Attended Miss Olive W. KAU's 21st birthday at Meadow Dale Farm in Coorow on Saturday evening 18 January 1936 [5: 24-Jan-1936]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1936 [5: 5-Jun-1936]
Left Three Springs and shifted to Perth on 24 August 1936 after securing a job with the International Harvester Company [5: 28-Aug-1936]
He was the International Harvester Company's Representative for the South West for a few months in 1937 [5: 11-Jun-1937, 23-Jul-1937]
Visited his parents in Three Springs during the first weekend of June 1937 [5: 11-Jun-1937]
Returned to live in Three Springs on Saturday night 17 July 1937 [5: 23-Jul-1937]
Member of the Three Springs Golf Club in 1937 [5: 30-Jul-1937]
Towards the end of August 1937 he was in Perth attending an International Harvester Company conference [5: 27-Aug-1937]
Also at the conference was agent W. George MULLIGAN and representative Clifford J. BOND, both of Carnamah [5: 27-Aug-1937]
Assisted with the music at the North Midlands Popular Girl Competition Grand Ball in Three Springs on 31 August 1937 [5: 3-Sep-1937]
Supplier of music at the Farewell for Barney & Frances BARNHART at the Hall in Three Springs on 3 February 1938 [4: 12-Feb-1938]
Supplier of music at the Valedictory for Minnie WATSON & Arthur MORTIMER in Three Springs on 15 February 1938 [4: 19-Feb-1938]
Member of the No. 2 Troop of the "C" Squadron of the motorised 25th Light Horse Machine Gun Regiment in 1939 [P15]
The No. 2 Troop was a local militia unit made of people from the North Midlands and trained in Carnamah once a fortnight [P15]
Enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force on 26 August 1940 and was discharged on 7 May 1946 [16]
Flying Officer 17559 in the Royal Australian Air Force's R.A.A.F. Headquarters during the Second World War [16]
During the war or shortly afterwards he went to Queensland and married Sophie, whom he had met during the war [P2]


Reference:  Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'William Lionel Jordan' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 29 March 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/william-lionel-jordan [reference list]




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