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John MCINTOSH
Born 6 October 1863 in Edinkillie, Moray, Scotland [28]
Son of John MCINTOSH and Mary MCDONALD [28]
Railway Guard in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1913 [28]
Married Kate ROBERTSON on 22 February 1913 in Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland [28]
Made arrangements to purchase from the Midland Railway Company the 357 acre Lot M967 in Coorow, Western Australia [34]
Paid the Midland Railway Company a 5% deposit for the farm (£50 in April 1914 and the remaining £43.14.0 on 3 June 1914) [34]
Along with his wife departed from London, England on the Orsova and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 7 July 1914 [70]
After inspecting the farm he refused to purchase it claiming it was covered with a poisonous plant (possibly box poison) [34]
Settled in Winchester, within the Carnamah district of Western Australia in 1914 [5: 23-Jun-1933]
On 21 January 1915 signed a contract to purchase 420 acres of farmland in Winchester from the Midland Railway Company [27]
The 420 acres was Lot M923 of Victoria Location 1937 and cost £1890, payable by instalments (price later reduced to £1134) [27]
Farmer in Winchester 1915-1934 [3] [50]
The block came with 125 acres cleared; the Midland Railway Company contracted Angus MCGILP to plant his first crop in 1915 [34]
Took out assistance under the Industries Assistance Board while establishing the farm [34]
After harvesting his 1915 wheat crop he sold 509 bags of wheat, and retained 75 bags for seed wheat [34]
Had 250 acres of his farm planted in crop in 1916 [34] and 280 acres in 1917 [10: 19-Jun-1917]
Robert L. GILBERT, Superintendent of the Midland Railway Company's Farm Lands remarked on 16 November 1916: [34]
     "Mr McIntosh…is a great worker, and his house and sheds and garden area are a model of neatness and cleanliness" [34]
In 1916 a verandah and bathroom were added to his house by Mr WESTLAKE for £37.10.0 at the Midland Railway Co's expense [34]
Member of the Midland Railway Ready Made Farm Settlers' Association in 1916 [34]
In August 1916 signed a petition which was sent to the Midland Railway Company requesting the price of their farms be reduced [34]
Member of Carnamah's branch of the Farmers and Settlers Association in 1917 [34]
Signed the petition and financial guarantee in 1917 for the Midland Railway Company to provide a resident doctor at Three Springs [34]
Visited the Midland Railway Company's Perth office on 12 August 1920 and revealed he was interested in buying Lot M1074 [34]
     It was arranged for the Company's ranger, Frederick C. WOODS, to show him over the block, which was 1238 acres in size [34]
     He decided to buy the 1238 acre Lot M1074 of Victoria Location 1937, and signed a contract to do so on 4 January 1921 [34]
     Lot M1074 on purchase was entirely virgin land and cost £464; in July 1929 shifted his house from Lot M923 to Lot M1074 [27]
Had an account with Carnamah blacksmith, wheelwright and motor mechanics Henry Parkin & Son from the 1920s to the 1940s [53]
Signed the petition in February 1923 for the Irwin Licensing Court to grant a hotel license for Carnamah [10: 9-Mar-1923]
Founding Member of the Carnamah Masonic Lodge No.150 WAC on 21 March 1930 [96]
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society in 1932 [13]
In 1932 was the owner of a Guy truck with license plate CA-364 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
While climbing down a tank stand on his farm on Friday 12 January 1934 he slipped on a step and fell to the ground [5]
     His farm employee Ray MILLER helped to the house and Dr. M. A. MAYRHOFER of Three Springs came to see him [5]
     On Monday 15 January 1934 travelled to Perth by train for an X-Ray as a fracture of the shoulder was suspected [5: 19-Jan-1934]
During the 1933-34 financial year sold his 1658 acre farm in Winchester to Kenneth W. McCOOKE [3]
After selling the farm shifted to a small property on the north side of the Carnamah-Bunjil Road in Carnamah [P4]
His new property was the 70 acre Victoria Location 9533 [3] where he ran small piggery and poultry farm [P4]
Attended the funeral of Mrs Christina B. D. FORRESTER of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 31 August 1934 [4: 8-Sep-1934]
Purchased a new Horwood Bagshaw 15 bushel corn grinder and elevator from Westralian Farmers in September 1935 [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Attended the funeral of Miss "May" Mary L. LANG of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 26 November 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Attended the funeral of Carnamah agent William B. SHERIDAN at the Winchester Cemetery on 27 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Sold five porkers at £1/4/6 per head through Dalgety & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday on 5 February 1936 [5: 7-Feb-1936]
     Sold three pigs at £1/10/- per head on 11 March 1936, and four pigs at £1/4/- per head on 6 May 1936 [5: 13-Mar-1936, 8-May-1936]
     Sold four pigs at £1/5/3 per head through Dalgety & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 19 August 1936 [5: 21-Aug-1936]
Resided on his 70 acre block in Carnamah until his death in 1941 [P4]
Died 7 August 1941 in Carnamah; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row C, Plot 15) [1] [5: 8-Aug-1941]
His funeral, which was undertaken by Henry Parkin & Son of Carnamah, cost £30 including Minister and Cemetery fees [53]


From The North Midland Times newspaper, Friday 8 August 1941:
"Obituary - Late John McIntosh. There passed away at Carnamah on Thursday morning this week after a long and serious illness, an old and respected resident in the person of Mr. John McIntosh. The late Mr. McIntosh, who was aged 77 years and 10 months had been failing in health for a long time, and although the news of his death did not come as a shock, it nevertheless cast a deep gloom over the whole town. The deceased gentleman was a native of  Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and came to this district many years ago. He was engaged in farming pursuits in Winchester for a number of years, but when his health began to fail him he moved to Carnamah, where he conducted a small pig and poultry farm on the outskirts of the town. He suffered from a particularly serious illness a couple of years ago, and since then he had been practically an invalid. The late Mr. McIntosh is survived by a widow, to whom the sympathy of the whole district will go out. The funeral will take place this (Friday) afternoon at three o'clock at the Winchester cemetery."
Note: he was from Aberdeenshire before coming to Australia, however was born in the county of Moray


From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 9 August 1941:
"Carnamah Residents Death - On Thursday last Mr. J. McIntosh, of Carnamah, passed away at his home after a long illness. Deceased leaves a widow. The late Mr. McIntosh and his wife rank among the oldest settlers of this district. Until a few years ago, they were farming near Winchester, when they moved to their present home, about a mile and a half east of Carnamah. The funeral took place yesterday at Winchester."


From The North Midland Times newspaper, Friday 15 August 1941:
"Funeral - Late John McIntosh. The funeral of the late Mr. John McIntosh, of Carnamah, who passed away on Thursday of last week, took place at the Winchester Cemetery on Friday. A short service was held in the Presbyterian Church Hall by Rev. C. A. Walsh, who also officiated at the graveside. The pall-bearers were Messrs. J. K. Forrester, R. Power, H. L. Fogg, R. Diamond, J. L. Adams, H. Nineham, E. K. Wells, and H. Pope."


Mrs Kate MCINTOSH
Wife of John MCINTOSH; see Kate ROBERTSON


Mrs Doris Eva Jane MCLEAN
Wife of "Jack" John Thrower MCLEAN; see Doris Eva Jane GRANLAND


Doris Marion MCLEAN
Born 1901 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of John Lachlan MCLEAN and Sarah Elizabeth SIMPKIN [15]
Assistant Teacher at the Carnamah State School in 1932 and 1933, on an annual salary of £248 [19] [73]
Attended the Card Party held at Mrs Jessie C. THOMPSON's home in Niven Crescent, Carnamah in mid July 1932 [5: 22-Jul-1932]
Attended the Carnamah Grand Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Thursday 28 July 1932 in a gown of blue georgette [5: 5-Aug-1932]
Won the consolation prize at the Bridge Evening held at the home or Roger W. & Margaret D. CLARK on 30 July 1932 [5: 5-Aug-1932]
Attended the Carnamah Roman Catholic Church's Annual Ball on 6 August 1932 in a gown of blue georgette [5: 19-Aug-1932]
Had to take sick leave from her job at the school in October 1932, during which time she was relieved by Miss PORTER [5: 21-Oct-1932]
Foundation Member of the Carnamah Repertory Club in 1933 [5: 2-Jun-1933, 27-Aug-1937]
Attended the Card Party held at the home of Mrs Ettie PARKER in Carnamah on 25 May 1933 [5: 2-Jun-1933]
Member of the Carnamah Golf Club in 1933 [5: 18-Aug-1933]
Attended the Card Party held at the home of Mrs Maggie KROSCHEL in Carnamah during the second week of July 1933 [5: 21-Jul-1933]
Played Bridget in "The Widow Malone" at the Carnamah Repertory Club's Inaugural Concert on 21 August 1933 [5: 25-Aug-1933] [72]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Monster Ball on 2 September 1933 in a dress of floral ninon over blue [5: 8-Sep-1933]
Played the girl in "The Burglar and the Girl" at the Carnamah Repertory Club's 2nd Concert on 30 November 1933 [5: 1-Dec-1933]
Member of the Carnamah Tennis Club in 1933-34 [4: 16-Dec-1933] [5: 23-Feb-1934]
She was among the 150 who attended the Carnamah Tennis Club's Dance at the Carnamah Hall on 9 December 1933 [5: 15-Dec-1933]
Received notice of her transfer to Jandakot in December 1933 [4: 6-Jan-1934] [5: 22-Dec-1933]
By February 1934 she had returned to Carnamah as Temporary Assistant Teacher at the Carnamah State School [5: 2-Feb-1934] [73]
Returned to Carnamah as the appointed Assistant Teacher, Eileen A. BERRIGAN, was on leave due to being unwell [5: 2-Feb-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Tennis Club's Flannel Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 3 February 1934 [5: 9-Feb-1934]
Attended the Dance conducted by the Carnamah Toc H at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 24 February 1934 [5: 2-Mar-1934]
On the evening of Thursday 15 March 1934 attended the Carnamah Race Club's Annual Dance at the Carnamah Hall [5: 16-Mar-1934]
She was bid goodbye at a Farewell Social at the home of Tom and Johanna BERRIGAN in Carnamah on 11 April 1934 [5: 13-Apr-1934]
Left Carnamah in April 1934 [5: 13-Apr-1934]
Spent the May 1936 school holidays in Carnamah staying with local school teacher Miss Eileen A. BERRIGAN [5: 15-May-1936]
Holidayed in Carnamah staying with Charles J. & Ivy E. DALLIMORE over later August and early September 1937 [5: 3-Sep-1937]
Attended the Carnamah Repertory Club's Concert at the Carnamah Hall on 20 August 1937 while on a visit to Carnamah [5: 27-Aug-1937]
At the supper of the concert she was toasted as one of the finest founding members of the Club and regret expressed of her departure [5]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of East Perth [2]
Died 22 November 1971; ashes scattered over the rose garden at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]


James MCLEAN
Labourer in Winchester 1911-1927 [19]


"Jack" John Thrower MCLEAN
Born 1 July 1902 in Townsville, Queensland, Australia [16]
Son of Mr and Mrs J. MCLEAN of Simper Street in the Perth suburb of Wembley Park [5: 20-Apr-1934]
Resided in Perth, Western Australia until shifting to Carnamah on Tuesday 16 January 1934 [5: 19-Jan-1934]
Truck Driver for the Vacuum Oil Company depot in Carnamah 1934-1937 [5: 19-Jan-1934, 6-Nov-1936, 9-Apr-1937]
Later rose to the position of Superintendent-Driver of the Vacuum Oil Company depot in Carnamah [0: image 04129]
Attended the Carnamah Tennis Club's Flannel Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 3 February 1934 [5: 9-Feb-1934]
Attended the Dance conducted by the Carnamah Toc H at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 24 February 1934 [5: 2-Mar-1934]
Married Doris Eva Jane GRANLAND on 2 April 1934 at the Methodist Church in Cottesloe [5: 20-Apr-1934]
     His best man at their wedding was a Mr J. TOMLINSON while bridesmaid was a Miss K. DALY [5]
     Their wedding reception was held at the home of Doris' mother in Cottesloe, after which they left Cottesloe by train [5]
Himself and his wife attended the Parkinson Tennis Club's Dance at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 14 April 1934 [5: 20-Apr-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Golf Club's Opening Season Dance at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 21 April 1934 [5: 27-Apr-1934]
On Saturday 12 May 1934 attended the Carnamah Football Club's Grand Opening Ball at the Carnamah Hall [5: 18-May-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Roman Catholic Church's Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 26 May 1934 [5: 1-Jun-1934]
Attended the Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 30 June 1934 to raise funds for Church organ repairs [5: 6-Jul-1934]
Attended the Inering School Dance held at the Carnamah Hall to raise money for books on Saturday 21 July 1934 [5: 27-Jul-1934]
Member of the Carnamah Badminton Club 1934-1936 - was Secretary in 1935 [5: 24-Aug-1934, 3-May-1935, 15-May-1936]
     Assistant Secretary, Treasurer, Committee Member and Vice Captain of the Carnamah Badminton Club in 1936 [5: 26-Jun-1936]
Attended the Dance in aid of the Institute for the Blind held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday evening 18 August 1934 [5: 24-Aug-1934]
Attended the funeral of Mrs Christina B. D. FORRESTER of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 31 August 1934 [4: 8-Sep-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Premiership Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on  Saturday 20 October 1934 [5: 26-Oct-1934]
Member of the Carnamah Cricket Club in 1934-35 [5: 21-Dec-1934, 5-Apr-1935]
Played the mouth organ at the Farewell Social to chemist Douglas WALDBY on 17 January 1935 at the Carnamah Hall [5: 8-Feb-1935]
Master of Ceremonies at the Surprise Birthday Party given to Miss Nan DAVISON in Carnamah on 10 February 1935 [5: 15-Feb-1935]
Killed two snakes of about four feet six inches in length on the Arrino Road in Arrino during the second week of February 1935 [5]
     The North Midland Times newspaper reported the two snakes... "one was of the common brown variety while the other [5]
     would be described on "My Lady's Page" as wearing scales of shell pink tastefully tipped in brown, with head of black, [5]
     the combined colour scheme presenting a really beautiful autumnal effect" [5: 15-Feb-1935]
To celebrate the first wedding anniversary a number of their friends "dropped in" at their home on Wednesday 3 April 1935 [5]
     Himself and his wife were taken by complete surprise but enjoyed the social evening of games, dancing and competitions [5]
     Among those present were Misses Mollie GALLAHER, Myra BASTIAN, Emily TURNER, Jessie WYLIE, Amy DYKE, [5]
     Doris BOOTH, Dorothy HOUSE, Elsie REAKES. and Messrs Andrew FITZGERALD, Roger CLARK, George CLARK, [5]
     Robert BRAYSHAW, Hugo BIERMANN, Harold HARVEY, Charlie KROSCHEL, Colin STONE and Rule WYLIE [5: 5-Apr-1935]
Member of the Carnamah Lodge of the Manchester Uniting of Oddfellows Friendly Society (M.U.O.F.S.) in 1935 [5: 19-Apr-1935]
Master of Ceremonies at the M.U.O.F.S. Social of dancing, games and supper in Carnamah on Saturday 13 April 1935 [5: 19-Apr-1935]
Member of the Carnamah Football Club in 1935 and 1936 [5: 19-Apr-1935, 17-Apr-1936]
     Trainer/Coach and Social Committee Member in 1935, and General and Social Committee Member in 1936 [5]
A busy bee to wash the Carnamah Football Club's guernseys and socks was held at his home on Sunday 16 June 1935 [5: 14-Jun-1935]
Himself and his wife hosted a party for the Carnamah Football Club at their home on Saturday evening 27 July 1935 [5: 2-Aug-1935]
     The party raised £1/11/- to compensate the owner of a truck whose windscreen was broken at a football match in Carnamah [5]
Attended May ROCCHI's birthday at her brother's farm in Carnamah on Thursday evening 15 August 1935 [5: 23-Aug-1935]
During September 1935 his parents spent a holiday staying with himself and his wife in Carnamah [5: 20 & 27-Sep-1935]
     His parents returned to Perth after receiving an urgent message about their ill daughter who was about to undergo an operation [5]
Attended the funeral of Carnamah agent William B. SHERIDAN at the Winchester Cemetery on 27 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Himself, his wife and their son accompanied about to be married Darcy W. LEITHHEAD to Perth on 9 April 1936 [5: 17-Apr-1936]
Member of the Carnamah Golf Club in 1936 and 1937 [5: 29-May-1936, 14-May-1937]
Attended the Carnamah Repertory Club's Social Evening & Play Presentation at the Carnamah Hall on 17 June 1936 [5: 19-Jun-1936]
During July 1936 he spent his annual holidays in Perth [5: 17-Jul-1936]
His father holidayed in Carnamah with himself and his wife during July 1936 [5: 24-Jul-1936]
Played for the victorious Carnamah Badminton Club in their match against the Carnamah Social Club on 5 August 1936 [5: 7-Aug-1936]
Attended the Carnamah Repertory Club's Social including three plays at the Carnamah Hall on Friday 2 October 1936 [5: 9-Oct-1936]
Seized his fire extinguisher and put out a fire that had become out of control in Mingenew on Tuesday 3 November 1936 [5: 6-Nov-1936]
     He had been unloading a quantity of drums when a fire lit around the Mingenew Hotel to burn off grass became out of control [5]
     The fire he put out had ignited a stand on which 30 drums of petrol and kerosene were sitting at Robert R. IRONSIDE's depot [5]
Played for "The Rest" of non cricketers who defeated the Carnamah Cricket Club's B team on Sunday 14 February 1937 [5: 19-Feb-1937]
Master of Ceremonies at the Carnamah Girls Club's Masquerade Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 24 July 1937 [5: 30-Jul-1937]
In 1937 received a certificate from the National Safety Council of Australia for having no blameworthy accidents in 12 months [5]
     The National Safety Council of Australia had been founded to encourage safe driving to reduce human suffering [5: 9-Apr-1937]
His mouth-organ duet with John CLARK won the main prize at the Community Concert in Carnamah on 11 August 1937 [5: 13-Aug-1937]
Member of the Carnamah Tennis Club in 1939 and 1940 [0: images 03018 & 03907]
Member of the Carnamah Repertory Club - was the Supervising Stage Manager in addition to acting and singing [7: page 230]
Resided in Caron St, Carnamah in 1940 [0: image 03889]
Superintendent of the Vacuum Oil Depot in Carnamah in 1942 [0: image 04126]
In August 1942 was transferred to Moora WA [0: image 04129]
Member of the Moora Golf Club in 1946 [0: image 04403]
Later resided in the southern Perth suburb of Cooloongup [2]
Father of Desmond and Allan [0: images 03967]
Died 11 October 1993; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]


Duncan MCLEOD
Labourer in Winchester 1933-1935 [19]
Also worked in Winchester as a Wheat Lumper [P217]
Could be the Mr MCLEOD who made a donation to the Carnamah Country Women's Association in 1932 [5: 29-Jul-1932]
Competed in the Winchester Tennis Tournament held in Winchester on 20, 21 and 23 April 1935 [5: 3-May-1935]
Member of the Winchester Tennis Club in 1935-36 [5: 1-Nov-1935]


John MCLEOD
Fettler in Carnamah in 1909 and 1910 [19]


"Ivy" Sarah Ivy MCLEOD
Born 1901 in Pingelly, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of William Henry MCLEOD and Hannah Jane MORRISON [15]
Appears to have resided in Carnamah over the six months from April to September of 1934 [5]
Attended the Parkinson Tennis Club's Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 14 April 1934 [5: 20-Apr-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Golf Club's Opening Season Dance at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 21 April 1934 [5: 27-Apr-1934]
Attended the Roman Catholic Church's Ball in Carnamah on 26 May 1934 in a lemon georgette dress with fur trimmings [5: 1-Jun-1934]
Member of the Carnamah Golf Club in 1934 [5: 15-Jun-1934]
Attended the Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 30 June 1934 to raise funds for Church organ repairs [5: 6-Jul-1934]
Attended the Dance in aid of the Institute for the Blind held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday evening 18 August 1934 [5: 24-Aug-1934]
Won 2nd prize for a Toilet Set in the Fancy Work section of the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 6 September 1934 [5: 14-Sep-1934]
Herself, Fred A. OTTE, Marjorie E. BARNES and Gladys S. WYLIE ran the Carnamah Sunday School in 1934 [5: 5-Oct-1934]
Married Joseph KENNA in Perth in 1934 [66]
May have met her husband during her sojourn in Carnamah, as he had been a Labourer in Carnamah 1932-1934 [5] [6]
Resided in the Perth hills suburbs of Mahogany Creek and Parkerville [16] [45]
Member of the Clan McLeod Society of Western Australia [45]
Resided of late at 33 Anzac Street in the Perth suburb of Bayswater, where she passed away at the age of 66 years [45]
Described as "a fine lady and true friend" who was "highly respected by all" [45]
Mother of Ray and Patricia [45]
Died 28 December 1967; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 8E, 114) [2]


Annie MCMAHON
Born C.1864 in Newry, Down, Northern Ireland [30]
Married "Dave" Edgar DAVIESON [15]
Herself, her husband and their children resided in Fremantle, Western Australia before shifting to Carnamah C.1912 [30: item 1507349]
On 14 February 1914 herself and her daughter Winifred purchased a block in the then recently surveyed Carnamah townsite [27]
     The block was 2 Macpherson Street (Lot 8 of Victoria Location 1936) on the south east corner of Yarra & Macpherson Streets [27]
     The vacant block was purchased from the Midland Railway Company, was 2½ acres in size and came at a cost of £29 [27]
     Herself and her daughter had a tin and weatherboard shop constructed on the block [51] which was about 10 by 10 feet in size [P300]
General Storekeeper in Carnamah 1914-1921 [6] [7: page 153] [10: 26-Feb-1915] [51]
     Ran the store in partnership with her daughter Winifred, trading as "A. & W. Davieson" [6]
     Their store sold all sorts of goods and supplies and was also an Agency for the Bank of Australasia [7: page 153]
     They also sold copies of The Midlands Advertiser newspaper, which was published weekly at Moora [9: 25-Oct-1918, 26-Dec-1919]
Herself and her daughter Winifred purchased the vacant townsite block next to their General Store on 29 September 1915 [27]
     The block was 4 Macpherson Street (Lot 9 of Victoria Location 1936) on the south side of Macpherson Street [27]
     They purchased the vacant block from the Midland Railway Company for £20, payable by instalments over two years [27]
In late 1915 herself and her son-in-law William J. FARRELL approached the Midland Railway Coy wanting to buy farmland [34]
     Herself, her son-in-law William and William's brother were desirous of purchasing farms M938, M954 and M955 in Carnamah [34]
     The Midland Railway Company refused to sell the farms to them as they were unable to finance the proposition [34]
Purchased the vacant block at 1 Yarra Street, Carnamah (Lot 1 of Victoria Location 1836) on 1 March 1916 [27]
     The block was purchased from the Midland Railway Company for £20, payable by instalments over two years [27]
     Her son had originally purchased the block on 20 February 1914, however that sale had been rescinded on 4 November 1915 [27]
     1 Yarra Street remained in her name for the remainder of her life, and for almost ten years after her death [3] [4: 2-Aug-1952]
     In 1952 the Carnamah District Road Board sold the block by auction to Mrs Catherine M. SMITH to recover £4.15.0 in rates [3] [4]
Helped cater for the supper at the evening dance of the Carnamah Races held on Easter Monday 9 April 1917 [9: 27-Apr-1917]
Donated £1 to the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1919 [124]
Member of the Carnamah Hall Committee in 1919 [10: 29-Aug-1919]
Attended May BERRIGAN's 21st Birthday at the Three Springs Agricultural Hall on 12 September 1919 [9: 19-Sep-1919]
Hosted a Euchre Party & Dance at her home in aid of the Carnamah Hall Fund on Saturday 8 November 1919 [10: 14-Nov-1919]
     The evening was reported to have been an entertaining and financial success, and raised £17 for the Carnamah Hall Fund [10]
     John LANG spoke in thanks for her family's public spiritedness, which was met with acclamation from those present [10]
Donated salads to the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee's Picnic Race Meeting in Three Springs on 17 March 1920 [124]
Managed the General Store at 2 Macpherson Street, Carnamah with her daughter Winifred until 1921 [6] [50]
     The store was then run by her son Theo 1921-1924 [6] [19] [50] and then sold to L. Scott WYLIE [51]
Resided in Carnamah until C.1924 [30], and by mid 1924 was living in Perenjori [44]
In 1930 was still living in Perenjori and was the owner of three blocks in the Perenjori townsite [61]
Resided in Wubin for at least the years 1935-1942 [2] [19]
Mother of Juanita, Theodore and Winifred [15]
Died 25 October 1942; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, DA, 62) [2]


James MCMAHON
Born C.1862 [2]
Farm Manager in Carnamah 1921-1928 [6]
Resided on John BOWMAN's The Home Farm in Carnamah in 1934 [5: 2-Nov-1934]
Died 27 October 1934 in Perth; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, E, 13) [2] [5: 2-Nov-1934]


From The North Midland Times newspaper, Friday 2 November 1934:
"Death of Carnamah Resident. The death occurred in Perth on Saturday last of Mr. J. McMahon. The deceased, who was 72 years of age, had been living at Mr. J. Bowman's farm, Carnamah, where he recently took ill. He was conveyed to Perth on last Friday's train and died a few hours after he arrived at his destination."


Michael MCMAHON
Born C.1861 [2]
Labourer in Beaconsfield in 1903 [50]
Labourer of Woolwich Street in the Perth suburb of West Leederville in 1906 [50]
His wife Mary, late of the Perth suburb of Leederville, passed away at the age of 55 years on 27 March 1917 [2]
Arrived in Winchester on Saturday 29 December 1917 to work for Louis P. PARKER on Glenwilli Farm in Winchester [9: 4-Jan-1918]
He was last seen on 31 January 1917 and the following day his body was found by his employer in a dam on Glenwilli Farm [9]
An inquest held in Moora on 2 January 1918 concluded that he had died from drowning and that he had downed himself [10: 4-Jan-1918]
Buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, EC, 367) [2]


From The Moora Herald and Midland Districts Advocate newspaper, Friday 4 January 1918:
"Suicide at Winchester - An inquest was held at the Moora Court House, on Wednesday, upon the remains of a man supposed to be named W. McMahon who was found drowned the previous day in a dam on the property of Mr. L. Parker, at Winchester. Mr. W. S. Ralston (Acting Coroner), conducted the inquiry with a jury consisting of Messrs. Ivan C. Campbell, Reg. Parker and E. Hellewell. Constable Honner [of Three Springs] gave evidence of recovering the body and deposed that deceased hands and feet were tried together with strips of old bagging. The knots were tied in a fashion suggestive that deceased had secured them himself. There were no marks of violence on the body and only one set of tracks led down to the water's edge. Every indication led to the belief that the man had deliberately drowned himself. Dr. Macdonald Allan gave evidence of conducting a post-mortem examination on the remains. He had found death was due to downing. There were no marks of violence on the body that had been caused before death took place. The hands and feet of deceased were loosely tied with the knots on the inside. It was possible for the deceased to tie knots himself. All the deceased organs were in a very unhealthy state and the appearance of the stomach was consistent with heavy drinking. The jury brought in a verdict that deceased had met his death by drowning; and that he had drowned himself."


From The Midlands Advertiser newspaper, Friday 4 January 1918:
"Suicide at Winchester - On Wednesday last, Constable Honner, of Three Springs, brought the body of a man about 52 years of age, and supposed to be named W. McMahon, from Winchester. On Saturday last, the man arrived at Winchester under engagement from the Westralia Agency, Perth, to Mr Lou Parker. He appeared to be very quiet and from all appearances was recovering from a drinking bout. He was last seen on the night of the 31st ult., when he appeared all right. On the 1st, Mr Parker had occasion to visit a dam about quarter of a mile from his residence, and saw on the edge of the dam some clothing, and also found tracks leading into the water. He got a rake and eventually brought the body of the man to the surface. The body was clothed in pyjamas and both legs and arms tied with bagging. An inqest was opened and concluded at Moora, on the 2nd inst., before W. S. Ralston, J. P., acting coroner, and jurors Ivan Campbell, Reg. Parker and E. Hellewell. After hearing the evidence, the jury brought in the following verdict:- "That deceased came to his death at Winchester on or about the first day of January by drowning, and that he wilfully drowned himself." P.c. Pimblett appeared for the police."


Darcy Laurence MCNAMARA
Born 6 April 1907 in Dandaragan, Western Australia [16]
Farmhand in Carnamah in 1931 [50]
Labourer in Moora in 1936 and 1937 [50]
Resided in Moora prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 11 September 1942 [16]
Corporal WX32523 in the Australian Army's 137 General Transport Company during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 31 October 1945 [16]


Eric Thomas MCNAMARA
Born 29 July 1914 in Moora, Western Australia [16]
Son of "Harry" Henry Edwin MCNAMARA and Lillian Evelyn TOLHURST [18]
Resided with his parents in Moora until September 1916, and then in Coorow 1916-1919 [6] [10: 22-Sep-1916, 19-Dec-1919]
Came 3rd in the 4-6 years Boys Running Race at the Peace Day Celebrations in Carnamah on Saturday 19 July 1919 [10: 25-Jul-1919]
Won a pair of socks in a raffle at a Dance held at the school house in Coorow on Saturday evening 29 November 1919 [9: 5-Dec-1919]
Resided with his parents in Mogumber 1919-1922 and in Dongara 1922-1925 [10: 19-Dec-1919] [9: 27-Oct-1922] [19]
Resided with his parents at the Carnamah Hotel at 22 Macpherson Street, Carnamah 1925-1928 [185]
Student at the Carnamah State School in 1927 [97]
Won a prize for a pencil drawing in the school-work section of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's 1927 show [9: 21-Oct-1927]
Attended the Carnamah Children's Fancy Dress Ball as a "Turkish Pasha" on Saturday 15 October 1927 [9: 21-Oct-1927]
Along with his parents left Carnamah and shifted to Northampton in 1928 [185]
Farmer in Northampton in 1939 and 1940 [6] [18]
Resided in Northampton until he enlisted in the Australian Army on 16 August 1940 [16]
Corporal WX8039 in the Australian Army's 2/16 Australian Infantry Battalion during the Second World War [16]
Killed in Action in Papua New Guinea on 8 September 1942 [16] [18]
Buried at the Bomana War Cemetery in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea [17] [18]
Husband of Mrs Hannah Beatrice MCNAMARA of Northampton, Western Australia [17]
His name appears on Northampton's Roll of Honour [18]


G. MCNAMARA
Employee of the Vacuum Oil Company's depot in Carnamah in 1942 [0: image 04126]
Acting Superintendent of the Vacuum Oil Company depot in Carnamah for ten days in August 1942 [0: image 04126]


Gordon Lindsay MCNAMARA
Born 30 November 1912 in Moora, Western Australia [16]
Son of "Harry" Henry Edwin MCNAMARA and Lillian Evelyn TOLHURST [P5]
Resided with his parents in Moora until September 1916, and then in Coorow 1916-1919 [6] [10: 22-Sep-1916, 19-Dec-1919]
His name was listed as a prospective student on applications for the reopening of the closed Coorow State School in May 1919 [215]
Won the 6-8 years Boys Running Race at the Peace Day Celebrations in Carnamah on Saturday 19 July 1919 [10: 25-Jul-1919]
Resided with his parents in Mogumber 1919-1922 and in Dongara 1922-1925 [10: 19-Dec-1919] [9: 27-Oct-1922] [19]
Resided with his parents at the Carnamah Hotel at 22 Macpherson Street, Carnamah 1925-1928 [185]
Student at the Carnamah State School [P5]
Attended the Grand Plain & Fancy Dress Ball held in the Carnamah Hall on 6 August 1925 dressed as a "Red Indian" [9: 21-Aug-1925]
Along with his parents left Carnamah and shifted to Northampton in 1928 [185]
Married Margaret L. DRAGE in Perth in 1940 [66]
Resided in Geraldton prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 13 February 1944 [16]
Corporal WX22782 in the Australian Army's 26 Works Company during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 21 June 1946 [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of West Perth [2]
Died 15 January 1973; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 28, 132) [2]


"Harry" Henry Edwin MCNAMARA
Born 1886 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Son of "Harry" Henry James MCNAMARA and Mary Ann LIDDELOW [P219]
Resided with his parents on farmland in Dandaragan, and was educated at the Dandaragan State School [6] [10: 5-Jul-1918] [185]
Married Lillian Evelyn TOLHURST in Perth in 1909 [66]
Between 1912 and 1925 worked for the Midland Railway Company holding positions from Railway Porter up to Stationmaster [185]
     Railway Porter in 1915 [6] and Night Officer in 1916 of the Railway Station in Moora [10: 22-Sep-1916]
     During his time in Moora it was remarked that he was "a courteous and most efficient officer" [10: 8-Sep-1916]
     Left Moora in September 1916 when he was promoted to Stationmaster at Coorow [10: 22-Sep-1916]
     Stationmaster of the Railway Station in Coorow 1916-1919 [6] [10: 22-Sep-1916]
     Stationmaster of the Railway Station in Mogumber from December 1919 to October 1922 [10: 19-Dec-1919] [9: 27-Oct-1922]
     Stationmaster of the Railway Station in Dongara from October 1922 until 1925 [9: 27-Oct-1922] [19]
     During the year 1925 he terminated his employment with the Midland Railway Company to run the Carnamah Hotel [185]
Manager of the Carnamah Hotel at 22 Macpherson Street, Carnamah from 1925 to 1928 [6] [9: 21-Aug-1925, 28-Oct-1927] [4: 7-Aug-1926] [185]
     During his time as manager the hotel was claimed to be the "Most Modern Hotel in the Country" [9: 5-Aug-1927]
     Licensee of the hotel during his management was George Hudson DAVIES [4:7-Aug-1926]
     During his time in Carnamah he was said to have been a part owner of the Carnamah Hotel [5: 15-Sep-1933]
     Legislative Council electoral rolls reveal that his wife may have been part owner of the Hotel from its inception [61]
     In 1927 "Hotel Carnamah" boasted hot and cold water baths as well as an up-to-date lock-up motor garage [9: 5-Aug-1927, 28-Oct-1927]
     Himself and George H. DAVIES conducted the Publican's Booth at the Carnamah Agricultural Show in 1927 [9: 21-Oct-1927]
Foundation Committee Member of the Carnamah Rifle Club in 1925, and a Member until 1927 [9: 10-Jul-1925, 5-Aug-1927]
Member of the Carnamah Football Club in 1925 [9: 7-Aug-1925]
Travelled to Geraldton by plane on 30 July 1925, made possible after the plane had to land in Carnamah due to fog [9: 7-Aug-1925]
During the first weekend of June 1926 he "paid a visit to his highly-respected mother" Mary A. MCNAMARA in Moora [9: 11-Jun-1926]
Committee Member of the Carnamah Race Club in 1927 [9: 8-Apr-1927]
Himself and George H. DAVIES donated a ten gallon keg of ale to the Carnamah R.S.L. for their Smoke Social in 1928 [4: 14-Jan-1928]
Left Carnamah in 1928 to become Licensee of the Commercial Hotel in Northampton [185]
     Proprietor of the Commercial Hotel in Northampton from 1928 until 1938 [6] [185] [P199]
     Proprietor of the Club Hotel in Northampton from 1940 until 1946 [6]
     Travelled to Carnamah for a visit in September 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
     Pallbearer at the funeral of Carnamah pioneer Lachlan MACPHERSON at the Northampton Cemetery in January 1934 [4]
     Member of the Northampton Tennis, Cricket and Football Clubs - and was President of all three in 1936-37 [185]
     Life Member and Secretary of the Northampton Rifle Club in 1937 [185]
Resided in Northampton until at least 1949 [6]
Later resided in North Perth [2]
Father of Kathleen, Gordon and Eric [P219]
Died 30 July 1975; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 28, 132) [2]


From The Moora Herald and Midland Districts Advocate newspaper, Friday 5 July 1918:
"Death of Old Resident. We regret to chronicle the death of a very old and esteemed citizen, Mr. Harry McNamara, who passed away on Thursday after being in failing health for the past twelve months. Old residents of the district will remember that before Moora township was surveyed deceased was a resident of Dandaragan, where he followed stock raising. Later on he was attracted by the splendid country around Elsternwick Siding, now known as Barberton. For many years the late Mr. McNamara was prominent in the social life of Moora. The funeral will take place at Moora at 3 o'clock this afternoon, when the arrangements will be carried out by Mr. E. R. Campbell."


Kathleen Winifred Dorothy MCNAMARA
Born 1910 in Moora, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of "Harry" Henry Edwin MCNAMARA and Lillian Evelyn TOLHURST [P219]
Resided with her parents in Moora until September 1916, and then in Coorow 1916-1919 [6] [10: 22-Sep-1916, 19-Dec-1919]
Then resided with her parents in Mogumber 1919-1922 and in Dongara 1922-1925 [10: 19-Dec-1919] [9: 27-Oct-1922] [19]
Resided with her parents at the Carnamah Hotel at 22 Macpherson Street, Carnamah 1925-1928 [185]
Resided in Carnamah until leaving the district during the year 1928 and shifting with her parents to Northampton [4: 10-Nov-1928]
Returned to Carnamah for a short visit during the beginning of November 1928 [4: 10-Nov-1928]
She could be the Miss MCNAMARA who attended the Carnamah Cricket Club's Ball held in Carnamah on 2 April 1929 [4: 27-Apr-1929]
Married John Lorenzo SECKER in Northampton in 1931 [66]
Her husband had resided in Carnamah in 1928 and 1929, during which time he'd worked as a Foreman and Store Assistant [6] [19]
Resided with her husband in Narrogin in 1931 and 1932, and in Bruce Rock for at least the years 1935-1953 [2] [6]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of North Perth [2]
Died 12 March 2000; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, ZI, 181B) [2]


Mrs Lillian Evelyn MCNAMARA
Wife of "Harry" Henry Edwin MCNAMARA; see Lillian Evelyn TOLHURST


"Dorrie" Victoria Doris MCNAMARA
Born 21 June 1897 in Perth, Western Australia [15] [9: 25-Jun-1926]
Daughter of "Harry" Henry James MCNAMARA and Mary Ann LIDDELOW [15]
Resided in Moora 1919-1925 [50]
     Her engagement was announced to Theodore T. DAVIESON, storekeeper of Carnamah, in May 1919 [9: 16-May-1919]
     Gave a recitation at the Welcome Home tendered to A.I.F. Private James FARLEY in Coorow on 10 July 1919 [10: 18-Jul-1919]
Spent some time in Carnamah in 1925 visiting her brother Harry MCNAMARA, who was the manager of the Carnamah Hotel [P219]
     Attended the Grand Plain & Fancy Dress Ball held in the Carnamah Hall on 6 August 1925 dressed as "Harlequinade" [9: 21-Aug-1925]
     While watching a football match during pouring rain at Carnamah Anster TUCKER fell and broke his leg in front to her [P219]
     She rushed out with her umbrella to shelter Anster, a local farmer, and a friendship began which later led to an engagement [P219]
She was the guest of honour at a Social & Dance held at the Moora Town Hall in Moora on Monday 21 June 1926 [9: 25-Jun-1926]
     At the Social & Dance she received numerous and useful presents and was bid farewell from the district, pending her marriage [9]
Married "Anster" Anstruther Pavy TUCKER in Moora on 24 June 1926 [P219] [9: 25-Jun-1926]
Resided with her husband and later two daughters on his Yarra Yarra Farm in Carnamah 1926-1952 [P219]
Herself and her husband's friends over their many years in Carnamah included: [P219]
     Reg and Tottie DIAMOND, Herbie and Edith NINEHAM, Lionel and Maud FERGUSON, Norm and Fielda SOMERS, [P219]
     Jim and Ettie HOUSE, George and Ada TAPSCOTT, Percy and Vitty DEWAR, and Tom and Beryl BYRNE [P219]
Announced the winner of the "Miss Carnamah Competition" at the local Rifle Club's Grand Ball on 4 September 1926 [4: 11-Sep-1926]
Through her involvement in the competition helped raise £112 for the Carnamah Rifle Club to improve their rifle range [4: 11-Sep-1926]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Ball on 18 May 1929 in ivory georgette with shoulder spray of pink feathers [4: 25-May-1929]
Attended the Plain and Fancy Dress Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on Thursday 8 August 1929 in ivory crepe de chine [4: 17-Aug-1929]
Won 2nd prize for Sponge Sandwich in the cookery section of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's 1929 Show [4: 28-Sep-1929]
Won 1st prizes for Bread and Crochet Doyleys at the Carnamah Agricultural Show on Thursday 18 September 1930 [4: 27-Sep-1930]
Foundation Vice President of Carnamah's branch of the Country Women's Association 1931-1933 [5: 9-Jun-1933] [7: page 170]
Won 1st prize for Crochet Doyleys at the Carnamah Agricultural Show on Thursday 15 September 1932 [5: 23-Sep-1932]
Won 2nd prizes for Crochet Doyleys and the Best Piece of Fancywork at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1932 [5: 30-Sep-1932]
Along with her husband and daughter travelled to Perth by car to attend the Perth Royal Show in October 1932 [5: 14-Oct-1932]
Committee Member of the Carnamah Anglican Church in 1933 [5: 9-Jun-1933]
Helped run the Sweets stall at the Carnamah Anglican Church Bazaar held in Carnamah on Saturday 12 August 1933 [5: 18-Aug-1933]
Received 1st prize for an Embroidered Apron in the Fancy Work section of the Carnamah Agricultural Show in 1933 [5: 22-Sep-1933]
Attended the funeral of Mrs Christina B. D. FORRESTER of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 31 August 1934 [4: 8-Sep-1934]
Won 2nd prizes for White Bread and Embroidered Apron at the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 6 September 1934 [5: 14-Sep-1934]
Herself, her husband and their daughters spent a holiday in Moora in February 1935 [5: 15-Feb-1935]
Member of the Carnamah Golf Club in 1935, 1936 and 1937 [5: 24-May-1935, 18-Jun-1937] [4: 29-Aug-1936]
Won the President Eileen A. BERRIGAN's Trophy through competitions of the Carnamah Golf Club in 1935 [5: 1-Nov-1935]
Attended the Carnamah Golf Club's Annual Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Thursday 24 October 1935 [5: 1-Nov-1935]
After three weeks with her mother at Moora herself and her daughters returned to Carnamah on 5 February 1936 [5: 24-Jan-1936, 7-Feb-1936]
After an extended holiday herself and her daughters returned to Carnamah during the last weekend of January 1937 [5: 29-Jan-1937]
Attended the C.W.A. Valedictory for Mrs Barbara K. PLUNKETT in Carnamah on the afternoon of 17 February 1937 [5: 19-Feb-1937]
During September 1937 Miss Noreen WHITE of Moora holidayed with her family in Carnamah [5: 10-Sep-1937]
Member of Carnamah's branch of the Red Cross Society [141]
Steward of the Cookery section at the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1949 [13]
Member of the Carnamah Ladies Guild in 1952 [12: 24-Mar-1952]
Owing to ill-health herself and her husband left Carnamah in 1952 and shifted to Perth [12: 24-Mar-1952] [P219]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of North Perth [2]
Mother of Joan and Betty [P219]
Died 18 May 1976 in Perth; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, ZF, 317) [2] [P219]


From The Midlands Advertiser newspaper, Friday 16 May 1919:
"The engagement has been announced between Miss Dorrie McNamara (daughter of Mrs H. McNamara) and Mr T. Davieson (son of Mr Davieson of Carnamah)."


From The North Midland Times newspaper, Friday 8 January 1943:
"Pioneer Passes - Mrs. McNamara. A well-known and one-time useful citizen of Moora, in the person of Mrs. McNamara passed away in Perth on Christmas morning. After a long life usefully lived the old lady died peacefully. The matron reported that she seemed prostrated with the heat, which possibly hastened her end. The deceased who was 90 years old, had lived in Moora and district for some sixty years. The Rev. F. W. Gunning officiated at the funeral which took place at Karrakatta. The late Mrs. McNamara leaves a family of sons and daughters, including Mrs. A. P. Tucker of Carnamah, to mourn their loss."


Vincent James MCNAMARA
Born 1909 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Police Constable in the Western Australian Police Force 1930-1942; regimental number 1685 [87]
Arrived in Carnamah from Perth on relief duty at 6 p.m. on 29 September 1937 [0: image 02878] [88]
Relieving Police Constable in Carnamah from 30 September 1937 to 12 November 1937 [0: image 02878]
Was relieving Constable Maurice PLUNKETT who was on six weeks holiday [88]
During his time in Carnamah did office, town and general duties [88]
On 4 October 1937 travelled by private car to Winchester to make general inquiries, a round trip of 20 miles [88]
During his time in Carnamah delivered summons to Winchester, Coorow and Gunyidi [88]
Received a report of 163 stolen sheep from Coorow at 10 a.m. on 6 October 1937 [88]
     Travelled to Coorow where after an inspection and muster it was revealed that the sheep were all there and accounted for [88]
     Arrived back at the Carnamah Police Station seven and a half hours later, the round trip being 48 miles [88]
On 10 October 1937 an assault was reported at the Carnamah Police Station to which he advised private action [88]
During his time at Carnamah made visits to check on the hotels in Carnamah and Coorow and found all correct at both [88]
Through the day on 23 October 1937 checked on the polling booth in Carnamah and found all to be correct [88]
On 8 November 1937 visited Dr Cecil P. ROSENTHAL at the Carnamah Private Hospital for medical treatment to his eyes [88]
Participated with the Carnamah Cricket Club during his time in Carnamah [0: image 03710]
Handed control of the Carnamah Police Station back to Constable PLUNKETT at 6 p.m. on 12 November 1937 [88]
Left Carnamah by the 6 p.m. train on 13 November 1937 on his way to Geraldton [0: image 02882] [88]
Married Emily May PEARCE in Perth in 1939 [66]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of South Perth [2]
Died 2 November 1946; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, LB, 498) [2]


Ian Stewart MCPARTLAND
Son of "Frank" John Francis and Gladys May MCPARTLAND [45]
Resided with his parents on farmland on the Waddy Estate [3] [19]
Junior Member, Senior Member and later League Coach of the Coorow-Latham Football Club [45]
Farmer in Carnamah 1980-1983 and of Rose Road, Eneabba in 1989 [19]
Employee of Elders in Carnamah [45]
Also worked for Elders in Moora, Kojonup, Midland, Gnowangerup, Borden, Albany, Cranbrook [45]
Member of the Carnamah-Perenjori Football Club [45]
Member of the Warriors Football Club in Moora [45]
Member of the Wongan Hills Swimming Club [45]
Member of the Mount Barker Football Club [45]
Wife of Ruth [45]
Father of Kellie, Luke and Jessica [45]
Died suddenly 15 December 2005 at his home in Edward Street, Cranbrook [45]


"Frank" John Francis MCPARTLAND
Born 24 November 1914 in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia [16]
Son of Andrew MCPARTLAND and Anastasia PRENDERGAST [54]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Subiaco prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 16 July 1940 [16]
Lance Corporal WX6406 in the Australian Army's Australian Infantry Battalion during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 20 February 1946 [16]
By 1951 he was a Farmer on the Waddy Estate in Winchester [3]
His farm was a portion of Victoria Location 9968 and was 1,925 acres in size [3]
Father of Ian, Graham, Jim, Joan, Anne, Ruth and Gladys [45]
Died 12 August 1977; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Sir T. Meagher Gardens, Lawn 5B, AG, 11) [2]


Isabella MCRITCHIE
Born 1877 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [28]
Daughter of Infantry soldier James MCRITCHIE and Margaret BRANDER [28]
Herself, her mother and brother George were living with her grandparents at Inverway Cottage in Forres, Elgin, Scotland in 1881 [20]
She later resided in Motherwell, Lanark, Scotland where she worked as a Domestic Servant [28]
Married Andrew LOW on 16 August 1911 in Motherwell, Lanark, Scotland [28]
Departed London, England with her husband and daughter on Australind for Fremantle, Western Australia on 28 February 1914 [203]
Later in 1914, when she gave birth to their son, they were living at Culham in the Toodyay district [84]
Resided with her husband and children in Carnamah, Western Australia 1919-1921 [19]
Mother of Margaret McRitchie and Findlay [84]


Norman MCROBBIE
Farmhand in Carnamah 1927-1932 [19]
In 1927 was in the employ of James A. NIVEN to clear land on his farm near the Inering Estate in Carnamah [4: 7-May-1927]


Ellen May MCSHERRY
Born 1898 in Marble Bar, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of Patrick MCSHERRY and Mary Alice MAHER [15]
In 1905 was living with her parents in Marble Bar where her father was working as a Carrier [6]
Married William Dudley FENNELL in 1927 [66]
Prior to her marriage had worked as a nurse in and near Carnarvon [4: 2-Jun-1928]
Settled with her husband on farmland in Winchester in March 1928 [4: 2-Jun-1928]
Resided on Lot M1077 in Winchester from March 1928 until May 1928 [4: 2-Jun-1928]
Died 17 May 1928 in Three Springs; buried Three Springs Cemetery, Three Springs WA (Roman Catholic, Plot 1) [24]


From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 2 June 1928:
The death occurred at Three Springs on Thursday, May 24, of Mrs. Fennell, who with her husband, settled at Winchester in March of this year, on the property formerly owned by Mr. McNeil. The deceased lady, who was well known at Carnarvon and other parts of the North West, as Nurse McSherry, was taken ill on Tuesday, May 22, and brought to Three Springs, where she gave birth to a still-born child. Strenuous efforts were made by Drs. Mayrhofer and Hungerford to save her life, but despite all attention she passed away on Thursday shortly before the arrival of her sister, Miss McSherry, who is also a nurse. The funeral took place on Friday afternoon at the Three Springs cemetery, the Rev. Father M. Lynch officiating. Among those present at the graveside were Nurse McSherry (sister), Mr. and Mrs. Fennell (father-in-law and mother-in-law), Mrs. Thomas and daughter, Miss Byrne, Dr. Mayrhofer, Mr. P. Lynch and Mr. R. Barnhart. The funeral arrangements were carried out by Mr. Wilton."
Note: Three Springs cemetery records state her date of death as 17 May and her date of burial as 18 May


Arthur Ewen MCSWAIN
Born 2 July 1906 in Midland Junction, Western Australia [16]
Labourer in Carnamah 1931-1933 [19] [50]
Member of the Carnamah Football Club 1925-1930 [4: 2-Aug-1930] [9: 12-Jun-1925, 21-Aug-1926]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Grand Presentation Ball at the Carnamah Hall on 9 October 1930 [4: 18-Oct-1930]
Received the Andons Medal for being the Carnamah Football Club's Most Improved Player for the 1930 season [4]
Resided in Boya prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 18 June 1941 [16]
Private WX14477 in the Australian Army's 2/32 Reinforcements during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 18 September 1945 [16]


Jean MCSWAIN
Born 22 August 1926 in Guildford, Western Australia [16]
Daughter of Malcolm Munro MCSWAIN and Violet BRADY [P34]
Spent her childhood with her parents on their farm in Carnamah [P34]
Educated the Inering State School and the Carnamah State School [P34]
Won a 1st prize for Needlework in the Educational section of the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 12 September 1935 [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Attended the inaugural Combined School Sports of the Carnamah Road Board district in Carnamah on 19 October 1935 [5: 25-Oct-1935]
At the Combined School Sports she won the 8-9 years Girls Egg & Spoon Race and came 3rd in the 9 years Girls Running Race [5]
Won 1st prizes for Writing and Needlework in the Educational section of the Carnamah Agricultural Show in 1936 [5: 18-Sep-1936]
With Dorothy M. BAKER won the 9 to 11 Years Girls Siamese Race at the Inter-School Sports in Carnamah on 2 October 1936 [5]
     Individually she came 2nd in the 10 & 11 Years Girls Potato Race, and 3rd in the 10 Years Girls Running Race [5: 9-Oct-1936]
Competed for Carnamah at the North Midlands Athletic Sports in Three Springs on Friday 23 October 1936 [5: 30-Oct-1936]
     Came 2nd in the 9 & 10 Years Girls Skipping Race, and 3rd with Valda FERGUSON in the Under 12 Years Girls Siamese Race [5]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 14 November 1936 as a "Flower Fairy" [5: 20-Nov-1936]
Attended and received a coronation medal at the Coronation Celebrations at Centenary Park in Carnamah on 12 May 1937 [5]
     Won the 9 to 11 Years Girls Alarm Race and came 2nd in the 9 to 11 Years Girls Ball & Spoon Race [5]
     Herself and E. Gwyneth BROADHURST came 2nd in the 9 to 11 Years Three Legged Race [5: 14-May-1937]
Member of the Carnamah Ladies' Miniature Rifle Club in 1941 and 1942 [0: images 03995, 04085]
Resided in Carnamah until enlisting in the Australian Army on 1 September 1944 [16]
     Driver WF40084 in the Australian Women's Army Service during the Second World War [16]
     Discharged from the Australian Army on 1 March 1946 [16]
Married Donald GIBSON [P34]
Resided of late in Howard, Queensland, Australia [2]
Died 30 September 1991; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 10D, 79) [2]


Malcolm Munro MCSWAIN
Born 15 February 1877 [P34] in Dandenong, Victoria, Australia [30: item 1960256]
Son of Norman MCSWAIN and Margaret Mary MCDONALD [15]
Served as a Private in the 1st Mounted Infantry Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War [18]
Miner in Marble Bar, Western Australia in 1916 [18]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 9 March 1916 at Blackboy Hill, Western Australia [30: item 1960256]
     He had been passed as fit for enlistment at Marble Bar on 24 February 1916 [30]
     Upon enlistment he was 5 feet 7¾ inches tall, weighed 136 pounds and had blue eyes, brown hair and a fresh complexion [30]
     Gave his mother Mrs Margaret MCSWAIN as his next of kin, her address at the time being "Day Dawn, Western Australia" [94]
     After training he was appointed on 22 August 1916 to the 21st Reinforcements of the 10th Light Horse Regiment [30]
     Embarked Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the R.M.S. Mooltan on 28 August 1916 [30]
     Trooper 2926 in the Australian Imperial Force's 10th Light Horse Regiment in France during the First World War [30]
     After the war embarked Cairo, Egypt on the Oxfordshire on 18 July 1919 and disembarked in Fremantle on 4 August 1919 [30]
     Discharged from the A.I.F. on 18 September 1919; awarded the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and the Victory Medal [30]
Farmer in Carnamah 1920-1948 [P34]
     In 1920 he obtained a farm on the Carnamah Estate through the Repatriation Department's Soldier Settlement Scheme [P34]
     The farm was 670 acres in size and consisted of Victoria Locations 7181 and 7946 [3]
     His farm was situated on the west side of the Carnamah-Perenjori Road and also on the west and east sides of Gangway Road [62]
Married Violet BRADY in 1921 [66]
A fire of cleared bush on the neighbouring farm of J. K. FORRESTER burnt one of his fences, which FORRESTER replaced [P300]
Attended the meeting of ratepayers held at the Carnamah Hall on Tuesday 24 March 1925 [10: 9-Apr-1925]
By 1925 he had the telephone connected - was telephone number Carnamah-10H until having it disconnected in 1934 [60]
Requested in 1925 that the Carnamah District Road Board declare a new road between Prowaka Siding and The Gangway [9: 6-Mar-1925]
Had an account with Carnamah blacksmith, wheelwright and motor mechanics Henry Parkin & Son in the 1920s [53]
The North Midland Times reported on 24 August 1934 that a parcel for him had arrived at the Carnamah Railway Station [5: 24-Aug-1934]
Gave the Carnamah District Road Board a harvester wheel in August 1934 to help get their grader into working order [5: 31-Aug-1934]
Attended the funeral of Mrs Christina B. D. FORRESTER of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 31 August 1934 [4: 8-Sep-1934]
Sold 45 suckers at 9/10 per head through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 30 October 1935 [5: 1-Nov-1935]
Attended the funeral of Miss "May" Mary L. LANG of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 26 November 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Through Elder Smith & Co Ltd sold six bales of wool at 16¼d. per pound at a Wool Sale on Monday 16 December 1935 [5: 20-Dec-1935]
At two Midland Markets in 1936 sold 42 suckers at 22/7, 47 wethers at 17/1 and 23 wethers at 15/10 per head [5: 20-Mar-1936, 18-Sep-1936]
Sold five bales of wool at 13d. per pound through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Perth Wool Sale on 5 October 1936 [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Attended the public meeting about the creation of stockyards in Carnamah on Saturday evening 14 November 1936 [5: 20-Nov-1936]
Sold 16 lambs at 18/7, 30 wethers at 16/7 and 9 hoggets at 14/- per head at the Midland Market on 18 November 1936 [5: 20-Nov-1936]
Casket carrier at the funeral of Carnamah doctor Cecil Phillip ROSENTHAL on 8 April 1939 at the Winchester Cemetery [5: 15-Apr-1939]
By 1941 he had also acquired 4,447 acres of land in Marchagee in partnership with John M. STACY [3]
     Their 4,447 acres consisted of Victoria Locations 915, 4027, 5828, 5829, 6384, 6955 and 6956 [3]
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society in 1946 [13]
Sold his 670 acre farm in Carnamah to neighbouring farmers James K. FORRESTER and Son in 1948 [3]
Farmer of Calecono Farm in Marchagee 1949-1952 [19]
Appears to have sold his share in the Marchagee farm to his son-law John M. STACY during the 1952-53 financial year [3]
Himself and his wife left Marchagee and retired to the Perth suburb of Guildford in 1952 or 1953 [P34]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Guildford until his death in 1967 [2]
Father of Barbara, Winsome, Jean, Nancy and Dorothy [P34]
Died 10 March 1967; ashes scattered over the rose garden at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]


Mrs Violet MCSWAIN
Wife of Malcolm Munro MCSWAIN; see Violet BRADY


"Win" Winsome MCSWAIN
Born February 1924 [P34]
Daughter of Malcolm Munro MCSWAIN and Violet BRADY [P34]
Spent her younger childhood with her parents on their farm in Carnamah [P34]
In 1933 went to Perth to attend school; returned to Carnamah in July 1934 [P34]
Educated at the Inering State School and the Carnamah State School [P34]
Attended the R.S.L. Sports Meeting held at Centenary Park in Carnamah on Easter Monday 22 April 1935 [5]
     Herself, Joy M. WYLIE, Joy M. BREWER and Eileen L. CLARK competed in and won the Relay Race  [5: 26-Apr-1935]
Won 2nd prizes for Needlework and a Crayon Drawing at the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 12 September 1935 [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Attended the inaugural Combined School Sports of the Carnamah Road Board district in Carnamah on Saturday 19 October 1935 [5]
     Won both the 11 years Girls Running Race and the 11 to 12 years Girls Skipping Race [5]
     Came 2nd in the 12 years Girls Running Race and in the 10 to 11 years Girls Potato Race [5: 25-Oct-1935]
Attended the Inter-School Sports of the Carnamah Road Board district at Centenary Park in Carnamah on Friday 2 October 1936 [5]
     Came 2nd in the 12 Years Girls Running Race and the 11 & 12 Years Girls Skipping Race [5]
     Along with Joy M. WYLIE won the 12 Years & Over Girls Siamese Race [5: 9-Oct-1936]
Came 2nd in the 12 Years Girls Running Race at the Inter-School Sports held in Carnamah on Friday 2 October 1936 [5: 9-Oct-1936]
Competed for Carnamah at the North Midlands Athletic Sports Meeting in Three Springs on Friday 23 October 1936 [5: 30-Oct-1936]
     Came 2nd in the 12 Years Girls Running Race, and with Joy M. WYLIE won the 12 Years & Over Girls Siamese Race [5]
Competed at the Carnamah R.S.L. Easter Athletic Sports Meeting at Centenary Park in Carnamah on Monday 29 March 1937 [5]
     Won the Single Ladies Race and came 2nd in the Open Girls Skipping Race [5: 2-Apr-1937]
Attended and received a coronation medal at the Coronation Celebrations at Centenary Park in Carnamah on 12 May 1937 [5]
     Won the 13 Years & Over Girls Running Race and the 12 to 15 Years Girls Alarm Race [5]
     Came 2nd in the Girls Potato Race and the 12 Years & Over Thread the Needle [5]
     Together herself and Agnes L. SHARP won the 12 to 15 Years Old Girls Three Legged Race [5: 14-May-1937]
Sewing Mistress at the Inering State School on the Inering Estate in Carnamah in 1941 [73]
Began working as a Telephonist on the Carnamah Telephone Exchange in mid 1941 [P167]
Telephonist on the Carnamah Telephone Exchange within the Carnamah Post Office until 1947 [0: image 04480]
During the Second World War herself and Rachel R. S. POWER worked the telephone exchange through the day and night [P167]
      They worked at the exchange through the day and then slept there at night for about three years [P167]
Member of the Carnamah Girls Club [47]
Member of the Carnamah Ladies' Miniature Rifle Club in 1941 [0: image 04015]
In October 1942 left Carnamah for a period and worked as a Telephonist in Moora [0: images 04151 & 04179]
Was one of the organisers of the 1946 Carnamah Children's Christmas Tree [0: image 04404]
Member of the Carnamah Golf Club [0: image 04480]
On 21 August 1947 was bided farewell by the people of Carnamah at a dance in the Carnamah Town Hall [0: image 04480]
Left Carnamah in August 1947 and shifted to Perth [0: image 04480]
Later married Frank Francis BROZ [P34]
Resided of late in Herne Hill [2]
Died 26 July 1992; ashes scattered to the winds at Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]


Alfred William MEDLAND
Labourer in Bellevue in 1906 [50]
Railway Line Repairer / Fettler in Gillingarra 1912-1914 [6]
Railway Fettler in Mogumber 1917-1922 [6]
Railway Fettler in Winchester 1922-1928 [6] [19]
Signed the petition in February 1923 for the Irwin Licensing Court to grant a hotel license for Carnamah [10: 9-Mar-1923]


George MELVILLE
Labourer in Winchester 1932-1934 [5] [19]
Fell while carrying a bag of wheat on a plank onto a railway truck at the Winchester Railway Siding in November 1932 [5: 11-Nov-1932]
The fall resulted in him badly tearing the muscles in his back, for which he was treated at the Carnamah Private Hospital [5: 11-Nov-1932]
After an enjoyable holiday of two weeks in Perth he returned to Winchester on Saturday 10 February 1934 [5: 16-Feb-1934]


F. MENZ
Farmhand in Carnamah for Walter BODYCOAT in 1933 [5: 27-Jan-1933]
While cranking a car in Carnamah in January 1933 he received a painful blow to his mouth when the engine backfired [5: 27-Jan-1933]
Both his lips were severely lacerated and three of his teeth knocked out resulting in the need for a number of stitches [5: 27-Jan-1933]
Received treatment for his injuries at Dr Cecil P. ROESNTHAL's Carnamah Private Hospital at 14 Boojerabba Street, Carnamah [5]


Ernest Peter MERCER
Born 1906 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Married Phillisitene Mary MADDOCK in Perth in 1931 [66]
Farmhand in Carnamah for Albert E. GERSCH in 1944 [22]
Arrested on the afternoon of 5 December 1944 for being drunk at the Carnamah Railway Station [22]
Went before the Carnamah Police Court on 6 December 1944 where he was fined £5 in addition to costs of 3/- [22]
By January 1945 had possibly left Carnamah and moved to Dalwallinu [22]


R. METCALFE
Succeeded Thomas S. STAYT as representative of the Vacuum Oil Company in Carnamah in December 1937 [0: image 02887]
Representative in Carnamah for the Shell Oil Company in 1938 [0: image 02887]


"Bob" Robin METTAM
Born 1926 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Son of "Charlie" Charles Alfred METTAM and Dorothea Maude Cudmore ANDREWS [P39]
Arrived in Carnamah with his parents during the last week of August 1932 [5: 2-Sep-1932]
Resided with his parents in Carnamah from 1932 to 1937 [5: 2-Sep-1932, 23-Jul-1937] [6]
Student at the Carnamah State School [5: 5-Oct-1934] [7: page 87] [97]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball at the Carnamah Hall on 23 November 1933, dressed as a "Gardener" [5: 24-Nov-1933]
At the conclusion of 1933 received one of the prizes for the most hardworking student in Grade I at the Carnamah School [5: 22-Dec-1933]
Came 2nd in the 8-9 years Boys Egg & Spoon Race at the Combined School Sports in Carnamah on 19 October 1935 [5: 25-Oct-1935]
Attended the Carnamah Girls Club's Children's Fancy Dress Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 2 November 1935 [5]
     Himself and Alan R. C. FORRESTER attended together dressed as "Barrow Pusher and Passenger" [5: 8-Nov-1935]
During January 1936 he spent a holiday staying with the family of Ivor and Margaret ROBERTS in Waddy Forest [5: 24-Jan-1936]
Competed in the Under 14 Years Bike Race at the Carnamah Football Club's Scratch Match in Carnamah on 28 June 1936 [5: 3-Jul-1936]
Member of the Carnamah Athletic Club in 1936 - participated in their cycle races [5: 18-Sep-1936]
Won 2nd prize for Book Binding in the Educational section of the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 10 September 1936 [5: 18-Sep-1936]
Attended and received a coronation medal at the Coronation Celebrations at Centenary Park in Carnamah on 12 May 1937 [5]
     Came 3rd in the 9 to 11 Years Boys Ball & Spoon Race, and his team came 2nd in the Boys Relay Race [5: 14-May-1937]
Following his father's transfer left Carnamah with his parents and shifted to Perth on Thursday 22 July 1937 [5: 23-Jul-1937]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Cottesloe [2]
Died 7 October 1942; ashes scattered Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 10B, 13) [2]


From The North Midland Times newspaper, Friday 9 October 1942:
"When a rowing boat capsized on the Swan River on Wednesday afternoon Donald Mettam (11) had a narrow escape from drowning and was eventually helped to shore by two young girls. Three other lads who were in the boat, including Robin Mettam (17) were presumably drowned and up until an early hour on Thursday morning their bodies had not been recovered. Donald and Robin Mettam were the sons of Mr. and Mrs. C. Mettam who resided in Carnamah a few years ago."


"Charlie" Charles Alfred METTAM
Born 1896 in Hornsby Junction, New South, Wales, Australia [32]
Son of Frank William METTAM and Catherine REID [32]
Had presumably shifted to Western Australia by 1901, at which time his father's address was Mason Street, North Fremantle [6]
Bank Clerk in Narrogin, Western Australia in 1915 [18]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in Narrogin on 13 February 1915 [30: item 8012536]
    Upon enlistment he was being 5 feet 6½ inches tall, weighed 130 pounds and had blue eyes, light hair and a fair complexion [30]
    After training at Blackboy Hill was appointed to the 5th Reinforcements of the 11th Battalion on 24 April 1915 [30]
    Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A20 Hororata on 26 April 1915 [94]
    Private and later 2nd Corporal 1980 in the Australian Imperial Force's 11th Battalion during the First World War [30]
    Served in Gallipoli, at Mudros on the Island of Lemnos and Egypt before being hospitalised in September 1916 [30]
    After being hospitalised he was transferred to the Egyptian section of the Australian Army Pay Corps [30]
    Returned to Australia on the H.T. Tofua, arriving in Albany, Western Australia on 24 January 1918 [30]
    Discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 8 February 1918; received the 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals [30]
Married Dorothea Maude Cudmore ANDREWS in 1923 [66]
Resided at 7 Robin Street in 1925 and 1926 and at 6 Robin street in 1927 and 1928 in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley [6]
Manager of the Bank of Australasia in Dowerin 1929-1932 [6]
     Following his transfer left Dowerin and arrived in Carnamah with his wife and children in the last week of August 1932 [5: 2-Sep-1932]
Manager of the Bank of Australasia at 8 Macpherson Street in Carnamah 1932-1937 [5: 2-Sep-1932, 23-Jul-1937] [6]
     Resided with his wife and children in the residence adjoining the bank with its frontage on Caron Street [3]
     During his time in Carnamah he was a "good, hard worker, a keen sportsman and a great worker for the R.S.L" [5: 30-Jul-1937]
     He was said to have been a good organiser, "a true sport and instinctively a gentleman" [5: 30-Jul-1937]
Member of the Carnamah Sub-Branch of the Returned Soldiers League - was Vice President in 1932 and Auditor 1934-1936 [5] [52]
     Elected President of the Sub-Branch on Friday 8 May 1936 and served as such until July 1937 [5: 15-May-1936, 23-Jul-1937]
     He was elected President on a narrow margin having competed against Harold F. DUNNING and George A. BRADSHAW [5]
     The membership of the Sub-Branch went from 18 to about 50 due to his "personal exertion and appeal" [5: 30-Jul-1937]
     Credited to have also "cleared up the little dissension that had occurred between the public and the returned men" [5: 30-Jul-1937]
Member of the Carnamah Literary and Debating Society in 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
Vice President of the Carnamah Tennis Club in 1932-33 and 1934-35 [5: 21-Oct-1932, 10-Aug-1934]
Attended the R.S.L. Re-Union Dinner held at the Carnamah Hall on the evening of Saturday 22 October 1932 [5: 4-Nov-1932]
Member of the Carnamah Cricket Club from 1932-33 to 1936-37 [5: 21-Oct-1932, 1-Dec-1933, 4-Oct-1935, 2-Oct-1936]
     He was the Carnamah Cricket Club's Secretary in 1933-34, Treasurer in 1935-36 and Secretary-Treasurer in 1936-37 [5]
     Following the creation of two teams within the Carnamah Cricket Club he played for "Carnamah Reds" in 1935-36 [5: 11-Oct-1935]
     Impartially umpired the cricket match between Carnamah and Arrino in Carnamah on Sunday 22 November 1936 [5: 27-Nov-1936]
     He was "an efficient secretary... had great influence in the field, and... had done much to foster cricket in the district" [5: 30-Jul-1937]
Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society - was Treasurer for some of 1933 [5: 9-Dec-1932] [13]
On 9 February 1933 attended the meeting in Carnamah at which Federal Member A. E. GREEN, M.H.R. was entertained [5: 17-Feb-1933]
Attended the Valedictory Dinner tendered to Alexander B. GLOSTER at the Coorow Hotel on Monday 3 July 1933 [5: 7-Jul-1933]
Attended the Official Opening of the Carnamah Golf Course at Centenary Park in Carnamah on Sunday 23 July 1933 [5: 28-Jul-1933]
Along with his wife and children departed Carnamah on Friday 18 August 1933 to spend his annual holiday in Perth [5: 25-Aug-1933]
He was among those from Carnamah who attended the R.S.L. Reunion Dinner held in Morawa on 28 October 1933 [5: 3-Nov-1933]
Became a member of the Carnamah Masonic Lodge No.150 WAC on 10 November 1933 [96]
Member of the Carnamah Parents and Citizens Association - was Treasurer in 1933 and 1935 [5: 17-Mar-1933, 5-Jul-1935]
Member of the Carnamah Golf Club 1933-1936 [5: 5-May-1933] [4: 30-Jun-1936]
     Committee Member in 1933 and 1935 and at an unknown date served as Vice Captain [5: 5-May-1933, 8-Mar-1935, 30-Jul-1937]
     He "was an example for any young golfer to follow as he played the game as it should be played" [5: 30-Jul-1937]
Himself and his family were among those from Carnamah who spent the Christmas holiday in 1933 at Dongara [5: 18-Aug-1933]
Attended the Annual R.S.L. General Meeting and Smoke Social in Carnamah on Thursday 8 March 1934 [5: 16-Mar-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Smoke Social held in Carnamah on Thursday 26 April 1934 [5: 4-May-1934]
Attended the funeral of Mrs Christina B. D. FORRESTER of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 31 August 1934 [4: 8-Sep-1934]
Attended Charlie OLSEN's Surprise 70th Birthday at Lou JOHANSEN's farm on Thursday 17 January 1935 [5: 25-Jan-1935]
Supplier of music at the Burns Night Celebrations held at the Carnamah Hall on Friday 25 January 1935 [5: 1-Feb-1935]
Departed Carnamah on 6 February 1935 for his annual holidays, during which he was relieved at the bank by Mr FIRMAN [5: 8-Feb-1935]
Attended the R.S.L. Annual General Meeting and Smoke Social at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 6 April 1935 [5: 12 & 19-Apr-1935]
Attended the Official Opening of the Coorow Golf Club's golf course in Coorow on Sunday 23 June 1935 [5: 28-Jun-1935]
Helped transport children of the Carnamah State School to Three Springs for inter-school sports on 27 September 1935 [5: 4-Oct-1935]
Collected donations for the Carnamah Parents & Citizens Association's Inter-School Sports Shield in 1935 [5: 11-Oct-1935]
Attended the Fourth Annual North Midlands R.S.L. Reunion Dinner held in Three Springs on Saturday 19 October 1935 [5: 25-Oct-1935]
Attended the entertainment for the Commonwealth Grants Commission at the Coorow Hotel on 21 November 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Attended the funeral of Miss "May" Mary L. LANG of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 26 November 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Attended the Wedding Social & Dance for Stuart and May FORD at Koolabba Farm in Carnamah on 25 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Attended the funeral of Carnamah agent William B. SHERIDAN at the Winchester Cemetery on 27 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Through his annual leave during the second half of March 1936 he was relieved at the bank by V. C. MURRAY of Perth [5: 13-Mar-1936]
Attended the R.S.L. Social to farewell "Chitter" George F. BROWN at the Carnamah Hostel on Friday 24 April 1936 [5: 1-May-1936]
Attended the reception for the R.S.L. State President and State Secretary at the Carnamah Hotel on Friday 8 May 1936 [5: 15-May-1936]
Vice President of the Carnamah Football Club in 1936 and 1937 [5: 17-Apr-1936, 16-Apr-1937]
Committee Member of the Carnamah Ratepayers & Citizens Association in 1936 [5: 12-Jun-1936]
Convened a meeting for Saturday 13 June 1936 at the Carnamah Hotel to revive the in recess Carnamah Athletic Club [5: 12 & 19-Jun-1936]
     The Club was revived "for the advancement of the younger generation in gymnastic and sport" with himself as President [5]
     Member of the Carnamah Athletic Club - was President in 1936 [5: 19-Jun-1936]
     Judge of the Carnamah Athletic Club's Inaugural Bike Races at Centenary Park in Carnamah on Sunday 12 July 1936 [5: 10-Jul-1936]
     In November 1936 he was appointed as a Judge for the weekly bike races conducted by the Carnamah Athletic Club [5: 20-Nov-1936]
Attended the Carnamah Repertory Club's Social Evening & Play Presentation at the Carnamah Hall on 17 June 1936 [5: 19-Jun-1936]
Played in the Carnamah Masonic Lodge's Inaugural Annual Golf Meeting in Carnamah on Saturday 1 August 1936 [5: 7-Aug-1936]
Attended the funeral of Mrs Florence PRICE of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on Tuesday 1 September 1936 [5: 4-Sep-1936]
Attended the birthday party for hotel licensee Malcolm LESLIE at the Carnamah Hotel on Saturday 5 September 1936 [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Attended the Carnamah Repertory Club's Social including three plays at the Carnamah Hall on Friday 2 October 1936 [5: 9-Oct-1936]
Speaker at the Farewell Social for departing postmaster R. Arthur LINDSAY at the Carnamah Hotel on 23 October 1936 [5: 30-Oct-1936]
Attended the Fifth Annual North Midlands R.S.L. Reunion Dinner in Dongara on Saturday evening 24 October 1936 [5: 30-Oct-1936]
Captained one of the mixed club teams of the North Midlands Cricket Association in Three Springs on 3 January 1937 [5: 8-Jan-1937]
Despite the hot weather things were lively at his home behind Bank of New South Wales on Saturday afternoon 6 February 1937 [5]
     The cause was a two foot six inch long sand snake inside the house, which was speedily dispatched with a golf club [5]
     An old golf club was selected as the previous year a good one had been broken in similar circumstances [5: 12-Feb-1937]
Caught the train to Perth at the commencement of his annual leave on Tuesday 9 February 1937 [5: 12-Feb-1937]
Speaker at the Farewell Social & Dance for Andrew G. FITZGERALD at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 6 March 1937 [5: 5-Mar-1937]
Speaker at the North Midlands Cricket Association's dinner at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs on 21 March 1937 [5: 25-Mar-1937]
     On behalf of the Carnamah Cricket Club accepted the silver premiership cup, and paid thanks to the officials of the association [5]
Won the R.S.L. Handicap Race of 50 yards at the Easter Athletic Sports Meeting in Carnamah on 29 March 1937 [5: 2-Apr-1937]
During April 1937 he was forced to take sick leave and was a patient at the Carnamah Private Hospital [5: 16-Apr-1937]
He again took ill in May 1937, had to take further time off work and was still unwell in mid June 1937 [5: 21-May-1937, 11-Jun-1937]
Left Carnamah with his family on Thursday 22 July 1937 after being transferred to the Perth branch [5: 23-Jul-1937]
He was succeeded as manager of the Bank of Australia in Carnamah by George F. O. BRISTOL [5: 23-Jul-1937] [6]
Returned to Carnamah on Wednesday evening 28 July 1937 for a R.S.L. Valedictory at the lounge of the Carnamah Hotel [5: 30-Jul-1937]
     He "was held in the highest esteem... and had always taken a... interest in all sport and committees for the welfare of the district" [5]
     Numerous speeches were made paying tribute to his fine qualities and public service and expressing regret at his departure [5]
     He was presented with a travelling rug from the R.S.L., a pipe from the Golf Club and a fountain pen from the Cricket Club [5]
Attended the funeral of Coorow stationmaster William C. Cox at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth on 4 November 1937 [5: 12-Nov-1937]
Resided at 33 Hawkstone Street in the Perth suburb of Cottesloe in 1938 and 1939 [6]
Resided at 31 Hawkstone Street in the Perth suburb of Cottesloe from 1940 until his death in 1949 [6]
Father of sons Peter, Charles, Robin, William [P39] and Donald [5: 9-Oct-1942]
Died 2 September 1949; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 10B, 13) [2]


"Charlie" Charles Frederick METTAM
Born 1924 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Son of "Charlie" Charles Alfred METTAM and Dorothea Maude Cudmore ANDREWS [P39]
Arrived in Carnamah with his parents during the last week of August 1932 [5: 2-Sep-1932]
Resided with his parents and brothers in Carnamah from 1932 to 1937 [5: 2-Sep-1932, 23-Jul-1937] [6]
Student at the Carnamah State School [P39]
Following his father's transfer left Carnamah with his parents and shifted to Perth on Thursday 22 July 1937 [5: 23-Jul-1937]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Cottesloe [2]
Died 12 December 1945; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 10B, 13) [2]


Mrs Dorothea Maude Cudmore METTAM
Wife of Charles Alfred METTAM; see Dorothea Maude Cudmore ANDREWS


Avril Winifred Louise MIDDLETON
Born 9 May 1925 in Perth, Western Australia [16]
Resided at 92 Rockwood Street in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley until January 1943 [277]
Commenced teaching duties at the Assisted Regulation Four Wongyarra State School in Carnamah on 2 February 1943 [277]
School Teacher of the Wongyarra State School on Wongyarra Farm in East Carnamah in 1943 [277]
The enrolment at the school initially stood at around seven students but later increased slightly [277]
The school was run from a two roomed cottage with verandah privately provided by local farmer William A. T. SARGENT [277]
Wrote to the Education Department in April 1943 as she hadn't received wages and required more books and sewing materials [277]
In late April 1943 she received her wages for February and March and was informed her requests "were being attended to" [277]
She was the final teacher of the Wongyarra State School, which closed for the last time on 31 December 1943 [277]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 4 February 1944 [16]
Signalman WF36825 at the Australian Army's Western Command Headquarters during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 22 May 1946 [16]


"Clarrie" Clarence Reginald MILLARD
Born 10 September 1900 in Beulah, Victoria, Australia [16]
Son of Thomas Coomes MILLARD and Elizabeth Matilda OEHM [54]
Received three years of education at schools in Kadina and Kulpara in South Australia [P185]
Following his father's death in 1912 ran Hill Side Farm in Kulpara and later purchased his own farm in Sunny Hill [P185]
Married Effie Muriel DANIEL on 18 March 1925 in Kulpara, South Australia [P185]
Purchased from Charles A. WEIR and Henry W. WEIR 1,050 acres of land in Three Springs, Western Australia [P185]
Paid £1 per acre for the 1,050 acres of virgin bush, which was Lot M1557 of Victoria Location 2021 near the Inering Estate [P185] [P312]
Along with his wife and children left South Australia in 1936 and shifted to his property near Inering in Three Springs [P185]
Farmer of Sunnipara Farm at "Inering" in the Three Springs district 1936-1939 [P185]
Attended the Surprise 21st Birthday for Miss Eileen R. PERRY in Carnamah on Saturday evening 18 July 1936 [5: 24-Jul-1936]
Attended the Reunion of South Australians in the North Midlands at Centenary Park in Carnamah on 26 September 1936 [5: 2-Oct-1936]
Attended the meeting in Three Springs about extending telephonic facilities to East Three Springs on 9 March 1937 [5: 12-Mar-1937]
Travelled from Carnamah to Perth on Thursday 11 March 1937 [5: 12-Mar-1937]
On 25 October 1937 delivered the first load of wheat to Three Springs for the 1937-38 harvest [0: image 03704]
    the load consisted of 100 bags of Carrabin premium variety and was delivered to Jordans in Three Springs [0: image 03704]
In 1939 sold his farm at Inering to his brother Percy MILLARD and purchased farmland in Winchester from Jim STRAITON [P185]
The farm in Winchester was 1,863 acres in size and consisted of Lots M913, M1307 and M1610 of Victoria Location 2023 [3]
Farmer of Sunnipara Farm in Winchester 1939-1948 [P185]
Member of the Winchester Fire Control Committee in 1939 [0: image 03880]
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society 1939-1946 [13]
Private in the local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
On 28 August 1946 sold 1000 acres of his farm (Lot M1214) to Ian J. STRAITON of Winchester [3]
Sold the remaining 863 acres of his farm in Winchester to Charles CHAPMAN in 1948 [3]
Left Winchester in 1948 and shifted to Parkerville where he had an orchard [P185]
Later had properties in the outer Perth districts of Byford and West Swan [P312]
From 1954 to 1958 worked with his son Rex clearing War Service Settlement farms at Eneabba [P185]
In the four years as contract clearers in Eneabba they cleared and ploughed approximately 80,000 acres [P185]
For a period they had two crawler tractors working 24 hours and seven days a week at Eneabba [7: page 123]
Their tractors used about 30 drums of petrol each week which was delivered by Fred PRITCHARD of Carnamah [7: page 123]
Purchased a war service farm at Eneabba that hadn't been sold when auctioned [P185]
Farmer of Sunnipara Farm in Eneabba from C.1959 to C.1962 [P185]
Named his farms in Three Springs, Carnamah and and Winchester Sunnipara after Sunny Hill and Kulpara in South Australia [P185]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Bassendean [2]
Father of Rex, Madge, Verlie and Zeta [P185]
Died 24 February 1998; ashes interred Guildford Cemetery, Perth suburb of Guildford (Bushmead Garden, Ground Niche, A, 15) [2]


Mrs Effie Muriel MILLARD
Wife of "Clarrie" Clarence Reginald MILLARD; see Effie Muriel DANIEL


Zeta Jean MILLARD
Born 13 May 1933 in Kadina, South Australia [P185]
Daughter of Clarence Reginald MILLARD and Effie Murial DANIEL [P185]
Resided with parents at Sunny Hill, South Australia until 1936 [P185]
Shifted to Western Australia with parents in 1936 [P185]
Resided with parents on Sunnipara Farm at "Inering" in the Three Springs district 1936-1939 [P185]
Attended the 1937 Carnamah Children's Fancy Dress Ball [0: image 03708]
Resided with parents on Sunnipara Farm in Winchester 1939-1948 [P185]
Student at the Winchester State School from 6 February 1939 [25] until 1948 [P185]
Was one of the prize winners in the Children's Educational section of the Carnamah Agricultural Show in 1945 [0: image 04368]
In 1948 left Winchester and shifted with parents to the Perth hills locality of Parkerville [P185]
Completed her education at Kobeelya College in Katanning [P185]
Resided with parents in Parkerville 1948-1954 and then in the Perth suburb of Bassendean 1954 onwards [P185]
Trained Nurse - worked at hospitals in Perth WA, Melbourne VIC and Adelaide SA [P185]
Again resided with her parents in Bassendean until 1998, and later resided in the Perth suburb of Noranda [P185]
Died 24 August 2006; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth on 31 August 2006 [45]


Ada Beatrice MILLER
Married George Robert HARVEY in 1914 [66]
Resided in Winchester in 1914 and in Latham 1915-1919 [50]
Resided in Moora 1921-1931 [50]


Mrs Betty May MILLER
Born C.1929 [2]
Wife of James Percival MILLER [19]
Resided in Carnamah with her husband in 1952 and 1953 [19]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Yokine [2]
Died 17 August 2001 [2]


David Clark MILLER
Born 1904 in Kent, England [21]
Married Lorna Elsie TAYLOR in 1937 in Perth, Western Australia [66]
Farm Manager of Jasper W. GREEN's Bushy Park Farm in Carnamah in 1947 [6] [19]
Member of the Carnamah Miniature Rifle Club in 1947 [0: image 04454]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Subiaco [2]
Died 14 September 1986; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (VC, Memorial Wall, D, 49) [2]


Mrs Lorna Elsie MILLER
Wife of David Clark MILLER; see Lorna Elsie TAYLOR


Ray MILLER
Farmhand  for John MCINTOSH in Winchester in 1934 [5: 19-Jan-1934]


Ronald Morcom MILLER
Born 27 December 1915 in Boulder, Western Australia [16]
Manager of Carnamah's branch of Goyne Miller & Co accountants in Carnamah in the later 1930s [50: The good old days...or were they?] [6]
Operated the branch from premises at 25 Macpherson Street, Carnamah leased from Thomas J. BERRIGAN [P41]
Committee Member of the Carnamah Tennis Club in 1939 [0: image 03848]
Auditor for the Carnamah District Agricultural Society in 1939 [13]
PO Box 2 at the Carnamah Post Office [19]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 19 July 1942 [16]
Lieutenant WX25343 in the 18 Australian Army Ordance Depot during World War Two [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 27 February 1946 [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Nedlands [2]
Died 17 April 1984; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]


"Bert" Albert George MILLMORE
Born 1898 in Carisbrooke, Isle of Wright, Hampshire, England [20] [21]
Son of James Harry MILLMORE and Martha Ellen KINGSTON [20] [21]
Resided with his parents and sisters Dorothy and Ethel in Carisbrooke where his father worked as a carpenter and wheelwright [20]
Worked in England as a farmhand [70]
Departed London, England on the steamship Ballarat and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 2 July 1923 [70]
Labourer on Group Settlement 24 in Glenarty near Augusta in 1925 [50]
Yardman in Carnamah 1930-1938 [19]
Attended the Card Party held at the home of Mrs Ettie PARKER in Carnamah on 25 May 1933 [5: 2-Jun-1933]
Attended another Card Party at Mrs Ettie PARKER's in the third week of July 1933, and was one of the prize-winners [5: 21-Jul-1933]
Attended Emily H. TURNER's 21st Birthday at Karragee Farm in Carnamah on Tuesday 8 May 1934 [5: 11-May-1934]
Non-playing member of the Carnamah Cricket Club in 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]


Dorothy Beatrice MILLS
Married (1) Robert Frederick BICKERDIKE in Perth in 1930 [66]
Resided with her husband in Carnamah 1930-1932 [4: 14-Jun-1930] [19]
Member of Carnamah's branch of the Country Women's Association in 1932 [5: 2-Dec-1932]
Attended the Carnamah Grand Ball at the Carnamah Hall on 28 July 1932 in a gown of fuchsia taffeta shot with silver [5: 5-Aug-1932]
Attended the Show Ball following the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 15 September 1932 in a gown of fuchsia taffeta [5: 23-Sep-1932]
Sung a song at the First Birthday celebrations of the Carnamah branch of the C.W.A. in Carnamah on 24 November 1932 [5: 2-Dec-1932]
Married (2) Clarence MAYOR in Perth in 1938 [66]
Mother of Merle [84]


"Effie" Mary Euphemia MILLS
Born C.1862 [2]
Married Robert Samuel ANNEAR in 1879 in Fremantle, Western Australia [15]
In 1882 she gave birth to still born son in Albany, and by the birth of her son Robert in 1886 they were in South Australia [15] [55]
They remained in South Australia until at least 1896 but by 1904 had returned to Western Australia [2] [55]
Her husband died on 12 July 1904, aged 43 years and was buried at the Fremantle Cemetery in the Perth suburb of Palmyra [2]
She was living in Reserve Street in the Perth suburb of Claremont when her son Robert enlisted in the A.I.F. in November 1914 [30]
     Her son Robert was born in Hamley Bridge, South Australia on 25 May 1886 and was a Pearler by trade [30] [55]
     He served with the A.I.F. on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey where he was Killed in Action on 2 December 1915 [30: item 3033926]
By April 1916 she was living in Carnamah [30: item 3033926]
In 1924 was living at Caloola in Reserve Street in the Perth suburb of Claremont [30: item 3033926]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Claremont until her death in 1951 [2]
Mother of Robert Loton, William Murray, Jessie Jean and Kenneth Charles [55]
Died 5 June 1951; ashes scattered over the Rose Garden at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]


"May" Louisa May MILLS
Born 24 May 1915 in Subiaco, Western Australia [P123]
Daughter of Alfred Benjamin MILLS and Annie Louisa WILKINS [P123]
Resided with her parents at 103 London Street in the Perth suburb of Mount Hawthorn [P123]
Educated at the Mount Hawthorn State School [P123]
Shop Assistant for "Bill" William DAVISON at his Pioneer Bakery at 21 Macpherson Street, Carnamah 1938-1941 [5] [19]
Resided with Bill DAVISON and his daughter Nan in living quarters within the premises of the bakery [P50]
Married local farmer "Tom" Thomas JOHNSTON in Perth in 1941 [66]
Bridesmaid at her wedding was her good friend Miss "Biddy" Francis M. DUNNING [P123]
Resided with her husband on farmland in Carnamah 1941-1949 [P123]
Along with her husband sons left Carnamah in 1949 and shifted to farmland 13 miles north of Trayning [P123]
Resided with her husband and sons on Rutenburn Farm in Trayning [P123]
Following her husband's death in 1961 herself and her two sons ran the farm in partnership until 1974 [P123]
In 1974 her elder son Alex shifted to Perth, after which herself and her younger son John continued to reside on and run the farm [P123]
Resided on Rutenburn Farm in Trayning until the farm was sold in the mid 1990s and then shifted to Perth [P123]
Resided with her son Alex and daughter-in-law Jeanette until 2001 and then at a nursing home in Midland [P123]
Mother of Alex and John [P123]
Died 28 June 2003; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, ZS, 61) [2]


Peter Stuart MILLS
Born 1928 [45]
Head Teacher of the Winchester State School in 1950 and 1951 [73]
Received an annual salary of £660 in 1950 and of £470 in 1951 [73]
Was assisted in the running of the school by sewing mistress Eileen JOYCE [73]
Member of the Winchester Cricket Club in 1950 [4: 25-Mar-1950]
Member of the Carnamah Football Club in 1951 [7: page 197]
Became a member of the Carnamah Masonic Lodge No.150 WAC on 19 October 1951 [96]
Later returned to the district as a Teacher at the Carnamah District High School [19]
Resided at 42 Macpherson Street in Carnamah from 1965 to 1969 [60]
During his time in Carnamah was telephone number Carnamah-104 [60]
Member of the Carnamah Repertory Club - was President 1967-1969 [7: page 234]
Committee Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society 1966-1969 [58]
Resided in Carnamah until being transferred elsewhere in 1969 or 1970 [7: page 234]
Resided of late in the outer Perth locality of Bullsbrook [45]
Member of the Midland Lawn Tennis Club [45]
Husband of (1) Fleur [19]
Husband of (2) Anna [45]
Father of Jenny, David and Chris [45]
Died 6 June 2005; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
In celebration of his life a tree planting was held at the corner of Smith Road and Chittering Road in Bullsbrook on 17 June 2005 [45]


Mary MIRO
Resided in Carnamah in 1930 [19]


A. MITCHELL
Grazier in Carnamah in 1916 [6]


Ernest Lund MITCHELL
Born 1876 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England [20] [21]
Son of Oliver MITCHELL and Eliza LUND [20] [21]
Spent his initial childhood in Yorkshire, England where his father worked as a Wool & Waste Dealer [20]
In 1881 he was living with his parents at 39 Richmond Road, Horton in Bradford, Yorkshire, England [20]
Due to his father's asthma they departed England on the steamship Potosi, and arrived in Victoria, Australia in October 1884 [42] [200]
Resided with his parents in Melbourne, Victoria and Sydney, New South Wales before returning with them to England [200]
Served an apprenticeship with his uncle Percy LUND, who was a printer, publisher and editor in Bradford, Yorkshire, England [20] [200]
Later returned to Australia and among other things worked as a photographer in the states of New South Wales and Queensland [200]
Photographer at 264 Murray Street in Perth, Western Australia 1913-1931 [6]
     Commissioned Photographer for private individuals, commercial institutions and numerous Government departments [200]
     Won a Gold Medal for his photography at the Samarang Exhibition in Java, Indonesia in 1914 [200]
     Served as Official Photographer to the Governor of Western Australia [200]
     His photos were part of the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley in London, England in 1924 [200]
In partnership with Robert W. STRACHAN purchased 1,784 acres of partly developed farmland in Carnamah on 23 April 1926 [27]
     Purchased the land from John and James T. CARSTAIRS with instalments still owing to the Midland Railway Company [27]
     The 1,784 acres consisted of Lots M985, M986 and M990 of Victoria Location 2022 [27]
     Lots M985 and M990 are situated on the west side of Mitchell Road and M986 is on the east side of Mitchell Road [62]
     All three locations are behind the Inering Estate and M985 and M986 are on the Carnamah-Three Springs boundary [62]
     They named the farm Roselm using "Ro" from Robert, "s" from Strachan and "elm" from his initials E. L. M. [P346]
Initially an absentee farmer of the property in Carnamah in partnership with Robert W. STACHAN as "Mitchell & Strachan" [6]
     Robert W. STRACHAN initially resided on and worked the farm at Five Gums in Carnamah [P346]
     Their farm boasted some of the "exceptionally fine crops" in Carnamah in 1927 [9: 23-Sep-1927]
     They had an account with Carnamah blacksmith, wheelwright and motor mechanics Henry Parkin & Son from 1927 to 1930 [53]     
     His partner in the farm, Robert W. STRACHAN, died in 1927 and Robert's wife Margaret died in Perth the following year [15]
     Despite their deaths the farm remained in the name of and continued trading in the name of "Mitchell & Strachan" until 1939 [3] [60]
     They'd had the telephone connected by 1928 - were telephone number Inering-14 [60]
     In November 1928 "Mitchell & Strachan" purchased a new Chevrolet truck form Carnamah dealer L. Scott WYLIE [4: 1-Dec-1928]
     Said to have employed a manger who developed the farm, but who also stole some of the farm's profits [P90]
He continued to live in Perth while working as a photographer at 264 Murray Street, Perth [6] [P144]
      Neighbouring Carnamah farmer Dick READING would visit him when in Perth and inform him how his farm was going [P144]
      He is said to have shifted to the farm after losing his business and other investments during the Great Depression [P90]
     With his photographic trade in decline he closed his studio in Perth in 1931 and shifted with his wife to his farm in Carnamah [200]
Farmer of Roselm Farm at Five Gums in Carnamah 1931-1946 [60] [200]
     With little knowledge of farming much of the farm's running fell to employed Italian immigrant "Phillip" Filippo DI MASI [200]
     His farmhouse was telephone number Inering-14 and later telephone number Carnamah-50S [60]
     In 1933 his farm was one of the "excellent properties" heading eastwards from the Three Springs townsite [120: 5-Oct-1933]
     After an extension he completed paying the Midland Railway Company the instalments for his farm in 1942 [27]
     Had an account with Carnamah blacksmith, wheelwright and motor mechanics Henry Parkin & Son in 1943 [53]
     He is said to have "got on well with everyone" [P346]
Attended the Official Opening of the Carnamah Golf Course at Centenary Park in Carnamah on Sunday 23 July 1933 [5]
     Following the opening of the Carnamah Golf Course he took a group photograph of those present [5: 28-Jul-1933]
The Carnamah Road Board recommended he be appointed a Justice of the Peace for the Five Gums district in 1933 [5: 18-Aug-1933]
Mr WATERSTROM, Assistant Manager of Kodak Perth, spent a fortnight staying with him in September 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
He exhibited a display of photographic work at the Sixth Annual Three Springs Agricultural Show on 21 September 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
The local newspaper reported on 24 August 1934 that a parcel for him had arrived at the Carnamah Railway Station [5: 24-Aug-1934]
In November 1934 Mr R. WATERSTROM of the Radio Shop in Perth, spent a holiday staying with him in Carnamah [5: 9-Nov-1934]
Donated 1st and 2nd prizes for the Best Collection of Australian Stamps at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1935 [5: 13-Sep-1935]
Travelled from Carnamah to Perth by train on 30 September 1935 [5: 4-Oct-1935]
In March 1936 lost a suitcase which was recovered after being handed into the Police Station in Moora [88]
     Telephoned the Carnamah Police Station asking for the suitcase be forwarded to Three Springs with the fright payable there [88]
Returned to his home near the Inering Estate in Carnamah on Tuesday 7 April 1936 after several weeks in Perth [5: 10-Apr-1936]
Judged the Arts, Photography and Stamp Collection sections of the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Sold 75 ewes through Goldsbrough Mort & Co Ltd at Midland Market in January 1937 - 35 at 12/7, 40 at 9/3 per head [5: 22-Jan-1937]
Sold eight pigs at 21/10 per head through Dalgety & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 10 February 1937 [5: 12-Feb-1937]
Member of the Five Gums School Committee - was President in 1937 [278]
     Attended the meeting at Five Gums on 10 March 1937 to discuss the establishment of a state school at Five Gums, Carnamah [278]
     Their application was turned down as too few of the children lived within the "compulsory radius" of the proposed school [278]
     As a result they proposed that a bus service be provided to transport children from Five Gums to the Inering State School [278]
     The costly bus service was endorsed by the Acting Director of Education but was turned down by the Minister for Education [278]
     He wrote to the Education Department in March 1938 advising a school bus was no longer needed as there were less children [278]
Judged the Photography section at the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1937 [5: 4-Jun-1937, 17-Sep-1937]
Mr WATERSTROM, former assistant manager of Kodak's Ltd, holidayed with them in Carnamah in September 1937 [5: 17-Sep-1937]
Member and Patron of the Five Gums Tennis Club from 1937-38 to 1940-41 [89]
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society in 1941 [13]
Also financially assisted the Three Springs Agricultural Society with annual donations [262]
He was one of the Justices of the Peace for the Carnamah District in 1942 [0: image 02956]
Sold his 1,784 acre Roselm Farm in Carnamah to Walter BODYCOAT of Carnamah in February 1946 [P346]
In 1946 he left Carnamah and shifted to the Perth suburb of Claremont, where he resided until his death in 1959 [2] [200]
Husband of Lena [19]
Died 3 January 1959; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
His ashes were interred under a rose bush at his and his wife's home in the Perth suburb of Claremont  [P144]
A talk on his life and photographs was given in Carnamah by Dr Joanna SASSOON on Saturday evening 3 November 2007 [P8]


Ethel Maude MITCHELL
Born 1890 in Albany, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of James MITCHELL and Elizabeth MORRIS [15]
Married George INGLIS in 1906 [66]
Herself and her husband resided in Carnamah in 1938 [19]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Glendalough [2]
Died 2 September 1980; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, KA, 44) [2]


Isabel Vera MITCHELL
Born 1908 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Married "Henny" Heneage Charles PALMER in Perth in 1934 [66]
Resided in Robertson Street, Carnamah 1947-1950 [19]
Member of the Carnamah Parents and Citizens Association in 1945 [0: image 04369]
Resided of late in South Terrace in the Perth suburb of Fremantle [2]
Mother of Bobby [0: image 02987]
Died 23 October 1985; buried Fremantle Cemetery, Perth suburb of Palmyra (Anglican, A5, 280) [2]


Mrs Lena MITCHELL
Wife of Ernest Lund MITCHELL [19]
Resided with her husband on Roselm Farm at Five Gums in Carnamah 1931-1946 [200]
Herself and her husband travelled to Perth by train on 1 February 1934 and returned on 14 February 1934 [5: 2-Feb-1934, 16-Feb-1934]
Arrived back in Carnamah on Saturday 13 April 1935 after spending a three week vacation in Perth [5: 19-Apr-1935]
During mid February 1937 herself and her husband spent a holiday in Perth [5: 19-Feb-1937]
She sailed from Fremantle to Albany on the Kybra to spent a holiday Esperance and Albany in March and early April 1937 [5: 9-Apr-1937]
After leaving Carnamah resided with her husband in the Perth suburb of Claremont [P144]
Following the death of her husband she continued to live by herself despite being blind [P144]


"Rod" / "Jimmy" Roderick James MITCHELL
Born 26 May 1923 in England [P268]
Departed London, England on the Oronsay and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 19 January 1937 [63]
Prior to coming to Carnamah resided at Fairbridge farm school for orphans [P4]
Arrived in Carnamah as a teenager in the 1930s to work for James K. FORRESTER [P4]
Farmhand for J. K. FORRESTER on Dunester Farm in Carnamah in the 1930s and early 1940s [P4]
Resided in Carnamah until enlisting in the Australian Army [P4] on 24 July 1943 [16]
Gunner WX40139 in the Australian Army's 2/3 Australian Composite Ant Aircraft Regiment [16]
Attended the Welcome Home Ball for service men and women held in Carnamah on 15 December 1945 [P169]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 19 July 1946 [16] and briefly returned to Carnamah [P169]
Returned to Carnamah again in April 1952 and worked as a farmhand for Ian T. M. FORRESTER on Inverness Farm [P169]
Resided with his wife Hallie and later daughter Julie in Carnamah from April 1952 to February 1954 [P169]
Ran Inverness Farm in Carnamah from December 1953 to February 1954 while the FORRESTER family went to New Zealand [P169]
Was known as "Jimmy" before the war but as "Rod" when he returned after the war with his wife [P4]
Husband of Hallie [45]
Father of Julie, Kerry and Kim [45]
Died 11 June 2004 in the Perth suburb of Melville [45]
His grand-daughter Kirralee THOMAS survived an unsuccessful attempt to bomb a bus in London, England on 21 July 2005 [39]
A month later on 23 August 2005 his grand-daughter Kirralee, daughter of Julie, died in an aircraft crash in Peru [39: 27-Aug-2005]


Sophia MITCHELL
Born 1871 in Newcastle, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of William MITCHELL and Sophia DENT [15]
Grand-daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth DENT who arrived in Western Australia on the Marquis of Angelsea in August 1829 [142]
Her mother, who was born in Fremantle on 1 September 1929, was the first child born in Western Australia to immigrant parents [142]
Married (1) John James OLIVER in Irwin in 1891 [15]
Her first husband John died at the age of 25 years on 21 April 1893 [142]
Married (2) Frederick Charles ROWLAND in Irwin in 1897 [15]
Resided with her second husband on Strawberry Farm at Strawberry in the Mingenew district [19]
Later resided with her husband at Irwin where her husband was the local Postmaster and a Farmer [6]
Their son Hector was born in Dongara on 8 November 1900 and died on 6 December 1900, aged 27 days [15] [142]
Her husband buried their daughter Lily in a private cemetery at Irwin following her death on 16 March 1914, aged 2 days [151]
On 5 October 1923 purchased Harold J. COPE and Leonard WOOD's 865 acre farm east of Carnamah [27]
     The 865 acre farm was Lot M1078 of Victoria Location 1937 and had been taken up by COPE and WOOD in 1921 [27]
     Included in the sale were all improvements to the property, a 1000 gallon tank and a new spring cart [P140]
     The 865 acre farm became known as Glen Rock and was farmed be her elder sons Rupe and Don [P80]
On 13 July 1925 purchased from the Midland Railway Company a farm of 980 acres in Carnamah [27]
     The 980 acre farm was Lot M1567 of Victoria Location 1937 and cost £490, payable by instalments over 15 years [27]
     The farm became known as Wyulda and was farmed by her younger sons Mick, Locke and Harry [P80]
Mother of John James and Harriet May OLIVER [15]
Mother of Rupe, Don, Hector, Tottie, Lillian, Rica, Mick, Locke, Georgie, Harry [142] and Lily ROWLAND [151]
Died 23 December 1925 in Geraldton WA; buried Dongara WA [142]
On 27 March 1927 ownership of her farm Glen Rock was transferred to the names of her sons Rupe and Don [27]
Ownership of Wyulda was transferred into her the names of her sons Mick and Harry in the early 1940s [3] [27]


J. & D. MOIR
Builders and Monumental Masons in Carnamah in 1931 [4: 4-Jul-1931]
They were builders of brick dwellings, chimneys and coppers and also undertook odd jobbing [4: 4-Jul-1931]
The D. MOIR could be Don MOIR whose death on 11 September 1932 was reported in Carnamah's local newspaper [5: 16-Sep-1932]


A. MOLLER
Resided on or near the Inering Estate in Carnamah in 1930 [4: 8-Feb-1930]


Phyllis Lillian MOLSTER
Born C.1884 [2]
Housekeeper in Carnamah in 1949 [19]
Later resided in West Perth [2]
Died 29 September 1965; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, ZU, 88) [2]


Anselmo MONACO
Born 17 February 1912 in Italy [22] [30]
Arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on the Oronsay on 23 June 1930 [30]
Farmhand for Louis P. PARKER on Vaughanleoalaric Farm in Winchester C.1930 [P5]
During harvest he could sew and pack tight 100 bags of wheat a day [P5]
Said to have spoken a very unique style of English due to being an Italian and having spent time in Canada and Australia [P5]
Farmhand in Winchester in 1937 [22]
In 1939 he was working as a Wood Cutter in Bibra Lake via Fremantle [30]
During the Second World War registered under National Security Regulations in Fremantle on 21 October 1939 [30]
In 1948 was self employed as a Wood Merchant and was living in Russell Road in South Coogee [30]
Applied for naturalisation on 30 January 1948 and on 4 March 1948 in Perth became a naturalised Australian citizen [30: item 3090771]
When he applied for naturalisation he was 5 foot 6 inches tall of sturdy build and had black hair and grey eyes [30]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Hilton [2]
Husband of Calogera [30]
Father of Gugliemo, Maria and Josephine [30]
Died 21 May 1996; buried Fremantle Cemetery, Perth suburb of Palmyra (General Lawn, Lawn P, 385) [2]


John Thomas MONAHAN
Oversaw the Midland Railway Company's operations in Carnamah, Winchester and Coorow in 1912 and 1913 [34]
Initially resided in Winchester however relocated to Carnamah during 1912 [34]
In 1912 oversaw between 74 and 123 men who were working at burning, felling timber, [34]
     ringbarking, cutting scrub, clearing, cutting jam fence posts, clearing fence lines, fencing and making dams [34]
The various operations were turning virgin land into farms for the Midland Railway Company's Improved Farm Scheme [34]
Kept the Midland Railway Company informed on progress in fortnightly reports [34]
By April 1913 the work was nearing completion and only 20 men were employed and were possibly only working in Carnamah [34]
Received a letter dated 22 April 1913 informing him that his employment with the Company would end one month later [34]
The termination of his position with the Company was due to the fact that such a position was no longer required [34]
It was with regret that the Company terminated his employment, and they offered their full assistance in finding him a new job [34]
Bookkeeper on Tootra Station in Walebing 1915-1919 [50]


Sister J. C. MONTEITH
Ran the Carnamah Private Hospital at 14 Boojerabba Street in Carnamah in 1930 [4: 4-Oct-1930]
She was the first sister run the Carnamah Private Hospital, which was owned by resident doctor Cecil P. ROSENTHAL [4: 23-Aug-1930]
The hospital was open for Medical, Surgical and Maternity cases and was telephone number Carnamah-7 [4: 4-Oct-1930]
Dressed as an "Arab Lady" she attended the Fancy Dress Ball held in Carnamah on Thursday 28 August 1930 [4: 6-Sep-1930]
Won 1st prize for a Table Centre and 2nd for a Specimen of Underclothing at the Carnamah Show on 18 September 1930 [4: 27-Sep-1930]
Attended the evening Ball after the Carnamah Races on Thursday 2 October 1930 in a dress of blue figured moire [4: 18-Oct-1930]
Ran the Carnamah Private Hospital until at least November 1930 [4: 8-Nov-1930]
Left Carnamah in late 1930 after being appointed to a higher position elsewhere [4: 20-Dec-1930]
She was succeeded at the Carnamah Private Hospital by Sister K. JOSSELIN [4: 20-Dec-1930]


Helen McFarlane MOODIE
Born 10 October 1887 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland [28]
Daughter of William John MOODIE and Helen MCFARLANE [28]
Married David Samuel Forrest BANDY in 1923 [66]
Resided with her husband and children in Carnamah from 1928 to 1933 [5: 24-Nov-1933] [19]
Grave birth to a daughter at the Three Springs Hospital in January 1930 [4: 1-Feb-1930]
Made a donation to the Carnamah branch of the Country Women's Association in 1932 to help them purchase premises [5: 29-Jul-1932]
Along with her husband and their children left Carnamah on Friday 24 November 1933 and shifted to Bassendean [5: 24-Nov-1933]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Bassendean from 1933 until her death in 1950 [2] [5: 24-Nov-1933]
Mother of Thomas, Louisa and Helen [P202]
Died 23 July 1950; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Presbyterian, IA, 433) [2]


"Mary" Bertha Mary MOORE
Born 1910 [15]
Daughter of Mr and Mrs W. H. MOORE of Midland Junction [0: image 04224]
In 1936 she was living on Morrison Road in the Perth suburb of Swan View [50]
Before her marriage she worked as a nurse at Margaret NIVEN's Saint Andrew's Hospital in Midland Junction [P13]
Married "Bob" Robert NIVEN on 26 June 1943 in Midland Junction [0: image 04224]
Her bridesmaids were her sisters Miss Joan and Miss Nancy MOORE and the flower girl her cousin Glenice MOORE [0: image 04224]
Resided with her husband on Craigend Farm, Carnamah in 1943 and 1944 [P13]
Passed away unexpectedly in childbirth, having been married only 13 months; her husband never re-married [79: 10-May-1973]
Died 31 July 1944 in Carnamah; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, WF, 410) [2] [5: 4-Aug-1944]


From The North Midland Times newspaper, Friday 4 August 1944:
"Obituary - Late Mrs. Mary Niven. The death occurred with tragic suddenness at "Craigend," Carnamah, on Monday afternoon of Mrs. Mary Niven, wife of Mr. Robert Niven. Coming totally unexpected, the news of her death cast a deep gloom over the whole district. Deceased, who was formerly Miss Mary Moore, of Midland Junction, and who had worked for some year's with her husband's sisters at St. Andrew's private hospital, at Midland Junction, was married only a little over a year ago. At the time of her death she was aged 31 years. During her comparatively short sojourn in the Carnamah district she had endeared herself to all with whom she came in contact. Every sympathy will be felt for her bereaved husband, who has had more than his share of sorrow during his life. Left as the main-stay of a large family while still in his teens, he devoted his younger days to hard toil on his mother's farm, to support his younger brothers and sisters, the youngest of whom was a mere toddler at the time of his father's death. Past middle age and with his brothers and sister able to fend for themselves he decided to settle down and rear a family of his own - but fate had evidently decreed otherwise. Following the post mortem examination at Three Springs the remains were conveyed to Perth, where the funeral took place on Wednesday afternoon in the Anglican portion of the Karrakatta Cemetery."


E. J. MOORE
Arrived in Carnamah in May 1929 [4: 25-May-1929]
Representative for the Shell Oil Company Carnamah from May to October 1929 [4: 17-Aug-1929] [6]
Member of the Carnamah Cricket Club in 1929 [4: 19-Oct-1929, 14-Dec-1929]
Attended the Plain and Fancy Dress Ball held at the Carnamah Town Hall on Thursday 8 August 1929 [4: 17-Aug-1929]
Had an account with Carnamah blacksmith, wheelwright and motor mechanics Henry Parkin & Son in 1929 [53]
One of four people who purchased the large Church Bell for the Carnamah Presbyterian Church in September 1929 [4: 14-Sep-1929]
Member of the Carnamah Presbyterian Church's Board of Management in 1929 [4: 26-Oct-1929]
Attended the Euchre Party and Dance held in Winchester on Saturday 14 September 1929 [4: 21-Sep-1929]
Attended the Grand Ball following the Carnamah Show and opening of Centenary Park on 19 September 1929 [4: 28-Sep-1929]
Left Carnamah in October 1929 after being transferred to Perth [4: 5-Oct-1929]


Mrs Eva May MOORE
Wife of William Hugh MOORE; see Eva May TYLOR


Flora Cecilia Blanche MOORE
Born 1899 in Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia [32]
Daughter of Thomas A. E. MOORE and Anna M. HART [30]
Married Charles Maxwell TOM in 1927 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia [32]
Her husband purchased the 2,504 acre Lot M1774 at Five Gums near Carnamah, Western Australia on 5 November 1929 [27]
Resided with her husband on farmland at Five Gums near Carnamah 1930-1935 [4] [19] [27]
Member of the Five Gums Tennis Club in 1934-35 [5: 5-Apr-1935]
The Midland Railway Company rescinded the sale on her husband's farm at Five Gums on 19 June 1925 [27]


Irwin Samuel MOORE
Born 1875 in Dongara, Western Australia [15]
Son of Samuel Joseph Fortescue MOORE and Eliza Mary JOHNSTONE [15]
Storekeeper in Dongara in the 1900s and 1910s, during which time he was also a Justice of the Peace [6] [44]
From 1907 to 1909 had a pastoral lease for 3,000 acres of land in Carnamah [44]
Exhibited in the Horse and Cattle sections of the Irwin Agricultural Society's Annual Show in Dongara in 1908 [9: 9-Oct-1908]
     In the Horse section won 1st prize for Colt and 2nd for Gent's Hack, and in the Cattle section won 1st prize for Jersey Cow [9]
He had a subscription to The Midlands Advertiser newspaper in 1908 [9: 30-Oct-1908]
Served as a Member on the Irwin Road Board in 1911 [9: 16-Jun-1911]
Judge of the Upper Irwin District Race Club's Inaugural Race Meeting held in Mingenew on Friday 28 April 1911 [9: 5-May-1911]
In 1915 was a Manager and was residing at Cliff House in the Perth suburb of Claremont [94]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 28 July 1915 [94]
     Gave his father as his next of kin, his address also being Cliff House in Claremont [94]
     Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A30 Borda on 17 January 1916 [94]
     Private 1906 in the Australian Imperial Force's 3rd Light Horse Regiment during the First World War [18]
     Embarked on his return to Australia on 10 July 1919 [94]
Farmer and Grazier in Carnamah 1921-1925 [6] [19] [44]
He owned 1650 acres in Carnamah, which consisted of Victoria Locations 3319, 6919 and 7075 [44]
Sang a song at the farewell to departing railway stationmaster James J. STARLING in Carnamah on 18 June 1921 [9: 8-Jul-1921]
Signed the petition in February 1923 for the Irwin Licensing Court to grant a hotel license for Carnamah [10: 9-Mar-1923]
Contributed to the entertainment at the Footballers Smoke Social held at the Carnamah Hall on Tuesday 23 January 1923 [9: 2-Feb-1923]
Appears to have sold his farm in Carnamah to Edmund K. WELLS [3] [61]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Claremont [2]
Died 17 November 1929; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, AA, 320A) [2]


Thomas Hall MOORE
Born C.1875 [29]
Married Jane BECKWITH in Geraldton in 1899 [15]
Railway Stationmaster in Carnamah in 1904 [19]
Died 11 January 1915 [29]


William Hugh MOORE
Born 17 December 1906 in Bunbury, Western Australia [16]
Married Eva May TYLOR in 1932 [66]
Employee of the Bank of New South Wales in Kununoppin until being transferred to Carnamah in March 1935 [5: 22 & 29-Mar-1935]
Bank Clerk at the Bank of New South Wales in Carnamah in 1935-1937 [5: 22 & 29-Mar-1935, 6-Aug-1937] [6]
     The manager of the bank in Carnamah, Richard D. GELL, described him "as a loyal and energetic colleague" [4: 7-Aug-1937]
Vestry Committee Member of the South Section of the Coorow-Three Springs Anglican Church Parish in 1935 [5: 17-May-1935]
Committee Member of the Carnamah Anglican Church 1935-1937 and served as Treasurer for most of such time [5: 6-Aug-1937]
Member of the Carnamah Golf Club in 1935 [5: 21-Jun-1935]
Member of the Carnamah Repertory Club in 1935, and a Committee Member in 1936 and 1937 [5: 26-Jul-1935, 10-Apr-1936, 7-May-1937]
     President, Ivan JOHNSON, "could praise them to the sky" for their activities with credit to themselves and the Club [5: 6-Aug-1937]
Played Samuel Smith in "Uncle Joseph" at the Carnamah Repertory Club's Concert at the Carnamah Hall on 25 July 1935 [5: 26-Jul-1935]
Assisted the committee of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society with their Annual Show on 12 September 1935 [5: 20-Sep-1935]
     Said to have done a lot for the Agricultural Society, especially in providing assistance to their treasurer [5: 6-Aug-1937]
Costume judge at the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 2 November 1935 [5: 8-Nov-1935]
Costume judge at the Carnamah Girls Club's Masquerade Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 7 December 1935 [5: 13-Dec-1935]
Member of the Carnamah Tennis Club in 1935-36, and Secretary-Treasurer in 1936-37 [5: 18-Oct-1935, 24-Jul-1936]
     During his time as secretary he aided in the Club's re-organisation and the construction of four new tennis courts [4: 7-Aug-1937]
Attended the Wedding Social & Dance for Stuart and May FORD at Koolabba Farm in Carnamah on 25 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Attended the funeral of Carnamah agent William B. SHERIDAN at the Winchester Cemetery on 27 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
He was among those from the North Midlands districts who visited Perth during the Easter holidays in April 1936 [5: 17-Apr-1936]
At the start of his annual leave on 28 April 1936 he proceeded to Kalgoorlie to holiday with his wife and children [5: 1-May-1936]
Following their holiday himself, his wife and their two children returned to Carnamah on Saturday evening 23 May 1936 [5: 29-May-1936]
Attended the C.W.A. Plain & Fancy Dress Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 25 July 1936 dressed as "Bell Boys" [5: 31-Jul-1936]
Played George Brown in the play "The Paris Model" at the Carnamah Repertory Club's Social on Friday 2 October 1936 [5: 9-Oct-1936]
In late November 1936 it was reported he was indisposed and would be confined to his home for several days [5: 27-Nov-1936]
Travelled to Perth by car on Friday 15 January 1937 and returned to Carnamah two days later on Sunday 17 January 1937 [5]
     He was accompanied to Perth by Mrs Emily L. HELLEWELL, Mrs Barbara K. PLUNKETT and Miss Annie L. NIVEN [5]
     Accompanied on his return to Carnamah by his wife and children, Miss Annie NIVEN and Archibald M. NIVEN [5: 22-Jan-1937]
Member of the Carnamah Adult Education Circle in 1937 [5: 19-Feb-1937]
Member of the North Midlands Anglican Church Vestry in 1937, and Secretary of the Coorow-Carnamah Vestry [5: 4-Jun-1937]
Motored to Perth on Friday 25 June 1937 and returned to Carnamah on Monday 28 June 1937 [5: 2-Jul-1937]
     To Perth he was accompanied by his mother-in-law Mrs Elsie J. TYLOR, sister-in-law Loris A. TYLOR and Mrs KERR and son [5]
Along with fellow members conducted the Carnamah Repertory Club's Social Evening on Friday 25 June 1937 [5]
     He produced the play "The Ghost of Marley Hall" and played Sir Gilbert in the play "Three Parts Bad" [5: 2-Jul-1937]
Received notice of his transfer to Perth in mid July 1937 due to health reasons [4: 7-Aug-1937] [5: 16-Jul-1937]
In July 1937 advertised to privately sell their furniture and effects from their home in Carnamah at "low prices to clear" [5: 23-Jul-1937]
Himself and his wife were tendered a Valedictory Social at the Carnamah Hall on Friday 30 July 1937 [4: 7-Aug-1937] [5: 6-Aug-1937]
     The social was organised by the Carnamah Anglican Church, the Carnamah Tennis Club and the Carnamah Repertory Club [5]
     During the evening they received a chromium electric table lamp from the three bodies and the citizens of the Carnamah district [5]
     The evening consisted of musical and vocal items, dialogues, dancing, numerous speeches and the singing of Auld Lang Syne [5]
     He expressed their regret at leaving Carnamah where they'd had a very happy time and had hoped to stay for at least five years [4] [5]
They left Carnamah after their Valedictory Social on the evening of the 30 July 1937 and moved to Perth [4: 7-Aug-1937]
His position at the Bank of New South Wales in Carnamah was filled by "Tony" Alexander F. TURNER [4: 7-Aug-1937]
Later resided in the Perth suburbs of South Perth and Thornlie [2] [16]
Father of Maureen [5: 16-Apr-1937]
Died 29 September 1991; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]


Neil MOORHEAD
Born 28 April 1892 in Corop, Victoria, Australia [16]
Son of Hamilton Edmund Patterson MOORHEAD and Amelia WALKER [54]
Resided at 355 Palmerston Road in Gisborne, New Zealand prior to enlisting in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force [285]
Private 10/1573 in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force's Third Wellington Infantry Battalion during the First World War [285]
During the war gave his next of kin as his father, whose address at the time was Gunbower, Victoria, Australia [285]
Carpenter employed by local builder Charles J. DALLIMORE in Carnamah, Western Australia 1929-1931 [5: 22-Jun-1934] [19]
Member of the Carnamah Tennis Club in 1928-29 and 1929-30 [4: 20-Apr-1929, 10-May-1930]
Member of the Carnamah Golf Club in 1930 [4: 8-Nov-1930]
Resided in the Eastern States of Australia 1931-1934 before arriving back in Carnamah on Saturday 16 June 1934 [5: 22-Jun-1934]
Worked in Carnamah as a Carpenter for local builder Charles J. DALLIMORE 1934-1945 [5: 22-Jun-1934, 5-Oct-1945] [6] [19]
Member of the Carnamah Tennis Club in 1934-35 - was Gent's Singles Handicap Champion [5: 12-Oct-1934, 5-Apr-1935]
Competitor in the Parkinson Tennis Club's Open Championship Tournament in Carnamah on Tuesday 1 January 1935 [5: 21-Dec-1934]
Travelled from Carnamah to Perth by train on Monday 18 November 1935 [5: 22-Nov-1935]
After spending five days in Perth himself and Charles J. DALLIMORE returned to Carnamah on 22 November 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Committee Member of the Carnamah Tennis Club in 1935-36 and 1936-37 [5: 16-Aug-1935, 24-Jul-1936]
Drew up plans for a new clubhouse for the Carnamah Tennis Club which were accepted at a meeting on 3 December 1935 [5: 6-Dec-1935]
Competed in the Parkinson Tennis Club's New Year Tennis Tournament in Carnamah on Wednesday 1 January 1936 [5: 3-Jan-1936]
Attended the funeral of Carnamah agent William B. SHERIDAN at the Winchester Cemetery on 27 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Played for the combined Carnamah-Parkinson tennis team against Winchester-Waddy-Coorow on Sunday 5 April 1936 [5: 3-Apr-1936]
Competitor in the Parkinson Tennis Club's Tennis Tournament held in Carnamah on New Year's Day 1 January 1937 [5: 8-Jan-1937]
Donated a trinket box for the Ladies Champion of the Carnamah Tennis Club's Tournament on Foundation Day in 1937 [5: 5-Feb-1937]
Competed in the Carnamah Tennis Club's Easter Tennis Tournament at Centenary Park in Carnamah in March 1937 [5: 2-Apr-1937]
Member of the Carnamah Sub-Branch of the Returned Soldiers League [52]
Member of the Carnamah Volunteer Defence Corps in 1941 [4: 29-Mar-1941]
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society in 1941 [13]
Member of Carnamah's Miniature Rifle Club in 1941-1945 [0: images 02933, 04077 & 04336]
Sergeant in the local Australian Army Volunteer Defence Corps 1942-1945 [16]
Resided and died in the rear of Charles J. DALLIMORE's garage in Robertson Street, Carnamah [7: page 167]
Died 1 October 1945 in Carnamah; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row D, Plot 1) [1]
Tom MORCOMBE of Coorow officiated at his funeral, which was undertaken by Henry Parkin & Son of Carnamah [1]


From The North Midland Times newspaper, Friday 5 October 1945:
"Death of Old Resident of Carnamah. The death occurred on Monday morning, October 1, at Carnamah, Or Mr. Neil Moorhead, at the age of 56 years. Mr. Moorhead was a returned soldier of World War I, having served with the New Zealand expeditionary forces, and took part in the landing at Gallipoli. Deceased was a highly respected citizen of Carnamah, and has been employed by Mr. C. J. Dallimore, building contractor for many years. For the past few years the late Mr. Moorhead has suffered very indifferent health, chiefly caused from his experiences during World War I. The funeral, which was conducted by Mr. Tom Morcombe, of Waddy Forest, took place at the Winchester Cemetery on Thursday afternoon, a full report of which will appear in next week's issue of this paper. "


From The Argus newspaper, Saturday 6 October 1945:
"Deaths - Moorhead - On October 1 (suddenly), at Carnamah, Western Australia, Neil, beloved eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Moorhead, 32 Smith Street, North Bendigo, and loved brother of Arabella (Mrs L. Griffith, Sydney), Evelyn (Mrs. H. Croton, Kerang), Donald (Ararat), Oliver (deceased), Margaret (Sydney), Jessie (Mrs. H. Lucas, Dingley), Hugh (Maryborough), Leigh (Bacchus Marsh), aged 58. Anzac, 10th Wellington reg., N.Z.E.F."
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