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Patrick SOUTHBY
Labourer in Carnamah 1913-1916 [19] [50]
Labourer in Nungarin in 1925 [50]


James SPALDING
Clearer in Carnamah in 1916 and 1917 [19]


"Bob" Bingham Robert SPARKS
Born 29 June 1910 in Rose Park, South Australia [55]
Son of William Gillies SPARKS and Jessie BREWSTER [55]
Labourer for his uncle "Bill" William A. T. SARGENT on Wongyarra Farm in Carnamah, Western Australia 1932-1941 [19] [P46]
Main driver of his uncle's International WD 40 Crawler Tractor during seeding on Wongyarra Farm [P46]
Member of the Carnamah Rifle Club 1930-1936 [4: 26-Apr-1930] [5: 5-Aug-1932, 12-Jul-1935, 17-Jul-1936]
Member of the Carnamah Badminton Club - was Treasurer in 1933 [5: 2-Jun-1933]
Represented the Carnamah Rifle Club at the annual shoot for the Shearn Cup in Mingenew on Sunday 20 October 1935 [5: 25-Oct-1935]
Committee Member and Coach of the Carnamah Rifle Club in 1936 [5: 17-Jul-1936]
Won 1st for Farm Life and 2nd for Any Subject in the Photography section of the Carnamah Agricultural Show in 1936 [5: 18-Sep-1936]
Member of Carnamah's Miniature Rifle Club in 1941 [0: image 02933]
Married Mary Camillus WILLIAMSON in 1942 [66]
His wife had taught at the Wongyarra State School on Wongyarra Farm in Carnamah from 3 February 1941 to 26 August 1941 [277]


"Isabel" Isabella Allan SPARKS
Born 14 December 1882 in South Australia [55]
Daughter of James SPARKS and Isabella GILLIES [55]
Married "Bill" William Alexander Thomas SARGENT on 23 August 1911 in Adelaide, South Australia [55]
Along with her husband and their daughter Jean shifted from South Australia to Carnamah, Western Australia in 1923 [P46]
Resided on Wongyarra Farm, Carnamah with her husband 1923-1944 [P46]
Attended Charles ROBERTSON and Winifred LANG's wedding and reception in Carnamah on 27 March 1928 [4: 31-Mar-1928]
Attended the Grand Ball following the Carnamah Show and opening of Centenary Park on 19 September 1929 [4: 28-Sep-1929]
Member of the Carnamah Presbyterian Ladies Guild - was Vice President in 1930 [105]
Won 1st prize for Pods of Broad Beans in the Vegetable section of the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 18 September 1930 [4]
     In the Confectionary section she won 1st prize for a Collection of Jams and 2nd for Collection of Pickles, Sauces and Chutney [4]
     Also won 1st prizes for Garden Flowers, Geraniums, Cut Blooms and Hand-knitted Woollen Socks [4: 27-Sep-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]
Attended the Surprise 21st Birthday for George AUNGER in Carnamah on Sunday 2 October 1932 [5: 7-Oct-1932]
Herself and her husband travelled to Perth to attend the Perth Royal Show during the first week of October 1932 [5: 7-Oct-1932]
Sent a wreath for the grave of Christina B. D. FORRESTER of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 31 August 1934 [4: 8-Sep-1934]
Won 1st prize for Garden Flowers at the Carnamah Agricultural Show at Centenary Park on 6 September 1934 [5: 14-Sep-1934]
Herself and her husband always travelled the twelves miles into town to see the Carnamah Repertory Club's concerts [7: page 229]
Attended the Carnamah Repertory Club's 5th Concert and the Supper & Social that followed on Thursday 25 July 1935 [5: 2-Aug-1935]
Attended the 1935 Carnamah Show, winning 1st prize for Geraniums and wearing blue figured georgette to the Show Ball [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Herself and her husband returned to Carnamah on Sunday 13 October 1935 after attending the Royal Show in Perth [5: 18-Oct-1935]
Sent a floral tribute for the grave of Miss "May" Mary L. LANG 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]
Sent a floral tribute for the grave of local agent William B. SHERIDAN at the Winchester Cemetery on 27 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
After an extended holiday in South Australia she arrived in Perth by train on Friday 29 May 1936 [5: 29-May-1936, 5-Jun-1936]
     She was met in Perth by her husband and John BOWMAN, and the three of them returned to Carnamah the next day [5]
Attended the Carnamah Repertory Club's Social Evening & Play Presentation at the Carnamah Hall on 17 June 1936 [5: 19-Jun-1936]
Attended the Surprise 21st Birthday for Miss Eileen R. PERRY in Carnamah on Saturday evening 18 July 1936 [5: 24-Jul-1936]
Won 1st prizes for Geraniums and Flowering Plant and 2nd for Iceland Poppies at the 1936 Carnamah Agricultural Show [5: 18-Sep-1936]
Attended the Show Ball after the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 10 September 1936 dressed in black georgette [5: 18-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]
Attended the Tennis Dance in Carnamah on 18 April 1937 in blue figured georgette with white georgette trimmings [5: 23-Apr-1937]
Member of the Carnamah branch of the Country Women's Association (C.W.A.) in 1937 [5: 14-May-1937]
     She made two large flags, of the Union Jack and the Australian National Emblem, for Coronation Day 12 May 1937 [5: 14-May-1937]
     On Coronation Day she raised the two flags for the first time over the Carnamah Hall [5: 21-May-1937]
     The two flags were later presented by the C.W.A. to the Carnamah District Road Board, who were extremely grateful of the gift [5]
Attended the Coronation Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Wednesday evening 12 May 1937 in "a smart gown of black" [5: 14-May-1937]
Vice President of the Carnamah branch of the Country Women's Association in 1937-38 [5: 9-Jul-1937]
Ladies Committee Member in 1937 and Financial Member 1937-1939 of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society [5: 7-May-1937] [13]
    She was the only and possibly the first female Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society in 1937 [13]
Member of the Five Gums Tennis Club in 1939-40 [89]
Adoptive mother of Jean [P46]
Died 9 August 1944 in South Australia [0: image 04264]


From The North Midland Times newspaper, Friday 11 August 1944:
"Obituary - Late Mrs. I. Sargent. The flying of the Union Jack at half mast in Carnamah on Wednesday afternoon heralded the news that Mrs. Isobel Sargent, of "Wongyarra," Carnamah, had passed away in South Australia earlier in the day. Strangely enough the Union Jack was made by Mrs. Sargent a number of years ago, and was donated to the Carnamah Road Board, to be flown on auspicious occasions. Although it was generally known that Mrs. Sargent had not been well in recent weeks, few people realised that she was so dangerously ill, and the news of her death therefore came as a severe shock to the majority of local residents. The late Mrs. Sargent, who was well and favourably known throughout the Carnamah district, was of a quiet, retiring disposition, but was nevertheless immensely popular with all with whom she came in contact. In a quiet, unobstructive way, she worked hard for patriotic causes, or for any movement which had for its objective the advancement of the Carnamah district. Her passing will leave a void in our midst, which will indeed be hard to fill. The sympathy of the whole district will go out to the bereaved husband who himself is a very sick man."


Mrs Mary Camillus SPARKS
Wife of "Bob" Bingham Robert SPARKS; see Mary Camillus WILLIAMSON


Roma Margaret SPEED
Born 1910 in Geraldton, Western Australia [14] [90]
Married Rowell WALTON in 1930 [66]
In 1936 they were living at 35 Learoyd Street in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley [50]
Resided in Carnamah from 1967 until 1978 [7: page 245] [1]
Member of Carnamah's branch of the Red Cross Society [141]
Lived in Yarra Street, Carnamah [90]
Mother of Thomas, June, "Terri" Terrance, Margaret, Norma and "Hal" Harold [14]
Died 10 April 1978 at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row U, Plot 20) [1]
Her family donated and dedicated to her memory the Lecturn at the Church of the Holy Apostles in Carnamah [7: page 238]


Marion Lucy SPEEDIE
Born 5 May 1909 in Day Hurst, Western Australia [P281]
Daughter of Peter SPEEDIE and "Ellen" Harriet Ellen HURN [P281]
Married "Mick" Michael John CLUNE on 24 February 1932 in Perth suburb of Victoria Park \ [P281]
Resided behind butcher shop in Carnamah from 1932 to C.1948 [P281]
Attended the Carnamah Roman Catholic Church's Annual Ball on 6 August 1932 in a gown of white crepe-de-chine [5: 19-Aug-1932]
Attended the Show Ball following the Carnamah Agricultural Show on Thursday 15 September 1932 [5: 23-Sep-1932]
Member of the Carnamah Basketball Club in 1933 [5: 28-Jul-1933]
Attended the Card Party held at the home of Mrs Ettie PARKER in Carnamah during the third week of July 1933 [5: 21-Jul-1933]
On the evening of Thursday 15 March 1934 attended the Carnamah Race Club's Annual Dance at the Carnamah Hall [5: 16-Mar-1934]
Along with her children travelled from Carnamah to Perth for a short holiday on Friday 19 April 1935 [5: 26-Apr-1935]
      At the conclusion of their holiday her husband motored to Perth and they returned to Carnamah on 29 April 1935 [5: 3-May-1935]
Herself and her infant son Kevin travelled from Carnamah to Perth by train on Monday 11 November 1935 [5: 15-Nov-1935]
Member of Carnamah's Parkinson Tennis Club in 1935-36 and 1936-37 [5: 25-Oct-1935, 16-Oct-1936]
With Lloyd J. FOSTER won the Parkinson Tennis Club's Mixed Doubles Handicap Tournament on 10 November 1935 [5: 15-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]
Admitted to the North Midlands District Hospital on Sunday night 1 March 1936 and the next day underwent an operation [5: 6-Mar-1936]
After holidaying with her family in Carnamah her sister Miss I. A. SPEEDIE returned to Perth on Monday 1 June 1936 [5: 5-Jun-1936]
Member of the Carnamah Social Club in 1936 [5: 7-Aug-1936]
Herself, her father-in-law Michael CLUNE and William DAVISON donated a "Bachelor's Supper" to the Carnamah Football Club [5]
     Their donation was raffled by the Club at their Dance in Carnamah on 27 June 1936, and won by Louis JOHANSEN [5: 3-Jul-1936]
Attended the Surprise 21st Birthday for Miss Eileen R. PERRY in Carnamah on Saturday evening 18 July 1936 [5: 24-Jul-1936]
Played for the defeated Carnamah Social Club in badminton against the Carnamah Badminton Club on 5 August 1936 [5: 7-Aug-1936]
Attended the Show Ball after the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 10 September 1936 dressed in figured georgette [5: 18-Sep-1936]
Herself and her son Kevin travelled to Perth on Friday 11 December 1936 where they stayed for Christmas [5: 18-Dec-1936]
Attended the very largely attended Carnamah Tennis Dance at the Carnamah Hall on 17 April 1937 in floral ninon [5: 23-Apr-1937]
Later in April 1937 herself and her children spent a holiday in Perth [5: 30-Apr-1937]
Became Secretary of the Carnamah Social Club in August 1938 on the resignation of K. LUCAS [0: image 03724]
Took advantage of the low wheat prices by purchasing an incubator and breeding large numbers of chooks [0: image 03840]
     Some of those that made up her hatchings came from hens who had laid the prize winning eggs at the Carnamah Show [0: image 03840]                     
     Hatched Reds, Blacks and Whites which were sold through her husband Michael J. CLUNE [0: image 03843]
Member of the Carnamah Tennis Club in 1940 and 1941 [0: images 03939 & 04039]
Along with Elsie PARKIN ran the portion of the Carnamah Social Club for junior members in 1941 [0: image 04043]
Secretary of the Carnamah Social Badminton Club in 1942 [0: image 02957]
Member of the Carnamah Badminton Club 1949-1951 [0: image 04626] [4: 10-Sep-1949]
Along with Eunice ROWLAND and Elsie PARKIN ran the Juvenile Badminton Club in Carnamah in the 1950s [0: images 04676 & 04782]
Resided Lake View Farm, Carnamah from C.1948 [P281] to 1956 [19]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Bassendean [2]
Mother of Joyce, Kevin, Colin, Joan and Ann [P281]
Died 23 November 1993; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, Lawn 9, 173) [2]


Peter SPEEDIE
Born 1879 in Scarsdale, Victoria, Australia [15]
Son of George SPEEDIE and Lucy CRICK [15]
Tailor in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia in 1903 [50]
Married "Ellen" Harriet Ellen HURN in 1906 [66]
Tailor in Laverton, Western Australia in 1907 and 1908 [6]
Tailor in Murrin Murrin, Western Australia in 1909 and 1910 [6]
Upon leaving the goldfields he shifted to Perth where he worked as a Bread Carter carting bread in a horse drawn cart [P281]
Resided at 8 Lytton Avenue in the Perth suburb of Highgate Hill in 1912 [6]
Resided on Selwyn Road in the Perth suburb of Belmont Park 1913-1938 [6]
Travelled from Belmont to Carnamah with his daughter Marion and son-in-law Michael J. CLUNE in June 1937 [5: 11-Jun-1937]
Resided at 12 Selwyn Road in the Perth suburb of Rivervale 1939-1945 [6]
Caretaker of Lake Side Farm in Carnamah for his son-in-law Michael J. CLUNE [P281] in 1947 [19]
After leaving Carnamah he returned to Ballarat to care for one of his sisters who had gone blind [P281]
Father of Jessie, George, Marion and Katherine [P281]
Died C.1959; buried at the Ballarat Cemetery in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia [P281]


Colin Russell SPENCER
Born 22 August 1916 in Clarendon, South Australia [55]
Son of Vivian James SPENCER and Ella Wilkinson KITSON [55]
Resided in Minnipa, South Australia prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 9 July 1940 [16]
     Gunner SX8442 in the Australian Army's 2/14 Field Regiment during the Second World War [16]
     Discharged from the Australian Army on 15 November 1945 [16]
Farmer in Five Gums near Carnamah in Western Australia 1947-1977 [5] [19]
     He was the joint freeholder of the 4,569 acre Lot M1778 of Victoria Location 2022 at Five Gums [61]
     Himself and his brothers appear to have purchased the farm from Glenister A. M. THREADGOLD [60] [61]
     Farmer at Five Gums near Carnamah in partnership with his brothers as "Spencer Bros" [60]
     "Spencer Bros" were telephone number Carnamah-17N [60]
Member of the Billeroo Cricket Club in 1947 and 1948 [0: image 04493] [118]
Member of the Five Gums Tennis Club from 1949-50 to 1963-64 [89]
     Captain and Social Committee Member in 1950-51, and Men's Committee Member from 1954-55 to 1959-60 [89]
     Social Committee Member from 1954-55 to 1956-57, and Auditor from 1955-56 to 1960-61 [89]
     President from 1961-62 to 1963-64, and Grounds Committee Member in 1963-64 [89]
Member of the Carnamah Sub-Branch of the Returned Soldiers League in 1954 [7: page 193]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Bickley [2]
Husband of Coralie [2]
Died 25 February 1995; ashes interred Midland Cemetery, Perth suburb of Midland (Swan View, Ground Niche, B, 6) [2]


Mrs Coralie SPENCER
Born C.1922 [2]
Wife of Colin Russell SPENCER [2]
Resided on farmland at Five Gums near Carnamah 1948-1977 [19]
Member of the Five Gums Tennis Club from 1954-55 to 1963-64 [89]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Swan View [2]
Died 12 January 2003; ashes interred Midland Cemetery, Perth suburb of Midland (Swan View, Ground Niche, B, 6) [2]


Vivian James SPENCER
Born 9 April 1884 in Clarendon, South Australia [55]
Son of George Russell SPENCER and Mary PIGGOTT [55]
Married Ella Wilkinson KITSON on 26 January 1916 in Adelaide, South Australia [55]
Farmer of Gymbowen Farm at Five Gums in Carnamah / Perenjori, Western Australia 1950-1958 [19] [24]
Passed away at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs at the age of 73 years [24]
Father of Colin Russell, Wilton James, Athol Kitson, Owen Phillips, Malcolm John and Brian Vivian [55]
Died 3 July 1958 in Three Springs; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Methodist, Plot 29) [24]


Wilton James SPENCER
Born 6 January 1918 in Clarendon, South Australia [55]
Son of Vivian James SPENCER and Ella Wilkinson KITSON [55]
Resided in Minnipa, South Australian prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 16 March 1942 [16]
Private SX18008 in the Australian Army's 64 Australian Infantry Battalion during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 28 November 1945 [16]
Farmer in Five Gums near Carnamah in Western Australia 1952-1965 [16]
Member of the Five Gums Tennis Club in 1951-52 and 1952-53 [89]
Later resided in the south-eastern Perth suburb of Armadale [2]
Died 19 October 1999; ashes scattered to the wind at the Fremantle Cemetery in the Perth suburb of Palmyra [2]


Mary Isabella SPIERS
Born 1891 in Miners Rest, Victoria, Australia [54]
Daughter of Robert SPIERS and Williamina Frazer MCLELLAN [54]
Married John Richman BRAYSHAW in 1915 in Victoria, Australia [54]
Her husband worked as a Bricklayer and later as a Builder [50]
In 1919 they were living Wilson Street in Ararat, Victoria and in 1931 on Greville Street in Prahan, Victoria [50]
Resided in Carnamah, Western Australia 1932-1935 [4: 1-Jun-1935] [5: 13-Apr-1934]
After being in ill health for some time she underwent an operation at a Perth hospital on Tuesday 5 June 1934 [5: 15-Jun-1934]
One of the three costume judges at the Children's Fancy Dress Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 27 October 1934 [4: 3-Nov-1934]
Along with her three children left Carnamah on Friday 31 May 1935 en route to join her husband in Melbourne [4: 1-Jun-1935] [5: 7-Jun-1935]
Mother of Christina, Robert and Kenneth [54]
Died June 1973; buried Springvale Botanical Cemetery in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Matthews Lawn, Row AJ, Plot 3) [131]


Mary SPILLER
Born 10 July 1899 in Yarcombe, Devon, England [P150]
Daughter of blacksmith Harry SPILLER and Bessie Susan CHARLES [20] [21]
In 1901 she was living with her parents, grandfather and sisters Matilda and Sarah at Stockhouse in Yarcombe, Devon, England [20]
She grew up in the County of Devon and later worked at a hotel in London [P150]
Married (1) a pianist by the surname of WHITE, however he later died [P150]
She had almost saved enough money to buy herself a ticket to Western Australia when it was stolen from her wardrobe [P150]
Continued working at the hotel in London, England until she had once again saved enough money [P150]
Shortly after arrival in Western Australia she secured a job working for John and Janet A. RAFFAN in Winchester [P150]
Resided with the RAFFAN family on Inchgower Farm in Winchester for a number of years ending in 1928 [P150]
Helper and companion for Mrs Janet RAFFAN, during which time she was treated like a sister by George and Gordon RAFFAN [P150]
Member of the Winchester Tennis Club [P150]
Her husband to be Frank BADRICK, who was a newsagent in Carnamah, rode his horse to see her at Winchester [P150]
Prior to their  marriage she was stated to have been "well known" in the Carnamah district [4: 3-Nov-1928]
Attended the wedding dance for Alexander J. F. BROWN and Clara V. BERRIGAN in Carnamah on 28 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Attended the Show Ball following the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show on 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Won 2nd prize for Cakes at the Carnamah Show and Sports Carnival held in Carnamah on Thursday 4 October 1928 [4: 13-Oct-1928]
Married (2) Frank BADRICK on 25 October 1928 at the Carnamah Church [4: 3-Nov-1928]
Bridesmaid at her wedding was Miss Ethel HELLEWELL and best man was Stan O'GRADY [4: 3-Nov-1928]
Their wedding breakfast was held at the home of Edward and Emily HELLEWELL at 2 Caron Street, Carnamah [4: 3-Nov-1928]
Along with her husband spent their honeymoon in Geraldton before retuning to Carnamah on 6 November 1928 [4: 10-Nov-1928]
Resided with her husband and later also daughter at 18 Boojerabba Street in Carnamah 1928-1932 [P150]
One of the five organisers of the Anglican Church Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 1 December 1928 [4: 8-Dec-1928]
On 10 February 1929 held a small party at her home to celebrate the anniversary of her arrival in WA from England [4: 16-Feb-1929]
Attended the Carnamah Cricket Club's Ball held on 2 April 1929 in a dress of figured velvet in autumn tones [4: 27-Apr-1929]
On Saturday 11 May 1929 attended the surprise party tendered to Mrs Ida CROSSING at her home in Carnamah [4: 26-May-1929]
Executive Committee Member of the Carnamah Parents and Citizens Association in 1929 [4: 31-Aug-1929]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Ball on 18 May 1929 in a dress of figured chenille velvet [4: 25-May-1929]
Attended the Plain and Fancy Dress Ball at the Carnamah Town Hall on Thursday 8 August 1929 as a "Harem Lady" [4: 17-Aug-1929]
On 10 September 1929 held a social evening at her home in honour of Mrs Ida CROSSING who was leaving Carnamah [4: 14-Sep-1929]
Attended the Card Evening held at the home of Mrs Johanna BERRIGAN in Carnamah on 12 September 1929 [4: 21-Sep-1929]
Dressed as a "Dutch Girl" she attended the Fancy Dress Ball held in Carnamah on Thursday 28 August 1930 [4: 6-Sep-1930]
Attended the welcome to Rev. Albert and Mrs Murial CURTIS held at the Church Hall in Carnamah on 8 September 1930 [4: 6-Sep-1930]
Won 1st prize for a "Knitted Article in Wool" at the Carnamah Agricultural Show on Thursday 18 September 1930 [4: 27-Sep-1930]
Member of the Carnamah Tennis Club in 1930 [4: 25-Oct-1930]
On the afternoon of 28 September 1930 held a reception at their home following the Christening of their daughter Kelva [4: 4-Oct-1930]
Member of Carnamah's branch of the Country Women's Association (C.W.A.) [5: 23-Sep-1932]
Spent a holiday in Nanson as the guest of Mr and Mrs Paul SHEARD from May to September of 1931 [4: 16-May-1931 & 3-Oct-1931]
Made a donation to the Carnamah branch of the Country Women's Association in 1932 to help them purchase premises [5: 29-Jul-1932]
Won 2nd prize for a Collection of Flowers at the Carnamah Agricultural Show on Thursday 15 September 1932 [5: 23-Sep-1932]
On Saturday 17 September 1932 was farewelled at a social afternoon by the members of the Carnamah C.W.A. [5: 23-Sep-1932]
The members of the C.W.A. gave her a polished jarrah nut bowl and dainty Early Victorian posies for herself and her daughter [5]
Herself and her husband were publicly farewelled at a social held at the Carnamah Hall on 1 November 1932 [5: 4-Nov-1932]
Mother of Kelva [4: 3-May-1930]


Mrs Dora Townley SPORK
Wife of "Jack" Johan Christian SPORK; see Dora Townley RIVETT


"Jack" Johan Christian SPORK
Born 26 July 1894 in Rotterdam, Holland [16]
Son of Johan Christian SPORK [94]
Initially worked on boats in Rotterdam and later worked on one that came to Western Australia, where he jumped ship [P239]
Arrived on the S.S. Mombassa in Bunbury, Western Australia on 14 May 1913 [30: item 1770846]
In 1915 was working as a sawmill hand in Wagin and in 1916 was living at 23 Woolwich Street in the Perth suburb of Leederville [30]
Became a naturalised Australian citizen on 8 July 1916, and in Perth on the same day was passed as fit to enlist in the A.I.F. [30]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force at the Blackboy Hill military camp on 11 July 1916 [30: item 8091361]
     On enlistment was 5 feet 5½ inches tall, weighed 155 pounds, and had blue eyes, fair hair and a fresh complexion [30]
     Gave his father Johan Christian SPORK as his next of kin, his address being 225 Breede Hilledyk, Rotterdam, Holland [30]
     At Blackboy Hill on 1 November 1916 he was appointed to the 7th Reinforcements of the 51st Battalion [30]
     Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A8 Argyllshire on 9 November 1916 [30]
     Disembarked in Devonport, England on 10 January 1917 and after further training proceeded to France on 10 April 1917 [30]
     Private 2983 in the Australian Imperial Force's 51st Battalion in France during the First World War [30]
     Wounded in Action in France on 11 October 1917, and received treatment at a field hospital for a gunshot wound to his knee [30]
     Returned to duty in November 1917, however was again Wounded in Action in France on 24 April 1918 [30]
     Admitted to a field hospital in France for treatment for a machine gun bullet in his foot, and then invalided back to England [30]
     Married Dora Townley RIVETT on 26 December 1918 at Saint Mary's Church in Liscard, Cheshire, England [30] [30: item 8091361]
     Along with his wife departed England on the Konigin Luise and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 2 August 1919 [30]
     Discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 10 September 1919; received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [30]
Farmer of Liscard Farm in Carnamah 1921-1929 [P239]
     Obtained farmland on the Carnamah Estate in Carnamah through the Repatriation Department's Soldier Settlement Scheme [P239]
     In 1920 or early 1921 settled on the farm, which they named Liscard after Dora's native parish in England [P239]
     He was the freehold owner of his 1022 acre farm, which was Victoria Location 7175 on the Carnamah Estate [44] [61]
     The farm's sole income was through the growing of wheat, which was undertaken with working horses [P239]
     Their transport throughout their time in Carnamah was a horse a cart [P239]
     Employed farmhands who resided on the farm, including John BROWN and a man whose first name was Owen [P239] [19]
Signed the petition in February 1923 for the Irwin Licensing Court to grant a hotel license for Carnamah [10: 9-Mar-1923]
Had an account with Carnamah blacksmith, wheelwright and motor mechanics Henry Parkin & Son from 1925 to 1928 [53]
They were good friends with Harry & Frances DUNNING and Walter & Rosetta LOCKWOOD of Carnamah [P239]
In October 1928 a fire started on the railway line and spread to his farm, burning 14 acres of crop before being subdued [4: 3-Nov-1928]
     The fire which destroyed 14 acres of crop was the first fire reported for all of the North Midlands for the 1928-29 season [4]
His wife wished to return to England so arrangements were made to sell the farm [P239]
     The Irwin Index reported on 10 November 1928 that he'd sold his farm walk in walk out for £4.12.6 per acre [4: 10-Nov-1928]
     The buyer was to be F. A. BURDEN of Woodville, South Australia however the sale fell through [3] [4] [P239]
Attended the farewell for Jack & Annie LYNCH at the home of Mr & Mrs R. W. CLARK in Carnamah on 6 April 1929 [4: 13-Apr-1929]
As they'd expected to sell the farm no allowances had been made for the next season's crop, on the dawn of the depression [P239]
Won the Married Men's Running Race at the Centenary Celebrations in Carnamah on 13 September 1929 [4: 21-Sep-1929]
They walked off the farm in Carnamah later in 1929 and shifted to the Perth suburb of Maylands [P239]
Initially they resided in a rented house in Maylands and later in their own home in Peninsula Road, Maylands [P239]
To begin with he was unemployed and did some sustenance work before securing a job with the Water Supply Department [P239]
He remained the owner of his farm until 1933, however the Carnamah District Road Board didn't have his address to send rates to [3]
His farmland in Carnamah was forfeited on 25 August 1933 and was subsequently re-sold to William M. NEWMAN of Carnamah [3]
Enlisted in the Australian Army on 20 May 1940 [16]
Sapper W235111 in the Australian Army's 7 Workshop and Park Coy RAE during the Second World War [16]
During a portion of the Second World War he served with the Australian Army in South Australia [P239]
Besides his time in the Australian Army he worked for the Water Supply Department until his retirement [P239]
Resided with his wife at their home in Peninsula Road in the Perth suburb of Maylands until his death in 1968 [P239]
Father of Dora, Dora, Jack and Joan [P239]
Died 20 February 1968; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Lawn 2, Niche Wall, W1, 1) [2]


John SPORT
Born C.1866 [29]
Native of Carnamah [1]
Died 4 January 1932 in Carnamah; buried at the Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row J, Plot 4) [1] [29]


Stuart Carter SQUIER
Born 17 June 1889 in Horndon on the Hill, Essex, England [16] [20]
Son of Joseph Ernest SQUIER and Mary BLYTH [20] [21]
In 1891 was living with his parents, sister Edith and brother John at The Roohery in Mucking, Essex, England [20]
In 1901 resided with his parents and siblings Edith, John, Murial and Guy in Southward Road in Stanford le Hope, Essex, England [20]
On the night of the 1901 census he was a visitor in the home of George and Ann JACKSON in Shenfield, Essex, England [20]
Departed London, England on the Largs Bay and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 14 June 1928 [63]
Farmhand in Carnamah, Western Australia in 1928, 1929 and 1930 [4] [19]
Member of the Carnamah Cricket Club in 1928-29 [4: 10-Nov-1928, 26-Jan-1929]
On Sunday 28 October 1928 played in the first ever cricket match of the Coorow and Districts Cricket Association [4: 3-Nov-1928]
Member of a team of single man who were defeated by a married men's team at cricket in Carnamah in November 1928 [4: 24-Nov-1928]
In mid February 1929 was one of five Carnamah cricketers who travelled to Perth to participate in country week cricket [4: 16-Feb-1929]
Married Kathleen Mary DEAN in 1929 [66]
Storekeeper in Piawaning 1936-1947 [6] [50]
Private W73732 in the Australian Army Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Later resided in the northern coastal Perth suburb of North Beach [2]
Died 25 November 1967; buried Fremantle Cemetery, Perth suburb of Palmyra (Anglican, A7, 267) [2]


Eva STACK
Married "Joe" Joseph LAWSON in 1923 [66] [91]
Resided in Carnamah in 1924 [91]
Mother of Richard [91]


Mrs Gerda Mary SRACY
Wife of Brian Paul STACY; see Gerda Mary GILLOGLEY


Brian Paul STACY
Born 24 February 1910 in Perth, Western Australia [16]
Son of Charles Edwin STACY and Georgina Phillipa TANDY [5: 9-Jun-1933] [15]
Bank Officer at the Bank of New South Wales in Carnamah 1931-1935 [5: 30-Jun-1933, 22-Mar-1935] [19] [50]
Groomsman at the wedding of Thomas H. PARKIN and Majorie E. PIESING in Carnamah in 1931 [4: 15-Aug-1931]
Committee Member of the Carnamah Athletic Club in 1932 [4: 6-Feb-1932]
Prize donor and one of the costume judges at the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Carnamah on 18 August 1932 [5: 26-Aug-1932]
Member of the Carnamah Tennis Club - Captain in 1932-33 and 1933-34 and Secretary in 1934-35 [5: 21-Oct-1932, 13-Oct-1933, 10-Aug-1934]
Member of the Carnamah Race Club - was Assistant Secretary 1932-1934 [4: 12-Mar-1932] [5: 5-Aug-1932, 24-Nov-1933]
Married Gerda Mary GILLOGLEY on Monday 26 June 1933 at Saint Mary's Cathedral in Perth [5: 9-Jun-1933]
    His best man was his brother Keith STACY and bridesmaid was Miss Mary MELDRUM [5: 30-Jun-1933]
    After their wedding reception at the Rex Charlton in Hay Street, Perth they caught the train to Carnamah [5]
Himself and his wife were tendered a Kitchen & Linen Tea at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 1 July 1933 [5: 3-Jun-1933, 7-Jul-1933]
     The Kitchen & Linen Tea was organised by the local sporting bodies and included a Social and Dance to which all were invited [5]
Committee Member in 1933 and Treasurer in 1934 of the Carnamah Football Club [5: 8-Sep-1933, 20-Apr-1934]
Represented the Carnamah Tennis Club at meetings of the Carnamah District Tennis Association in 1933-34 [5: 25-Aug-1933]
Member of the Carnamah Committee of the North Midlands Popular Girl Competition in 1933 [5: 21-Jul-1933]
Member of the Carnamah Repertory Club - was Treasurer in 1933 and 1934 [5: 2-Jun-1933, 13-Apr-1934]
Attended the Repertory Club Social held in Carnamah on Thursday 18 May 1933 [5: 26-May-1933]
Competitor in John A. KENNY's Billiard Tournament conducted within Mackie's Buildings in Carnamah in 1933 [5: 2-Jun-1933]
Attended the farewell of Norman and Fielda SOMERS in Carnamah on Saturday 15 July 1933 [5: 21-Jul-1933]
Played Philip in "The Boy Comes Home" at the Carnamah Repertory Club's Inaugural Concert on 21 August 1933 [5: 25-Aug-1933] [72]
Played the burglar in "The Burglar and the Girl" at the Carnamah Repertory Club's 2nd Concert on 30 November 1933 [5: 1-Dec-1933]
Attended the Carnamah Tennis Club's Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 9 December 1933 [5: 15-Dec-1933]
Also attended the Carnamah Tennis Club's Flannel Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 3 February 1934 [5: 9-Feb-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Smoke Social held in Carnamah on Thursday 26 April 1934 [5: 4-May-1934]
On Saturday 12 May 1934 attended the Carnamah Football Club's Grand Opening Ball at the Carnamah Hall [5: 18-May-1934]
Member of the Carnamah Golf Club in 1934 [4: 7-Jul-1934]
Played Sir George Newton in "Pearly Pearls" at the Carnamah Repertory Club's 3rd Concert on Thursday 26 July 1934 [5: 27-Jul-1934]
He was said to have come from a family famous in the world of drama [4: 29-Dec-1934]
Attended the Repertory Social, of plays, community singing and dancing, held in Carnamah on 15 August 1934 [5: 17-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]
Member and Secretary of the Carnamah Committee of Timberlands Woodpulp Company bondholders in 1934 [5: 5-Oct-1934]
Competitor in the Parkinson Tennis Club's Open Championship Tournament in Carnamah on Tuesday 1 January 1935 [5: 21-Dec-1934]
One of the speakers at the Farewell Social to local chemist Douglas WALDBY on 17 January 1935 at the Carnamah Hall [5: 8-Feb-1935]
Himself and his wife were tendered a Farewell Social and Dance at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 16 March 1935 [5: 15-Mar-1935]
     Their farewell was given by the residents of Carnamah and the local organisations of which they were members [5: 22-Mar-1935]
     Speakers spoke of himself and Gerda in eulogistic terms, including his energy and thoroughness with anything he undertook [5]
     They received a Brass Smoker's Stand from the Carnamah Repertory Club and a 400 day clock from the people of Carnamah [5]
Left Carnamah by car with "many pleasant memories" on 27 March 1935 after being transferred to Kununoppin [5: 22 & 29-Mar-1935]
Bank Clerk at the Bank of New South Wales in Kununoppin 1935-1938 [5] [6] [50]
Enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force in Perth on 9 December 1940 [16]
     Flight Lieutenant 406446 in the Royal Australian Air Force's 11 Squadron during the Second World War [16]
     Discharged from the Royal Australian Air Force on 14 January 1946 [16]
Father of Mary [91]
Died November 1999 in New South Wales, Australia [289]


Eric Mervyn STACY
Born C.1927 [2]
Farmhand in Carnamah 1949-1958 [19]
In 1949 worked for John BOWMAN on The Home Farm in Carnamah [19]
Resided of late in Cervantes [2]
Died 9 March 2002; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery in the Perth suburb of Nedlands [2]


Laura Daisy STAFFORD
Born 1892 in Littleton Upon Severn, Yorkshire, England [20] [21]
Daughter of Henry James STAFFORD and Laura GOUGH [20] [21]
In 1901 was resident with her parents, brothers Samuel, Arthur, Edward and sister Margaret at Rock House in Littleton [20]
Resided in Littleton Upon Severn in Yorkshire, England until leaving England in 1922 [P237]
Departed Southampton, England on the S.S. Diogenes and arrived in Albany, Western Australia on 22 September 1922 [P237]
Among her luggage was her wedding dress which she had made and wedding presents including china and cutlery [P237]
On arrival immediately travelled from Albany to Perth for her wedding the following day [P237]
Married "Tom" Thomas POOLE on 23 September 1922 in Victoria Park WA [P237]
Initially resided with her husband in the Perth suburb of Victoria Park 1922-1925 [P237]
Gave birth to a son, Leslie Stafford POOLE, however he died on 3 January 1925, aged a few months [P237] [2]
In August 1925 her husband purchased 1590 acres of land at Winchester in partnership with his father, brother and brother-in-law [27]
Resided on Elberton Farm near Billeroo in East Winchester 1925-1934 [P237]
Initially kept two cows, but later walked with her daughter to CHAPMAN's farm each evening to collect a can of separated milk [P237]
On occasion would walk with her daughter and visit neighbouring wives and their children [P237]
Those they visited were Edna FOWLER, May NINEHAM, Edith NINEHAM, Lizzie LAWSON and Ivy LAWSON [P237]
At harvest time sewed up the bags of wheat as they came off the harvester [P237]
Taught her daughter by correspondence prior to her attending the Billeroo State School [P237]
Was the only person in the Billeroo area who owned an organ so it was transported to the Billeroo School Hall for each Sunday [P237]
Played the pedal organ for the two services at the Billeroo Hall and then loaded it back onto a truck or cart and returned home [P237]
Her organ was also taken to social gatherings held at the Billeroo Hall where she played it to accompany singing and solos [P237]
Accompanied her husband into Carnamah town once a month to purchase groceries including sugar and flour by the sack [P237]
In 1932 returned to England with her daughter Daisy for the birth of her third child [P237]
     Was tendered a Farewell and Valedictory Social on 3 August 1932 at the Billeroo School Hall prior to her departure [5: 12-Aug-1932]
     Departed Fremantle, Western Australia on the steamship Balranald and arrived in London, England on 15 September 1932 [204]
     During their time in England they resided on Stock Farm in Littleton Upon Severn in Yorkshire, England [204]
     Departed Southampton, England on the steamship Jervis Bay and arrived back in Western Australia on 9 June 1933 [5: 7-Jul-1933] [63]
Herself, her husband and their children were tendered a Farewell Social at the Billeroo School Hall on Wednesday 10 April 1935 [5]
Their farewell consisted of musical items, games, supper and speeches - which made mention of their sterling qualities as citizens [5]
After a residence of almost ten years left the Winchester district on Monday 15 April 1935 and shifted to Perth [5: 12-Apr-1935]
Along with her husband and children resided in South Perth until 1938, when they returned to England [P237]
On 14 May 1938 they departed Fremantle on the steamship Jervis Bay and about a month later arrived in Southampton, England [P237]
Resided in the counties of Gloucestershire and Somerset in England [P237]
Mother of Leslie, Daisy and Geoffrey [P237]
Died 1972 in England; buried Elberton Churchyard in Elberton, Gloucestershire, England [P237]


Mervyn Alexander STALKER
Born 1887 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia [30]
Son of Dugald STALKER and Christina TORRENS [15]
Married Blanche Alvena STARICK in 1914 [66]
Labourer in the Perth suburb of Gosnells [50]
Clearing Contractor in partnership with Frederick A. STARICK - traded as "Stalker & Starick" [34]
     Undertook clearing in Carnamah for the Midland Railway Company variously from January 1916 to September 1916 [34]
     Included in the land they cleared was 100 acres on Lot M952 and 200 acres on Lot M965 [34]
     In September 1916 their Carnamah clearing contract with the Midland Railway Company was given to KLAEBE Bros [34]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in Perth on 6 June 1916 [30: item 8091768]
     Upon enlistment he was 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighed 138 pounds and had blue eyes, brown hair and a fresh complexion [30]
     Gave his wife as his next of kin, her postal address being care of the Post Office in Gosnells [30]
     After training at Blackboy Hill was appointed on 28 September 1916 to the 4th Reinforcements of the 44th Infantry Battalion [30]
     Embarked Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A39 Port Macquarie on 13 October 1916 [30]
     Disembarked in Plymouth, England on 12 December 1916 and after further training proceeded to France on 17 January 1918 [30]
     Private 2403 in the Australian Imperial Force's 44th Infantry Battalion in France during the First World War [30]
     Wounded in Action in France on 28 March 1918 and was invalided to England with a gunshot wound to his left forearm [30]
     Embarked from England on the D22 Arawa and disembarked in Fremantle, Western Australia on 10 November 1918 [30]
     Discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 21 April 1919; received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [30]
Farmer in Kirup 1920-1924 [6]
Farmer of Harefield Farm in Newdegate 1925-1929 [6] [50]
Farmer of Edendale Farm in Kudardup in 1936 [50]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Nedlands [2]
Died 8 June 1968; cremated at the Fremantle Cemetery in the Perth suburb of Palmyra [2]
Registered at birth as Alexander Mervyn STALKER [15]


"Blue" / "Ron" Colin Robert STANNARD
Born 1 May 1932 [96]
Eldest son of "Bob" Robert STANNARD and "May" Dorothy May ELLIOTT [2] [45] [66]
Member of the Carnamah Cricket Club in 1950 - played for Carnamah Town [0: image 04533]
Member of the Carnamah Men's Hockey Club in 1951 [7: page 202]
Member of the Carnamah Badminton Club in 1951-1954 - was Vice President in 1954 [0: image 04626] [75]
Painter in Three Springs in 1955 and 1956 [19]
After time spent in Queensland returned to Carnamah, Western Australia in 1960 [7: page 206]
Painter / Painting Contractor in Carnamah [84] [96]
Resided at 5 Yarra Street in the Carnamah townsite [84]
Became a member of the Carnamah Masonic Lodge No.150 WAC on 16 December 1960 [96]
Along with Dick ATKINSON and Ron RAYNER formed the new Carnamah Basketball Club [7: page 206]
Member of the Carnamah Basketball Club [7: page 206]
Foundation Member of the Carnamah Bowling Club [45]
Member of the Carnamah Apex Club - was President 1966-67 [7: page 181]
Member of the Carnamah Golf Club - was President in 1976 [7: page 211]
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society -1971 [13]
Donated the Carnamah Golf Club's Honour Board [7: page 210]
Member of the Winchester Cemetery Management and Advisory Committee in 1989 [254]
Later resided in Green Head [2]
Husband of Joyce [45]
Father of Colin, Junita and Richelle [45]
Died suddenly on 28 September 1999 in Green Head; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery in the Perth suburb of Nedlands [2] [45]


Frederick James STANTON
Born C.1902 [2]
Married Teresa Mary EGAN in Perth in 1929 [66]
Resided in Winchester in 1929 [91]
Attended the Euchre Party and Dances held fortnightly in Winchester in August and September 1929 [4: 17-Aug-1929, 7 & 21-Sep-1929]
Poultry Farmer in East Rockingham in 1936 [50]
Resided in Rockingham until his death in 1979 [2]
Father of Henry [91]
Died 27 February 1979; buried Fremantle Cemetery, Perth suburb of Palmyra (Roman Catholic, CC, 527) [2]


Mrs Teresa Mary STANTON
Wife of Frederick James STANTON; see Teresa Mary EGAN


"Reg" Reginald STANTON
Farmhand in Carnamah 1936-1941 [19] [50]
Member of the Gimlet Hill Tennis Club in 1932 [5: 30-Sep-1932]
Attended the Surprise 21st Birthday for George AUNGER in Carnamah on Sunday 2 October 1932 [5: 7-Oct-1932]


"Joe" Joseph Frederick STARCEVICH
Born 20 August 1915 in Laverton, Western Australia [16]
Resided in Grass Patch prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 23 October 1940 [16]
Private WX8758 in the Australian Army's 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion during the Second World war [16]
He had been a Prisoner of War, and was discharged from the Australian Army on 13 February 1946 [16]
Through Second World War he "went through hell and back" and over the rest of his life had to have countless operations [45]
Resided in Carnamah 1958-1970 [19]
Farmhand for his brother L. Thomas STARCEVICH in Carnamah and later for the WALLACE family in Coorow [P66]
Husband of Myrtle [45]
Father of Kevin, Colin, Brian and Norma [45]
Died 27 May 2007 [45] and at his request his body was given for research [P329]


Mrs Kathleen Betty STARCEVICH
Born C.1924 [2]
Wife of "Tom" Leslie Thomas STARCEVICH [19]
Resided on farmland in Carnamah in the 1950s and 1960s [19]
Gave birth to a daughter in November 1954 at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs [0: image 04744]
Committee Member of Carnamah's branch of the Women's R.S.L. Auxiliary in 1955 [4: 18-Dec-1954]
Resided of late in the southern coastal Perth suburb of Safety Bay [2]
Died 26 May 2002 [2]


"Tom" Leslie Thomas STARCEVICH
Born 5 September 1918 in Subiaco, Western Australia [16]
Resided in Norseman prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 9 April 1941 [16]
Private WX11519 in the Australian Army's 2/43 Australian Infantry Battalion during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 12 February 1946 [16]
Resident of Green Bushes WA in 1947 [18]
On 25 May 1947 was presented with the Victoria Cross by the Lieutenant-Governor of Western Australia [18]
Had been awarded the Victoria Cross for conspicuous gallantry at Beaufort in North Borneo on 28 June 1945 [18]
Farmer in Carnamah in the 1950s and 1960s [19]
Member of Carnamah's branch of the Red Cross Society [141]
Member of the Carnamah Sub-Branch of the Returned Soldiers League in 1954 [7: page 193]
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society -1971 [13]
Husband of Kathleen Betty [19]


Frederick August STARICK
Born C.1889 [2]
Married Elizabeth NEALE in 1916 [66]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Gosnells [34]
Clearing Contractor in partnership with Mervyn A. STALKER - traded as "Stalker & Starick" [34]
They undertook clearing in Carnamah for the Midland Railway Company variously from January 1916 to September 1916 [34]
     In 1916 cleared 100 acres on Lot M952 in Carnamah and another 100 acres on Lot M956 in Carnamah, for 23/- per acre [34]
     They were also contracted to clear 200 acres on Lot M965 in Coorow [34]
     In May 1916 had in Gosnells a cow with a very young calf and offered it to John S. ROOKE of Carnamah for £10 [34]
     In September 1916 their clearing contract with the Midland Railway Company was given to KLAEBE Bros [34]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Gosnells until his death in 1964 [2]
Died 23 February 1964; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Lutheran, BA, 67) [2]


Mr STARK
Described as "a very rough looking man" [88]
On 23 April 1936 he was hanging around the Winchester General Store and Post Office at Winchester Siding [88]
Mrs MULLIGAN of the Winchester Store was scared of him and considered he was up to no good so telephoned the police [88]
Const. Maurice PLUNKETT of the Carnamah Police Station interviewed him however ascertained he had done nothing wrong [88]
He had been hanging around the store knowing farmers called there as he was hoping to obtain a job with one [88]
A short time later he was successful in securing work with a farmer in Winchester [88]
Farmhand in Winchester in 1936 [88]


Edward Harvey STATHAM
Born 27 July 1880 in Rio de Janiro, Brazul [30]
Son of John Richard and Alice Maud STATHAM of Cheshire, England [17]
Contractor in Carnamah, Western Australia prior to enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force on 26 August 1914 [30: item 8060935] [35]
Upon enlistment he was 5 feet 6½ inches tall, weighed 128 pounds and had brown eyes, black hair and a dark complexion [30]
After training at Blackboy Hill he was on 6 October 1914 appointed to the Australian Imperial Force's 11th Battalion [30]
Private 104 in the Australian Imperial Force's 11th Battalion in Alexandria, Egypt and on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey [30]
Killed in Action shortly after landing upon the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April 1915 [30]
He was initially listed as Missing in Action until a Court of Inquiry found him to have been Killed in Action on 25 April 1915 [30]
Memorialised on the Lone Pine Memorial at the Lone Pine Cemetery on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey [17]
His name also appears on Carnamah's Roll of Honour and the Carnamah War Memorial [35]


Miss "Gwen" Gweneth M. STATON
Born 1923 [15]
Resided in Carnamah in 1947 and 1948 [0: image 04459] [72]
Assistant Teacher at the Carnamah State School in 1948, on an annual salary of £330 [73]
Steward of the Educational section at the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1947 [13]
Member of the Carnamah Repertory Club in 1948 [72]
During her time in Carnamah resided at the Carnamah Hotel at 22 Macpherson Street, Carnamah [P4]


Thomas Shirley STAYT
Born 1884 in Canada [2] [20]
Son of farmer Thomas Moore STAYT and Margaret GRIFFIN [20] [21]
In 1891 was living with his parents and brothers Claude and George at Lobbington Hall in Butlers Marston, Warwickshire, England [20]
His mother passed away at the age of 38 years in 1899 and in 1901 his father married his aunt Leah Etheline GRIFFIN [21]
In 1901 was living with his parents, two brothers and sister Mabel on Swell Hill Farm in Lower Swell, Gloucestershire, England [20]
He was an Ironmonger's Apprentice in 1901 and later gave his occupation as an Architect [20] [70] [203]
Married Nellie BAKER in 1905 in London, England [21]
Departed London, England with his wife and their son Thomas Claude STAYT on the Gothic on 29 February 1912 [203]
They arrived on the Gothic in Fremantle, Western Australia on 10 April 1912 [70]
In 1916 he was working as a Commission Traveller and living at Leamington on Davies Road in the Perth suburb of Claremont [50]
Salesman for the Vacuum Oil Company in Moora 1934-1936 [5: 30-Nov-1934] [50]
Himself and his wife resided in Gardiner Street, Moora [50]
Won the bridge competition at the Bridge and Euchre Evening at the Convent in Three Springs on 21 August 1933 [5: 25-Aug-1933]
Attended a conference of Vacuum Oil Company officials at the Carnamah Hotel in Carnamah on 23 November 1934 [5: 30-Nov-1934]
His 27 year old son was accidentally wounded in the stomach in March 1935, and received treatment in Katanning [5: 15-Mar-1935]
Donated a trophy to the Coorow Golf Club in 1935, which was won in a stroke competition by Mrs Eliza LAMPARD [5: 16-Aug-1935]
On behalf of the Vacuum Oil Company successfully requested for a fuel bowser in Coorow to be moved to a new site [5: 23-Aug-1935]
      The bowser in question was moved from outside Robert J. WELLS store to in front of the North Midlands Farmers Co-op store [5]
Helped transport children of the Carnamah State School to Three Springs for inter-school sports on Friday 27 September 1935 [5]
     After the inter-school sports himself and Mrs Florence E. BREWER entertained the children with light refreshments [5: 4-Oct-1935]
Donated the Ladies Bridge Prize for the Carnamah Parents & Citizens Association's Card Evening on 17 October 1935 [5: 11-Oct-1935]
Competitor in the Billiard Tournament held in Three Springs in May 1936 to raise funds for the Hospital in Three Springs [5: 8-May-1936]
Speaker at the Farewell Smoke Social to local Co-op manager Harold BARNETT in Three Springs on 14 September 1936 [5: 18-Sep-1936]
Attended the funeral of Carnamah agent William B. SHERIDAN at the Winchester Cemetery on 27 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Attended the Carnamah Repertory Club's Social Evening & Play Presentation at the Carnamah Hall on 17 June 1936 [5: 19-Jun-1936]
Made a contribution for the Reunion of South Australians in the North Midlands held in Carnamah on 26 September 1936 [5: 2-Oct-1936]
Attended the Bucks Party for George A. RAFFAN and Eric J. BRADLEY of Winchester in Coorow on 7 October 1936 [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Donated a trophy to the Coorow Golf Club in 1936, which was won by Miss Mary ROBERTS of Waddy Forest [5: 30-Oct-1936]
Member of the Moora Golf Club in 1937 [5: 18-Jun-1937]
     Among those from Moora who travelled to Coorow to play against the Coorow Golf Club on Sunday 11 July 1937 [5: 16-Jul-1937]
Representative for the Vacuum Oil Company in Carnamah in 1937 [0: image 02887]
He was farewelled at a function at the Carnamah Hotel on 14 December 1937 [0: image 02887]
Left Carnamah in December 1937 after being transferred to Perth [0: image 02887]
Resided at 2 Holland Street in the Perth suburb of Wembley Park 1938-1940 [6]
Resided at 36 Simper Street in the Perth suburb of Wembley Park from 1941 until at least 1949 [6]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley [2]
Died 26 December 1969; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, Niche Wall, WC, 124) [2]


Edna May STEELE
Born 1901 in Cottesloe, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of John STEELE and Elizabeth RUSSELL [15]
In 1925 she was living with her parents on Eleanor Street in Geraldton [50]
Married "Rupe" Rupert William Johnson ROWLAND in 1928 [66]
Resided with her husband on Glenrock Farm in Carnamah from 1928 until the early 1940s [19]
Attended Charles ROBERTSON and Winifred LANG's wedding dance on 27 March 1928 at the Carnamah Hall [4: 31-Mar-1928]
Attended the Show Ball following the annual Carnamah Show on 18 September 1930 in a frock of crepe de chine [4: 4-Oct-1930]
Attended the Carnamah Grand Ball at the town hall on Thursday 28 July 1932 in a gown of blue crepe-de-chine [5: 5-Aug-1932]
Attended the Carnamah Roman Catholic Church's Annual Ball held at the Carnamah town hall on 6 August 1932 [5: 19-Aug-1932]
On the evening of Thursday 15 March 1934 attended the Carnamah Race Club's Annual Dance at the Carnamah Hall [5: 16-Mar-1934]
Attended the Repertory Social, of plays, community singing and dancing, held in Carnamah on 15 August 1934 [5: 17-Aug-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]
Member of the Carnamah Golf Club in 1935 and 1936 [5: 7-Jun-1935, 8-May-1936]
Attended the Show Ball after the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 12 September 1935 wearing a dress of biscuit georgette [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Sold one steer for £3/17/6 and five steers at £2/2/6 per head through Elder Smith & Co Ltd on 13 November 1935 [5: 15-Nov-1935]
After a holiday in Perth herself, her husband and their children returned to Carnamah on Saturday 14 March 1936 [5: 20-Mar-1936]
Within the next few weeks they spent another enjoyable holiday in Geraldton, Dongara and Irwin [5: 3-Apr-1936]
Attended the Carnamah Golf Club's 1936 season Opening Day at Centenary Park in Carnamah on Sunday 26 April 1936 [5: 1-May-1936]
Attended the Coorow Golf Club's Opening Day for the 1936 season in Coorow on Sunday 17 May 1936 [5: 22-May-1936]
Attended the Carnamah Repertory Club's Social Evening & Play Presentation at the Carnamah Hall on 17 June 1936 [5: 19-Jun-1936]
Sold eight head of cattle through Dalgety & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 18 November 1936 [5: 20-Nov-1936]
     The cattle comprised two bullocks at £10/10/-, two cows at £8/10/- and four heifers at £5/3/9 per head (a total of £58/16/-) [5]
Attended the Coronation Ball at the Carnamah Hall on 12 May 1937 in "Margaret Rose pink blistered crepe" [5: 14-May-1937]
Herself and her husband were among the 80 who attended the Carnamah Repertory Club's Social Evening on 25 June 1937 [5: 2-Jul-1937]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of South Perth [2]
Mother of Helen and Graeme [142]
Died 28 December 1990; cremated at the Fremantle Cemetery, Perth suburb of Palmyra [2]


Eunice Maud STEELE
Born 20 April 1911 in Geraldton, Western Australia [P140]
Daughter of John STEELE and Elizabeth RUSSELL [P140]
Educated at the Geraldton State School and Stella Maris College [64]
On the completion of her schooling she worked in Geraldton, Yuna and in Yallingup [64]
Whilst holidaying in Carnamah visiting her sister Mrs Edna ROWLAND she met her sister's brother-in-law Harry ROWLAND [64]
Resided in Yuna in 1933 [19]
Attended the Carnamah Basketball Club's Dance at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 29 July 1933 [5: 4-Aug-1933]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Monster Ball on Saturday 2 September 1933 in a dress of apricot organdie [5: 8-Sep-1933]
Member of the Winchester Tennis Club in 1933-34 [5: 1-Dec-1933, 15-Dec-1933]
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 Carnamah Football Club's Premiership Ball on Saturday 20 October 1934 in a dress of floral taffeta [5: 26-Oct-1934]
Travelled from Geraldton to Carnamah by train on Thursday 25 July 1935 [5: 26-Jul-1935]
Resided in Carnamah prior to her marriage in 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Member of the Carnamah Tennis Club in 1935-36 [5: 3, 10 & 31-Jan-1936]
Herself and her husband-to-be travelled from Carnamah to Perth on Thursday 30 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Married Harry Mark Godfrey ROWLAND in Perth in 1936 [66]
Initially resided with her husband on HOLLINGSWORTH Bros' farm near the Inering Estate in Carnamah [64]
Member of the Carnamah Tennis Club in 1935-36 and 1936-37 [5: 6-Mar-1936, 12-Mar-1937]
After a few years moved into Carnamah town and resided at 14 Robertson Street (previously the Carnamah Private Hospital) [P140]
They rented the house at 14 Robertson Street from Thomas J. BERRIGAN until it was sold in late 1946 [3]
Resided at 10 Robertson Street, Carnamah 1947-1998 [P140]
     Rented the house at 10 Robertson Street from Charles J. DALLIMORE before she purchased it from him on 1 November 1949 [3]
     The house at 10 Robertson Street had been moved by Charles J. DALLIMORE from 11 Macpherson Street, Carnamah [P92]
     She was the third person to own the block 10 Robertson Street, Carnamah (Lot 74 of Victoria Location 1936) [3] [27]
Member of the Carnamah Air Observation Corps during WW2 - filled the first daylight shift on 10 February 1942 [0: image 04066]
Member of the Carnamah Tennis Club in 1945 [0: image 04374]
Committee Member of the Carnamah Golf Club in 1951 [0: image 04616]
Along with Marion CLUNE and Elsie PARKIN ran the Juvenile Badminton Club in Carnamah in the 1950s [0: images 04676 & 04782]
Member of the Carnamah Tennis Club in 1953 - played for Carnamah Blue [0: image 04722]
Committee Member of the Carnamah Tennis Club in 1955 [0: image 04787]
Member of the Carnamah Red Cross - Secretary 1966-1968, Vice President 1981-1984, 20 year Long Service Medal in 1979 [141]
Attended the "Day of Pioneers" luncheon held at the Shire Council Chambers in Carnamah on 13 October 1982 [253]
Adopted a kangaroo named Lena which lived in the yard of their home in Robertson Street, Carnamah [P140]
Mother of Darryl and Haydn [14]
Died 9 October 1998; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row T, Plot 6) [1]


Irwin Alexander STEELE
Born 17 May 1906 in Cottesloe, Western Australia [16]
Son of John STEELE and Elizabeth RUSSELL [P140]
Married Merle Ida CRIDDLE in 1932 [66]
Shop Assistant in Yuna in 1933 [19]
Shop Assistant at Youanmi on the Murchison goldfields in 1936 [50]
Resided in Carnamah for twelve months over 1941 and 1942 [0: image 04125]
Private in Carnamah's local Volunteer Defence Corps in 1942 [16]
In July 1942 advertised in the North Midland Times paper that he had a Ford V8 Sedan car and Radiola Wireless for sale [0: image 04109]
Along with his wife left Carnamah on 1 August 1942 [0: image 04125]
Enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force on 15 August 1942 [16]
Corporal 81686 in the Royal Australian Air Force's 20 Squadron during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Royal Australian Air Force on 25 January 1946 [16]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Subiaco [2]
Died 19 March 1981; ashes scattered to the wind at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]


John STEELE
Born 24 June 1867 in Belfast, Victoria, Australia [P140]
Son of John STEELE and Eliza Jane FRECKLETON [P140]
Married Elizabeth RUSSELL on 12 February 1898 in North Fremantle, Western Australia [P140]
Builder in Perth and later in Geraldton [P140]
Resided on Bishop Street (now Pearce Street) in the Perth suburb of Fremantle and later on Chapman Road in Geraldton [P140]
For a number years spent a month of each year in Carnamah staying with his daughters Edna and Eunice [P140]
Resided in Carnamah with his daughter Eunice and son in law Harry ROWLAND in 1945 [0: image 04315]
Resident of late at Sunset Home in the Perth suburb of Nedlands [P140]
Father of Stanley, Edna, Irwin, Russell and Eunice [P140]
Died 21 January 1952; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, SC, 177) [2]


"Daphne" Alberta Daphne STEPHENS
Born 9 August 1908 in Northam, Western Australia [P142]
Daughter of Albert Edward STEPHENS and Rose Clarice PIMM; stepdaughter of "Ray" Raymond Robert WYLIE [P142]
Following her father's death shortly before she was born her mother purchased and ran a boarding house in Kellerberrin [P142]
Resided in Kellerberrin with her brother and mother, who in 1912 married Agricultural Bank inspector Raymond Robert WYLIE [P142]
Resided with her mother and stepfather on farmland at Emu Hill, in Perth, on farmland Goomalling and then in Carnamah [P142]
Received her early education by correspondence and then at the North Kumminin and South Kumminin State Schools [P142]
Shifted to Carnamah with her mother, stepfather and siblings in 1924 [P135]
About a year later her mother was diagnosed with tuberculosis, after which she took over the running of the house [P142]
She looked after the house and her younger siblings for seven years leading to her mother's death in 1931 [P142]
Attended the Grand Plain & Fancy Dress Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on 6 August 1925 dressed as "Clever Mary"  [9: 21-Aug-1925]
One of the four organisers of the Masquerade Ball held in Carnamah on Saturday 14 May 1927 [4: 21-May-1927]
Attended the wedding dance for Alexander J. F. BROWN and Clara V. BERRIGAN in Carnamah on 28 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Member of the Carnamah Girls Club in 1929 [4: 20-Jul-1929]
Attended the Anglican Church's Freak Ball in on 3 October 1929 wearing alice blue crepe de chine with tiered skirt [4: 12-Oct-1929]
Member of the Carnamah Golf Club in 1930 [4: 8-Nov-1930]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Ball at the Carnamah Hall on 18 May 1929 in a dress of shell pink crepe de chine [4: 25-May-1929]
On Thursday 8 August 1929 attended in wine georgette the Plain and Fancy Dress Ball held at the Carnamah Hall  [4: 17-Aug-1929]
Attended the Grand Ball following the Carnamah Show and opening of Centenary Park on 19 September 1929 [4: 28-Sep-1929]
Attended the Roman Catholic Church's Building Fund Ball in Carnamah on 24 May 1930 in a dress of black velvet [4: 31-May-1930]
Attended the Ball after the Carnamah Races on Thursday 2 October 1930 in a dress of dark red georgette with cream lace [4: 18-Oct-1930]
Won 1st prize for Cream Puffs and 2nd prize for the Best Worked White Table Centre at the Carnamah Show in 1932 [5: 23-Sep-1932]
Attended the Show Ball following the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 15 September 1932 in a gown of pink celenese [5: 23-Sep-1932]
Won 2nd prizes for a Table Centre and the Best Worked Doyleys at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1932 [5: 30-Sep-1932]
Member in 1932-33 and a Committee Member in 1933-34 of the Carnamah Tennis Club [5: 21-Oct-1932, 13-Oct-1933]
Member of the Carnamah Repertory Club in 1933, 1935, 1936 and 1937 [5: 30-Jun-1933, 5-Apr-1935, 9-Oct-1936, 7-May-1937]
Helped run the Produce stall at the Carnamah Anglican Church Bazaar held in Carnamah on Saturday 12 August 1933 [5: 18-Aug-1933]
Played Mary in "The Boy Comes Home" at the Carnamah Repertory Club's Inaugural Concert on 21 August 1933 [5: 25-Aug-1933] [72]
Attended the Card Party at John and Louisa ROOKE's home on Kilburn Farm in Carnamah on Thursday 8 June 1933 [5: 16-Jun-1933]
Won 2nd prizes for Embroidered Supper Cloth and Knitted Woollen Article at the Coorow Agricultural Show in 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Steward of the Flower section at the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Annual Shows in 1933 and 1934 [5: 3-Aug-1934] [13]
Won 2nd prize for the "Best Exhibit of an Entirely Useless Article Made Useful" at the Three Springs Show in 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Herself and Miss Marjorie E. BARNES spent a weekend in Tardun in November 1933 visiting her brother George [5: 10-Nov-1933]
She was the recipient of a Miscellaneous Tea held in Carnamah on Thursday 4 January 1934 [5: 5-Jan-1934]
The Miscellaneous Tea was held in recognition of her upcoming marriage and was attended by about 150 of her friends [5]
Travelled from Carnamah to Perth on Wednesday 17 January 1934 in preparation for her upcoming wedding [5: 19-Jan-1934]
Married "Frank" Francis ROOKE at 5 p.m. on Saturday 27 January 1934 at Saint Paul's Church in West Perth [5: 2-Feb-1934]
     Wore a graceful gown of ankle length white georgette, with white lace yoke, and elbow puff sleaves including pin tucks [5]
     She was given away by her uncle J. OWENS and her bridesmaids were his sisters Miss Gladys WYLIE and Miss Joy WYLIE [5]
     A large crowd attended their wedding, including a number people from Carnamah who travelled to Perth for the event [5]
     Their wedding reception was at the home of Mr and Mrs J. OWENS in Leederville and hosted by her aunt Mrs MITCHELL [5]
     The next day proceeded by car to Bunbury and the South West before returning to Carnamah on 6 February 1934 [5: 9-Feb-1934]
Resided with her husband on Kilburn Farm in Carnamah 1934-1945 [P142]
On the evening of Thursday 15 March 1934 attended the Carnamah Race Club's Annual Dance at the Carnamah Hall [5: 16-Mar-1934]
Attended the Farewell Social to Miss Doris MCLEAN at BERRIGAN's home in Carnamah on Wednesday 11 April 1934 [5: 13-Apr-1934]
Attended Emily H. TURNER's 21st Birthday at Karragee Farm in Carnamah on Tuesday 8 May 1934 [5: 11-May-1934]
Attended the Roman Catholic Church's Ball in Carnamah on 26 May 1934 in a dress of ivory silk lace and georgette [5: 1-Jun-1934]
Attended the Repertory Social, of plays, community singing and dancing, held in Carnamah on 15 August 1934 [5: 17-Aug-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]
Sent a wreath for the grave of Christina B. D. FORRESTER of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 31 August 1934 [4: 8-Sep-1934]
Attended the Super & Social held after the Carnamah Repertory Club's Fifth Concert on Thursday 25 July 1935 [5: 2-Aug-1935]
Attended May ROCCHI's birthday at her brother's farm in Carnamah on Thursday evening 15 August 1935 [5: 23-Aug-1935]
Exhibited in the Farm Produce, Vegetable and Fancy Work sections of the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 12 September 1935 [5]
     Received four 1st prizes for White Hen Eggs, Peas, Maid's Dress and Article Made From Fleece [5]
     Attended the Show Ball held during the evening at the Carnamah Hall, wearing an outfit of salmon pink oatmeal satin [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Won 2nd prize for Brown Hen Eggs at the Three Springs Agricultural Show held on Thursday 19 September 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Sent a floral tribute for the grave of Miss "May" Mary L. LANG at the Winchester Cemetery on 26 November 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
After an absence she was again a member of the Carnamah Tennis Club from 1935-36 to 1937-38 [5: 18-Oct-1935, 16-Oct-1936, 13-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 Show Ball after the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 10 September 1936 dressed in almond crepe de chine [5: 18-Sep-1936]
Exhibited in the Photography section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show in Three Springs on Thursday 17 September 1936 [5]
     Awarded three 2nd prizes - for District Farm Life, Scenery and Any Other Subject [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Played Ann the maid in the play "The Golf Widow" at the Carnamah Repertory Club's Social on Friday 2 October 1936 [5: 9-Oct-1936]
     Played one of the servants in the play "No Servants" at the Carnamah Repertory Club's Concert on 9 December 1936 [5: 11-Dec-1936]
Herself, her husband and their infant son returned to Carnamah on 4 February 1937 after spending ten days in Geraldton [5: 12-Feb-1937]
Attended the largely attended Carnamah Tennis Dance at the Carnamah Hall on 17 April 1937 in eau de nil crepe de chine [5: 23-Apr-1937]
Attended the Coronation Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Wednesday evening 12 May 1937 in "almond delustred crepe" [5: 14-May-1937]
Played Alice Waybury in the play "Evening Dress Indispensable" at the Carnamah Repertory Club's Social on 25 June 1937 [5: 2-Jul-1937]
     Played one of the passengers in the Harold Brighthouse play "The Stoker" at the Club's Concert on 20 August 1937 [5: 27-Aug-1937]
Member of Carnamah's branch of the Country Women's Association - was President in 1939 and Secretary in 1940 [0: images 03031, 03915]
Foundation Committee Member of Carnamah's branch of the Red Cross Society in 1939 [0: image 03834]
Along with her husband and children was bided farewell at a valedictory evening in the Carnamah Hall on 3 May 1945 [0: image 04321]
Left Carnamah in May 1945 [0: image 04321]
Resided in Hensman Street in South Perth for 15 years, and then at 281 Canning Highway in the Perth suburb of Como [P142]
Mother of Gilbert and Janice [P142]
Died 12 March 1970; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 16, 278) [2]


"George" Alfred George Henry STEPHENS
Born 12 February 1905 in Midland Junction, Western Australia [16]
Son of Albert Edward STEPHENS and Rose Clarice PIMM; stepson of "Ray" Raymond Robert WYLIE [P142]
Resided with his parents in the Perth suburb of Midland Junction and then in Northam [P142]
Following his father's death in mid 1908 his mother sold their house and purchased a boarding house in Kellerberrin [P142]
Resided in Kellerberrin with her sister and mother, who in 1912 married Agricultural Bank inspector Raymond Robert WYLIE [P142]
Resided with his mother and stepfather on farmland at Emu Hill, in Perth, on farmland Goomalling and then in Carnamah [P142]
Received his early education by correspondence and then at the North Kumminin and South Kumminin State Schools [P142]
Shifted to Carnamah with his stepfather, mother and siblings in 1924 [P135]
Labourer in Carnamah 1929-1932 [19]
Came third in the Sheffield Handicap race in the Sports section of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's 1926 Show [9: 15-Oct-1926]
Attended the Ball in Carnamah in aid of the local Roman Catholic Church's building fund on Thursday 24 May 1930 [4: 31-May-1930]
Farmer in Tardun in 1933, and in 1935 was living in Morawa [5: 24-Jan-1936] [19]
His sister Daphne and Marjorie E. BARNES of Carnamah visited him in Tardun over the first weekend of November 1933 [5: 10-Nov-1933]
Married Patricia LIZARS in 1934 [66]
Himself and his wife stayed with his stepfather Raymond R. WYLIE in Carnamah during January 1936 [5: 24-Jan-1936]
His sister-in-law Lorna and her husband Edward T. BLACKWELL resided in Coorow 1936-1949 [5: 6-Nov-1936] [6] [19]
Resided in Perth prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 24 April 1943 [16]
Private WX38522 in the Australian Army's 67 Australian DCRE during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 17 February 1947 [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Mount Hawthorn [2]
Died 15 October 1983; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Wesleyan, GC, 191) [2]


"Vera" Ethel Vera STEPHENS
Born 1902 in Boulder, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of Samuel John STEPHENS and Sarah ORSMOND [15]
Her mother died in 1911 and in 1914 her father married Phyllis Edith WILKES [15] [66]
In 1925 she was working as a Shop Assistant in Kununoppin [50]
Resided in Carnamah from 1930 until 1938 [4: 9-Jul-1938]
Herself and Amy R. G. GILES were the joint proprietress of the "Pyramid Tea Rooms" in Carnamah 1930-1938 [P9]
Traded in partnership with Amy R. G. GILES under the name of "Giles & Stephens," or "Misses Giles & Stephens" [P9]
When she enrolled to vote with an address of Carnamah she gave her occupation as Shop Assistant [19]
Attended the Fancy Dress Ball held in Carnamah dressed as a "Gipsy Dancer" on Thursday 28 August 1930 [4: 6-Sep-1930]
Attended the evening Ball following the Carnamah Races on 2 October 1930 in a dress of eau de nil georgette [4: 18-Oct-1930]
Member of the Carnamah Golf Club 1930-1938 - was a Committee Member in 1937 [4: 8-Nov-1930, 9-Jul-1938] [5: 24-May-1935, 21-May-1937]
Member of the Carnamah Tennis Club 1930-1938 - Social Committee Member in 1937-38 [4: 10-May-1930, 16-Dec-1933, 9-Jul-1938] [5: 13-Aug-1937]
Attended and catered for the Ball following the Carnamah Agricultural Show in 1932 in a gown of blue crepe-de-chine [5: 23-Sep-1932]
Sang a duet with Robert BICKERDIKE at the farewell to Frank & Mary BADRICK in Carnamah on 1 November 1932 [5: 4-Nov-1932]
Member of the Carnamah Badminton Club in 1933 [5: 1-Sep-1933]
Committee Member of the Carnamah Repertory Club in 1933 and 1935-1937 [5: 2-Jun-1933, 22-Mar-1935, 31-Jul-1936, 7-May-1937] [72]
Attended the Repertory Club Social held in Carnamah on Thursday 18 May 1933 [5: 26-May-1933]
Attended the social and address on Home Mission work by Rev. A. J. BARCLAY in Carnamah on 10 July 1933 [5: 14-Jul-1933]
Sang a song at the farewell to Norman and Fielda SOMERS in Carnamah on Saturday 15 July 1933 [5: 21-Jul-1933]
Member of the Carnamah Repertory Club 1933-1938 [4: 9-Jul-1938] [72]
Sang "Here in the Quiet Hills" at the Carnamah Repertory Club's Inaugural Concert on Monday 21 August 1933 [5: 25-Aug-1933]
Arrived back in Carnamah on Wednesday 22 November 1933 after a short holiday spent at Swanbourne [5: 24-Nov-1933]
Sang a duet with Brian P. STACY at the Carnamah Repertory Club's Second Concert on Thursday 30 November 1933 [5: 1-Dec-1933]
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]
On 23 January 1934 she had a visit from relatives Mr and Mrs PATERSON of Onslow who had driven 800 miles [5: 26-Jan-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Tennis Club's Flannel Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 3 February 1934 [5: 9-Feb-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]
Sang a duet with Arnold BIERMANN at the Farewell to Miss Gladys M. DIXON in Carnamah on 22 March 1934 [5: 30-Mar-1934]
Attended the Farewell Social to Miss Doris MCLEAN at BERRIGAN's home in Carnamah on Wednesday 11 April 1934 [5: 13-Apr-1934]
Attended the Parkinson Tennis Club's Dance, which was 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 Repertory Social, of plays, community singing and dancing, held in Carnamah on 15 August 1934 [5: 17-Aug-1934]
In a rose satin dress attended the Carnamah Football Club's Premiership Ball on Saturday 20 October 1934 [5: 26-Oct-1934]
Sang a song at the Carnamah Repertory Club's farewell evening to Mrs Olga GRAHAM on 28 November 1934 [5: 30-Nov-1934]
Also sang a song at the Burns Night Celebrations held at the Carnamah Hall on Friday 25 January 1935 [5: 1-Feb-1935]
Rendered a song at the Farewell Social to Brian and Gerda STACY at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 16 March 1935 [5: 22-Mar-1935]
Sang a duet with Arnold C. A. BIERMANN Carnamah Presbyterian Church's Seeding Service on 19 May 1935 [5: 17-May-1935]
Returned to Carnamah on Friday 21 June 1935 after a hurried trip to Perth [5: 28-Jun-1935]
Performed vocally at the Carnamah Repertory Club's Fifth Concert held at the Carnamah Hall on Thursday 25 July 1935 [5: 26-Jul-1935]
Departed Carnamah by train on Thursday 7 October 1935 for two weeks holiday in Perth [5: 8-Nov-1935]
After several weeks vacation in Perth returned to Carnamah during the last week of November 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Attended the Carnamah Girls Club's Masquerade Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 7 December 1935 as "Eve" [5: 13-Dec-1935]
Attended the Wedding Social & Dance for Stuart and May FORD at Koolabba Farm in Carnamah on 25 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]
Attended the Carnamah Golf Club's 1936 season Opening Day at Centenary Park in Carnamah on Sunday 26 April 1936 [5: 1-May-1936]
Returned to Carnamah on Monday 18 May 1936 after a visit to Perth [5: 22-May-1936]
Sang "Just Awearying For You" at the Carnamah Repertory Club's Social Evening & Play Presentation on 17 June 1936 [5: 19-Jun-1936]
Attended the Carnamah Anglican Church's Mid-Winter Ball at the Carnamah Hall on 11 July 1936 dressed in nine satin [5: 17-Jul-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]
Sang the song "Little White Star" at the social for the Lord Archbishop of Perth in Carnamah on 19 September 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Sang a song at the Carnamah Repertory Club's Social at the Carnamah Hall on Friday evening 2 October 1936 [5: 9-Oct-1936]
Played one of the servants in the play "No Servants" at the Carnamah Repertory Club's Concert on 9 December 1936 [5: 11-Dec-1936]
Sang a song at the local C.W.A. Farewell for Mrs Amy F. DYKE and Mrs Clarissa E. HUMPHRYES on 9 January 1937 [5: 15-Jan-1937]
After a two week holiday in Perth she returned to Carnamah on Saturday evening 30 January 1937 [5: 29-Jan-1937, 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]
Attended the Social Evening for recently married Cyril & Mavis RAYNER at the Church Hall in Carnamah on 1 April 1937 [5]
     During the evening contributed vocal items and was accompanist on the piano for some of the other vocal items [5: 9-Apr-1937]
Soloist at the Presbyterian Song Service held in Carnamah on Sunday evening 18 April 1937 [5: 16-Apr-1937]
Attended the Tennis Dance at the Carnamah Hall on 18 April 1937 in forget-me-not marocain with quilted trimmings [5: 23-Apr-1937]
Attended the Coronation Ball at the Carnamah Hall on 12 May 1937 in "fuchsia satin with diamante trimmings" [5: 14-May-1937]
Attended the Carnamah Repertory Club's Social Evening at the Carnamah Hall on Friday 25 June 1937 [5: 2-Jul-1937]
     Sang a song, produced the play "The Dangerous Age" and played the Maid in the play "Evening Dress Indispensable" [5]
Sang a song at the Valedictory Social for William H. & Eva M. MOORE at the Carnamah Hall on Friday 31 July 1937 [5: 6-Aug-1937]
Sang to the crowd of over 300 at the Community Concert at the Carnamah Hall on Wednesday evening 11 August 1937 [5]
     Herself and Mrs Elsie L. ROGERS sang a duet which won them second prize in the adult competition of the concert [5]
     Also sang a quartette with Miss Dorcas L. COLE, Thomas H. PARKIN and Francis ROOKE, all of Carnamah [5: 13-Aug-1937]
Played a passenger in "The Stoker" by Harold Brighhouse at the Carnamah Repertory Club's Concert on 20 August 1937 [5: 27-Aug-1937]
On 29 June 1938 at the Carnamah Hall was tendered a valedictory farewell evening from the residents of Carnamah [4: 9-Jul-1938]
Left Carnamah in mid 1938 [4: 9-Jul-1938]


Francis Edward William STEPHENS
Born 11 January 1908 in Albany, Western Australia [16]
Married Phyllis Eugene TURNBULL in Perth in 1931 [66]
In 1936 he was working as a Cartage Contractor and was living on Albany Road in the Perth suburb of Cannington [50]
Farmhand in Carnamah in 1941 [19]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Victoria Park prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 18 July 1942 [16]
Corporal WX30569 in the Australian Army's Unit Stores Account Section LHQ during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 24 September 1945 [16]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Applecross [2]
Died 6 November 1994; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (L. Howard Memorial Gardens, Rose Memorial, AT, 9) [2]


Henry STEPHENS
Railway Labourer at the 162 Mile Siding in Winchester 1911-1914 [19] [50]


Henry Clarence STEPHENS
Born 14 December 1919 in Narrogin, Western Australia [16]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Como prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 22 October 1942 [16]
Sergeant WX27367 in the Australian Army's 28th Australian Infantry Battalion during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 10 March 1947 [16]
Farmer in Carnamah in 1962 [22]
In 1962 was the owner of an International motor wagon with licence plate CA-380 [22]
In Carnamah on 26 November 1962 had an accident in the vehicle causing damage to a power pole and lines as well as guide posts [22]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Shenton Park [2]
Died 5 August 1987; ashes dispersed at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]


Mrs Phyllis Eugene STEPHENS
Wife of Francis Edward William STEPHENS; see Phyllis Eugene TURNBULL


Winifred Myrtle STEPHENS
Born 13 August 1914 in Perth, Western Australia [15] [84]
Daughter of Samuel John STEPHENS and Phyllis Edith WILKES [84]
Resided with her parents on farmland in Kununoppin [50] [84]
She was baptised into the Methodist Church by J. H. MURPHY of Merredin on 13 October 1914 [84]
Prior to 1933 she had resided in Carnamah for an unknown period of time [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Her half-sister E. Vera STEPHENS was part proprietress of the Pyramid Tea Rooms in Carnamah from 1930 to 1938 [4: 9-Jul-1938]
After spending a short holiday with her sister in Carnamah she returned to Perth on Wednesday 13 September 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Spent another holiday with her sister in Carnamah in late November and early December 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935, 13-Dec-1935]
Along with her sister Vera attended the Carnamah Repertory Club's reading on Wednesday evening 4 December 1935 [5: 6-Dec-1935]
After holidaying with her sister left Carnamah and returned to Albany on Thursday 12 December 1935 [5: 13-Dec-1935]
In 1936 she was working as a Housemaid and living at 61 Middleton Road in Albany [50]
Married Arthur Cyril WILKES in 1937 [66]
Resided with her husband in Albany [16]


"Ken" George Kenneth STEVENS
Born 1902 in Claremont, Western Australia [15]
Son of George Philip STEVENS and Ann Elizabeth GRAHAM [15]
Farmhand in Beverley in 1925 [50]
Manager in Ghooli near Southern Cross in 1929 and 1930 [6]
Farmer in Ghooli 1931-1938 [6] [50]
Married Olive BLAIR in Perth in 1933 [66]
Farm Manager of Jasper W. GREEN's Bushy Park Farm on the Midlands Road in Carnamah in the mid 1940s [P261]
Member of the Carnamah Miniature Rifle Club in 1944-1946 [0: images 04287, 04334 & 04394]
Committee Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society 1944-1946 [58]
Member of the Carnamah Cricket Club in 1944 and 1945 [0: images 04318 & 04569]
Committee Member of the Carnamah Golf Club in 1945 [0: image 04329]
President / Chairman of the Carnamah Parents and Citizens Association in 1945 [0: images 04331 & 04388]
Made a fitting speech at the Victory in Europe Day celebrations in Carnamah on Wednesday 9 May 1945 [7: page 47]
Presided over the thanksgiving peace celebrations at the Carnamah Town Hall on Thursday 23 August 1945 [0: image 04356]
Steward of the Children's Events at the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Victory Show on 13 September 1945 [13]
Vice President and Committee Member of the Carnamah Parents and Citizens Association in 1946 [0: image 04388]
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society in 1946 [13]
Along with his wife was farewelled by their Carnamah friends at the Presbyterian Hall in Carnamah on 21 October 1946 [0: image 04414]
Left Carnamah in October 1946 to pursue farming interests in Yandanooka [0: image 04414]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Dalkeith [2]
Father of Ken, Frances and Phil [P261]
Died 1 October 1969; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 2, 1) [2]


Kirby Arthur STEVENS
Born 1931 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Student at the Billeroo State School in Billeroo, East Winchester in 1938 [183]
Attended the Billeroo State School reunion at the R.S.L. Hall in the Perth suburb of Bedford on 3 June 1990 [183]
Resided at 4 Hazelmere Circus in the Perth suburb of Hazelmere for at least the years 1990-1996 [2] [183]
Died 21 September 1996; ashes interred Fremantle Cemetery in the Perth suburb of Palmyra (Crematorium N, 14, 14) [2]


Mary Bridget STEVENS
Born C.1904 [26]
Married William Charles Thomas Andrew HURRELL in Perth in 1950 [66]
Resided with her husband at Lot 30 Railway Avenue, Carnamah 1956-1962 [19]
Died 25 May 1977; buried Utakarra Cemetery in Geraldton, Western Australia [26]


Miss O. STEVENS
Member of the Carnamah Tennis Club in 1930 [4: 10-May-1930]


Mrs Ethel Mary STEWART
Wife of "Stan" Stanley Walter STEWART; see Ethel Mary STORM


"Stan" Stanley Walter STEWART
Born 1894 in Bendigo, Victoria, Australia [30] [54]
Son of Caleb STEWART and Annie LUKE [54]
In 1916 he was working as a Butcher and was living at 103 Macdonald Street in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia [30: item 3014087]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 24 January 1917 at Blackboy Hill WA [30: item 3014087]
Had applied to enlist in 1914 however had been rejected on the grounds his eyesight [30]
Up until enlisting he had served five years with Kalgoorlie's 84th Infantry within which he held the rank of Sergeant [30]
On enlistment was 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighed 134 pounds and had brown hair, brown eyes and a fresh complexion [30]
After training at Blackboy Hill he was appointed on 23 March 1917 to the 10th Reinforcements of the 51st Infantry Battalion [30]
Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A30 Borda on 29 June 1917 [30]
Disembarked in Plymouth, England on 25 August 1917 and after further training proceeded to France on 4 December 1917 [30]
Following his arrival in France he was transferred to the 44th Infantry Battalion in France on 12 December 1917 [30]
Private 3715 in the Australian Imperial Force's 44th Infantry Battalion in France during the First World War [30]
During his active service in France he was hospitalised due to illness and after being Wounded in Action on 10 August 1918 [30]
Embarked from England on the H.T. Euripides and disembarked in Fremantle, Western Australia on 10 April 1919 [30]
Discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 18 May 1919; received the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal [30]
Married Ethel Mary STORM in 1920 [66]
Butcher in Carnamah in 1924 and 1925 [9: 13-Feb-1925] [19]
His butcher's shop in Carnamah was said to have been situated "nearly opposite the Carnamah railway station" [P248]
Railway Porter in Koolanooka 1930-1935 [19]
Railway Employee in Koolanooka 1936-1939 [19] [50]
Later resided in Watson, Australian Capital Territory, Australia [2]
Died 30 October 1979; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth, Western Australia (Lawn 2, Niche Wall, W4, 60) [2]


Thora May STEWART
Born 7 July 1916 in Donnybrook, Western Australia [P174]
Daughter of William Alexander STEWART and Maud NIX [P174]
She grew up in Moodiarrup, situated 31 kilometres south of Darkan [P174]
Prior to getting married she worked as a hairdresser [P174]
Married William Arthur TANNER in Southern Cross on 7 August 1937 [P174]
Resided in Doodlakine, where her husband worked as a baker, before shifting to Carnamah [P174]
Along with her husband and daughter arrived in Carnamah in November 1952 [0: image 04693]
Resided in Carnamah with her husband and daughter 1952-1959 [5] [19]
Ran the shop of her husband's bakery at 21 Macpherson Street in Carnamah [P174]
Member of Carnamah's branch of the Red Cross Society [P174]
Mother of Valma [P174]


W. STEWART
Member of the Carnamah Football Club in 1932 [5: 19-Aug-1932] [4: 28-May-1932]
In April 1934 obtained a clearance to transfer from the Carnamah Football Club to the Arrino Football Club [5: 4-May-1934]


Harriett STIRK
Born 1884 in Guildford, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of Frederick STIRK and Elizabeth HART [15]
Married "Harry" William Henry WATSON in 1905 in Kalamunda, Western Australia [15]
Arrived in Carnamah with her three younger children on 20 November 1915 [P24]
Resided on The Mannas Farm on the Carnamah-Perenjori Road in Carnamah 1915-1948 [P24]
Attended the local Grand Plain & Fancy Dress Ball on 6 August 1925 in an evening dress of pale green crepe de chene [9: 21-Aug-1925]
Attended the Ball in Carnamah in aid of the local Roman Catholic Church's building fund on Thursday 24 May 1930 [4]
     She was noted as wearing "scarlet and black figured crepe de chine, wide swath effect at hipline" to the Ball [4: 31-May-1930]
Judged the Confectionary section of the first Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in Coorow on 8 September 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
Attended the funeral of Mrs Christina B. D. FORRESTER of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 31 August 1934 [4: 8-Sep-1934]
Along with her husband, daughter-in-law Ethel and grandson Bobby spent a two week holiday in Perth in January 1935 [5: 18-Jan-1935]
Travelled from Carnamah to Perth on Friday 30 August 1935 [5: 6-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]
Sent a floral tribute for the grave of William B. SHERIDAN of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 27 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Herself, her husband, their son Norm and daughter-in-law Bett returned to Carnamah by car on 17 February 1936 [5: 21-Feb-1936]
During January 1937 herself, her son Norm and daughter-in-law Bett holidayed in Perth [5: 29-Jan-1937]
Her niece Leila Maud STIRK of Kalamunda married Carnamah farmer Jack BENTLEY in Perth on 27 January 1940 [P192]
Around 1948 left Carnamah and shifted to the Perth suburb of Guildford, where she resided until her death in 1964 [2] [P24]
Mother of Norm, Len, Eva, Arthur and Mavis [P24]
Died 30 July 1964; buried Guildford Cemetery, in the Perth suburb of Guildford (Anglican, D, 487) [2]


Leila Maud STIRK
Born 1 October 1917 in Perth, Western Australia [P192]
Daughter of Henry STIRK and Annie Gertrude Loise HERRING [P192]
Resided in Kalamunda prior to her marriage [0: image 03041]
Attended the Mad Hatter's Leap Year Ball at the Carnamah Hall on 29 February 1936 in black marocain and pink satin [5: 6-Mar-1936]
Married Jack BENTLEY on 27 January 1940 at the Wesley Church in Perth [P192]
Her bridesmaid at her wedding was her sister Miss Doris STIRK [0: image 03887]
Resided with husband on farms in the Carnamah district until 1974 [P175]
Member of the Carnamah Cycle Club in 1940 [0: image 03899]
Member of the Carnamah Golf Club - scored a hole in one at the Carnamah Golf Course [P175]
Along with her husband left Carnamah in 1975 and moved to the Perth suburb of Kalamunda [P175]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Bayswater [2]
Mother of Rex and Wayne [P192]
Died 14 September 1994; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Garden of Remembrance, EC, 16) [2]


Norma Agnes STOCKDILL
Born 1921 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Married Wilfred Albert GREEN in Perth in 1947 [66]
Along with her husband and children arrived in Carnamah in February 1954 [0: image 04730]
Left Carnamah in July 1954 to spend her husband's long service leave in Augusta [0: image 04734]
Returned to Carnamah and resided with her husband and children at the School House from 1955 to 1957 [19] [60]
Later resided in the costal town of Augusta [2]
Died 26 March 2001; cremated at the Fremantle Cemetery in the Perth suburb of Palmyra [2]


George STODDART
Born C.1862 [2]
Married Jane Ann WEMYSS nee JONES in Perth in 1918 [66]
Store Manager in Carnarvon 1925-1929 [6]
In or near July 1929 purchased Mrs Eva R. COWDEROY's general storekeeping business in Carnamah [4: 6-Jul-1929, 31-Aug-1929]
Changed the name of the store from Cowderoy's to Stoddart's [4: 31-Aug-1929]
Ran the store from and resided at premises at 2 Macpherson Street, Carnamah which he leased from Eva R. COWDEROY [3]
Storekeeper of Stoddart's store at 2 Macpherson Street in Carnamah in 1929 and 1930 [4: 28-Sep-1929] [60]
Seller of groceries, ironmongery, boots, shoes, clothing and general merchandise [4: 28-Sep-1929]
Also sold Shell petrol from a bowser out the front of the store, and had stocks of oils for sale [4: 19-Oct-1929]
Founding Member of the Carnamah Masonic Lodge No.150 WAC on 21 March 1930 [96]
Foundation Member and Vice President of the Carnamah Golf Club in 1930 [4: 10-May-1930]
Telephone number Carnamah-4 in 1929 and 1930 [4: 28-Nov-1929] [60]
In July 1929 installed a petrol bowser outside the store through which he sold Shell petrol [4: 20-Jul-1929]
During October 1929 he employed the services of a dressmaker to work at his store [4: 19-Oct-1929]
Their store was broken into during November 1929, however the intruder/s fled when himself and his wife awoke [4: 23-Nov-1929]
In 1930 was an agent for Victoria Insurance Co, Aeromotor Windmills, Yates seeds and Dunlop and Perdriau motor tyres [4: 12-Jul-1930]
He was also an agent for the opticians Laubman and Pank and sold Shell petrol from the bowser outside the store [4: 12-Jul-1930]
Vice President of the Carnamah Football Club in 1930 [4: 15-Mar-1930]
Member of a committee formed in 1930 to help find work for unemployed Carnamah residents [4: 28-Jun-1930]
Had an account with Carnamah blacksmith, wheelwright and motor mechanics Henry Parkin & Son in 1929 and 1930 [53]
In July 1930 sold his general storekeeping business in Carnamah to Stanley L. HIDDEN [4: 19-Jul-1930]
His last advertisement for his business in Carnamah appeared in The Irwin Index newspaper on Saturday 12 July 1930 [4: 12-Jul-1930]
By August 1930 he had left Carnamah [4: 16-Aug-1930]
Resided on Albany Road in the Perth suburb of Maddington from as early as 1933 until his death in 1947 [6]
Died 27 September 1947; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, Rose Memorial, 3A, 18) [2]


Mrs Jane Ann STODDART
Wife of George STODDART; see Jane Ann JONES


"Colin" Leonard Colin STONE
Born 14 August 1913 in Bayswater, Western Australia [16]
Son of Victor Douglas STONE and Ella Mary MOORE [16] [66]
Left school and worked for an uncle who was a hairdresser to help support his mother and two siblings [P121]
Hairdresser for John A. KENNY at Mackie's Buildings, 19 Macpherson Street, Carnamah 1932-1934 [5: 8-Dec-1934, 13-Dec-1935] [6]
In early October 1934 he opened his own Hairdressing Saloon and Tobacconist Shop at Nind's Buildings in Carnamah [5: 5 & 12-Oct-1934]
     Nind's Buildings were at 27 Macpherson Street, on the north east corner of Niven Crescent and Macpherson Street [--]     
     Undertook gents' and ladies' hairdressing, including coiffure, bobbing, shingling, marcel waving, shampooing and setting [4: 8-Dec-1934]
     Visited the town of Coorow to do hairdressing every Wednesday afternoon [5: 12-Oct-1934]
     Advertised his hairdressing business in the local North Midland Times newspaper [5: 1-Feb-1935]
     Local distributor for the Charities Consultations lottery, his clients winning a prize in eight consecutive draws in 1935 [5: 29-Mar-1935]
     From October 1935 he was a sub-agent for Malvern Star cycles through district agent Alexander R. G. BARR of Three Springs [5]
     On becoming a sub-agent for Malvern Star cycles he had a "Stock Model Machine" at his shop in Carnamah [5: 18-Oct-1935]
Resided at Chitter and Flo BROWN's boarding house "Carnamah Hostel" at 13-15 Caron Street, Carnamah [P225]
He assisted freely with local activities and took an active and prominent part in the sporting and social bodies in Carnamah [5: 13-Dec-1935]
Left Carnamah and shifted to Three Springs in early December 1935 [5: 13-Dec-1935]
     Hairdresser employed by "Mick" Clifford F. COFFEY in Three Springs in late 1935 and 1936 [5: 13-Dec-1935]
     Commenced his hairdressing duties in Three Springs on Wednesday 11 December 1935 [5: 13-Dec-1935]
     In 1936 he was living on Touche Street in the Three Springs townsite [50]
Member of the Carnamah Cricket Club in 1932-33 and 1934-35 [4: 4-Mar-1933, 22-Mar-1935]
Competitor in John A. KENNY's Billiard Tournament conducted within Mackie's Buildings in Carnamah in 1933 [5: 26-May-1933]
Member of the Carnamah Football Club 1933-1935 - was Secretary in 1935 [4: 15-Sep-1934] [5: 2-Jun-1933, 19-Apr-1935]
Assistant Secretary of the Carnamah Football Club during the second half of 1933 and in 1934 [5: 21-Jul-1933, 20-Apr-1934]
Part of a humorous ballet which performed at the Carnamah Football Club's Monster Ball on 2 September 1933 [5: 8-Sep-1933]
Inaugural Secretary of the Carnamah Town Band on its inception in October 1933 [5: 13-Oct-1933]
Attended the House Party at Tom and Marjorie PARKIN's home in Carnamah on Friday 13 October 1933 [5: 20-Oct-1933]
Member of the Carnamah Tennis Club in 1933-34 and 1935-36 [4: 16-Dec-1933] [5: 12-Jan-1934, 18-Oct-1935]
Member of the Carnamah Repertory Club 1933-1935 [4: 29-Dec-1934] [5: 16-Jun-1933, 5-Apr-1935]
Travelled down to Perth for the Christmas break in December 1933 and then returned to Carnamah [5: 18-Aug-1933]
With Geo BREWER, Norm REYNOLDS, Harold HARVEY & Jack MCLEAN spent two days in Dongara in January 1934 [5: 2-Feb-1934]
Attended the Dance conducted by the Carnamah Toc H at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 24 February 1934 [5: 2-Mar-1934]
Attended the Farewell Social to Miss Doris MCLEAN at BERRIGAN's home in Carnamah on Wednesday 11 April 1934 [5: 13-Apr-1934]
His mother arrived in Carnamah on 14 April 1934 to spend a fortnight with him before returning to her home in Bayswater [5: 20-Apr-1934]
Himself and his mother attended the Carnamah Golf Club's Dance at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 21 April 1934 [5: 27-Apr-1934]
He sounded "The Last Post" at the Anzac Service at the Carnamah War Memorial on Wednesday 25 April 1934 [5: 27-Apr-1934]
Attended Emily H. TURNER's 21st Birthday at Karragee Farm in Carnamah on Tuesday 8 May 1934 [5: 11-May-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]
Tendered a 21st Birthday Party hosted by Mrs Florence E. BREWER at the Carnamah Hotel on 11 August 1934 [5: 17-Aug-1934]
About 30 friends attended the party, which was also held to celebrate the birthdays of Lou OLDFIELD and George BREWER [5]
Inmate of the Carnamah Private Hospital for a period of December 1934, having underwent an operation for appendicitis [4: 15-Dec-1934]
Competed in the Three Springs verses Carnamah billiard contest held in Three Springs on Thursday 14 February 1935 [5: 15-Feb-1935]
Attended the Surprise Party given to John and Doris MCLEAN at their home in Carnamah on Wednesday 3 April 1935 [5: 5-Apr-1935]
Came 2nd in the Sheffield Handicap race at the R.S.L. Sports Meeting in Carnamah on Easter Monday 22 April 1935 [5: 26-Apr-1935]
Sounded the Last Post at the Anzac Day Commemoration Service at the Carnamah Hall on Thursday 25 April 1935 [5: 26-Apr-1935]
Donated a trophy to the Carnamah Golf Club in 1935, which was won by Harold N. HARVEY [5: 1-Nov-1935]
With ticket number 116 came 2nd in the Carnamah Tennis Club's raffle in September 1935, which was a £2/15/- racket [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Attended the Annual General Meeting of the Carnamah Cricket Club on Monday evening 23 September 1935 [5: 4-Oct-1935]
With Dulcie FOWLER won the monte carlo dance at the Coorow Rifle Club's Grand Ball on Saturday 26 October 1935 [5: 1-Nov-1935]
Donated a trophy to the Carnamah Cricket Club for their player who took the most catches in the 1935-36 season [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]
Resigned as Secretary of the Carnamah Football Club at a general meeting at the Carnamah Hotel on 19 December 1935 [5: 13-Dec-1935]
Member of the Arrino Tennis Club in 1935-36 [5: 13-Dec-1935, 8-May-1936]
Competitor in the Parkinson Tennis Club's Tennis Tournament held in Carnamah on New Years Day 1 January 1936 [5: 3-Jan-1936]
Attended the 21st birthday for Josie FITZGERALD at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs on 20 March 1936 [5: 27-Mar-1936]
He was a passenger in Alex BARR's car to Perth one night in April 1936 when an owl smashed through the windscreen [5: 24-Apr-1936]
In 1936 obtained a clearance form the North Midlands Football Association to transfer from Carnamah to Three Springs [5: 15-May-1936]
Social Committee Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1936 [5: 8-May-1936]
Winner of the Billiard Tournament held in Three Springs in May 1936 to raise funds for the Hospital in Three Springs [5: 8 & 22-May-1936]
Supplied the musical extras at the Three Springs Anglican Church's Annual Ball in Three Springs on Thursday 25 June 1936 [5: 3-Jul-1936]
Left Three Springs during the first week of October 1936 and shifted to Perth [5: 2-Oct-1936]
He continued to work as a Hairdresser in Perth [P121]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Bayswater prior to enlisting to serve in the Australian Army on 20 November 1941 [16]
     Private WX17722 in the Australian Army's 5 Independent Company in New Guinea during the Second World War [16] [P121]
     He was invalided back to Australia suffering from Malaria, after which he spent a year at the Northam Hospital in Northam [P121]
     Discharged from the Australian Army on 23 November 1944 [16]
Miss Olive M. CONNOLLY visited him once a week at the hospital in Northam, and after six months he asked her to marry him [P121]
     He was briefly released from hospital for their marriage ceremony, which took place in Arrino [P121] in 1942 [66]
After being released from hospital he started his own hairdressing business in the then just completed Ahern's Arcade in Perth [P121]
Later left Perth and shifted with his wife to Dongara where they owned and ran a piggery and tomato farm [P121]
Formed a local orchestra in Dongara - with himself on the cornet, his wife on the drums and Peter BEATON on the piano [P121]
Resided in Dongara until his death in 1961 [P121]
Died 26 February 1961 in Geraldton; buried Dongara Cemetery, Dongara WA (Old Anglican, Plot 97) [132]


"Colin" Leonard Colin STONE was one of the suppliers of music at the following local events:
Played the cornet at the Oddfellows dance held in the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 2 July 1932 [5: 8-Jul-1932]
Played the cornet at the Grand Ball of the North Midlands Popular Girl Competition held in Carnamah on 28 July 1932 [5: 5-Aug-1932]
     Accompanied by Mrs Maggie WELLS on the piano, Tom PARKIN on the drums and Miss Edna MURRAY on the flute [5]
Played the cornet at the Carnamah Roman Catholic Church's Annual Ball held in the Town Hall on 6 August 1932 [5: 19-Aug-1932]
Played the cornet at the Dance & Bride Party held at AUNGER's home in East Carnamah on 8 October 1932 [5: 21-Oct-1932]
Played the cornet at the social evening tendered to Nell NORTHEY at the Winchester School on Saturday 29 June 1933 [5: 7-Jul-1933]
Provider of music at the social tendered to recently married Brian and Gerda STACY at the Carnamah Hall on 1 July 1933 [5: 7-Jul-1933]
Supplier of music at the Anglican Church Ball at the Three Springs Hall during the third week of July 1933 [5: 28-Jul-1933]
Supplier of music at the Carnamah Basketball Club's Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 29 July 1933 [5: 4-Aug-1933]
Assisted with the supplying of music at the Anglican Church Bazaar held in Carnamah on Saturday 12 August 1933 [5: 18-Aug-1933]
Played the cornet at the Carnamah Football Club's Monster Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 2 September 1933 [5: 8-Sep-1933]
Supplier of music at the Town Band Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 21 October 1933 [5: 3-Nov-1933]
Performed a cornet solo at the Carnamah Presbyterian Church's Fete and Concert on Thursday 2 November 1933 [5: 10-Nov-1933]
Played "The Last Post" and "Reveille" at the Armistice Day Observance at the Carnamah Hall on 11 November 1933 [5: 17-Nov-1933]
Performed cornet solos at the Carnamah Repertory Club's Second Concert on Thursday 30 November 1933 [5: 1-Dec-1933]
Supplier of music at the Carnamah Tennis Club's Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 9 December 1933 [5: 15-Dec-1933]
One of four suppliers of music at the Church of England's New Year's Ball at the Carnamah Hall on 30 December 1933 [5: 5-Jan-1934]
Supplier of music at the Miscellaneous Tea held in Carnamah for Miss Daphne STEPHENS on Thursday 4 January 1934 [5: 5-Jan-1934]
Supplier of music for dancing at the Farewell to Miss Gladys DIXON at the Carnamah Hall on Thursday 22 March 1934 [5: 30-Mar-1934]
Part of the five piece orchestra that performed at the Parkinson Tennis Club's Dance in Carnamah on 14 April 1934 [5: 13-Apr-1934]
Played the cornet at the Carnamah Golf Club's Dance at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 21 April 1934 [5: 27-Apr-1934]
Part of the orchestra that performed at the Carnamah Football Club's Grand Opening Ball in Carnamah on 12 May 1934 [5: 18-May-1934]
Dispenser of music at the Roman Catholic Church's Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 26 May 1934 [5: 1-Jun-1934]
Supplier of music at the Dance held at the Carnamah Hall in aid of the Institute for the Blind on Saturday 18 August 1934 [5: 24-Aug-1934]
Played the cornet at the Carnamah Football Club's Benefit Dance for Kevin CLARKE on Saturday 29 September 1934 [5: 5-Oct-1934]
Played the cornet at the Carnamah Football Club's Premiership Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 20 October 1934 [5: 26-Oct-1934]
Played the cornet at the Back to Childhood & Nursery Rhyme Ball held in Three Springs on Tuesday 6 November 1934 [5: 9-Nov-1934]
Supplier of music at the Valedictory to Jack HODKKISS and the BICKELL family in Three Springs on 21 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]
Played the cornet at the Farewell Social held at the Carnamah Hall for Brian and Gerda STACY on 16 March 1935 [5: 22-Mar-1935]
Played the cornet at the Grand Ball after the Saint Patrick's Day Picnic & Sports in Three Springs on 18 March 1935 [5: 22-Mar-1935]
Played the cornet at the Carnamah Tennis Club's Flannel Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 30 March 1935 [5: 5-Apr-1935]
Played the cornet at the North Midlands District Hospital Ball at the Three Springs Hall on Easter Monday 22 April 1935 [5: 26-Apr-1935]
     Played as part of Coffey's Orchestra which consisted of himself, Frank ARNDT, Colin CALDOW, and Rene & Mick COFFEY [5]
Travelled to Marchagee and played the cornet at the dance held in the Marchagee Hall on Saturday 20 April 1935 [5: 26-Apr-1935]
     Accompanied by fellow Carnamah musicians Maggie WELLS (piano), Amy DYKE (violin) and Tom PARKIN (drums) [5]
Played the trumpet at the Benefit Dance in aid of Alec JONES at the Coorow Hall on Saturday evening 4 May 1935 [5: 10-May-1935]
Played the cornet at the Farewell tendered to Herbert E. HELLEWELL at the Carnamah Hall on Tuesday 28 May 1935 [5: 31-May-1935]
Played the cornet at the Coorow Football Club's Annual Ball held at the Coorow Hall on Saturday 1 June 1935 [5: 7-Jun-1935]
Part of Coffey's Orchestra which supplied the music at the Arrino Tennis Club's Annual Ball on Tuesday 25 June 1935 [5: 28-Jun-1935]
Supplier of music at the Carnamah Football Club's Opening Dance at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 29 June 1935 [5: 5-Jul-1935]
Played the cornet at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's Ball at the Three Springs Hall on Thursday 4 July 1935 [5: 12-Jul-1935]
Played the cornet at the Carnamah Sporting Clubs' Grand Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 13 July 1935 [5: 19-Jul-1935]
Member of Coffey's Orchestra which played at the Three Springs Football Club's Dance held on Thursday 18 July 1935 [5: 26-Jul-1935]
     On this occasion the orchestra also contained Mrs Rene COFFEY (piano), Mick COFFEY (drums) and Frank ARDNT (violin) [5]
Played the cornet at the Carnamah Golf Club's Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 3 August 1935 [5: 9-Aug-1935]
Supplier of music at the Miscellaneous Evening to John and Veronica MCGOWAN in Carnamah on 10 August 1935 [5: 16-Aug-1935]
Played the cornet at the Anglican Church Ball held at the Coorow Hall on Saturday evening 17 August 1935 [5: 23-Aug-1935]
Played the cornet at the Ball following the Wheatgrowers Union's Annual Picnic in Three Springs on 21 August 1935 [5: 23-Aug-1935]
Played the cornet at the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Show Ball on Thursday 12 September 1935 [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Played the cornet at the Coorow Football Club's Wind-Up Ball at the Coorow Hall on Saturday 21 September 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Gratuitously played the cornet at the W.A. Blind Appeal Concert & Dance at the Carnamah Hall on 28 September 1935 [5: 4-Oct-1935]
Played the cornet at the Three Springs Golf Club's Annual Ball at the Three Springs Hall on Wednesday 2 October 1935 [5: 4-Oct-1935]
Played the cornet at the Carnamah Golf Club's Annual Dance at the Carnamah Hall on Thursday 24 October 1935 [5: 1-Nov-1935]
Played the cornet at the Coorow Rifle Club's Grand Ball held at the Coorow Hall on Saturday 26 October 1935 [5: 1-Nov-1935]
Played the cornet at the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 2 November 1935 [5: 8-Nov-1935]
Sounded the Last Post at the Armistice Day commemoration service at the Carnamah Hall on Sunday 10 November 1935 [5: 8-Nov-1935]
Played the cornet at the Carnamah Girls Club's Masquerade Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 7 December 1935 [5: 13-Dec-1935]
Played the cornet at the Carnamah Anglican Church's New Year's Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on 31 December 1935 [5: 3-Jan-1936]
Played the cornet at the Three Springs C.W.A. Younger Set's Leap Year Ball in Three Springs on 21 February 1936 [5: 6-Mar-1936]
     He was part of Coffey's Orchestra along with Mick COFFEY (drums), Mrs Rene COFFEY (piano), and Frank ARNDT (violin) [5]
Played the cornet at the North Midlands District Hospital's Annual Ball in Three Springs on Easter Monday 13 April 1936 [5: 17-Apr-1936]
Sounded the "Last Post" and "Reveille" at the Carnamah War Memorial on Anzac Day Saturday 25 April 1936 [5: 1-May-1936]


Ivy Evangeline STONEMAN
Born 23 August 1889 in Perth, Western Australia [15] [84]
Son of Charles Edgar STONEMAN and Minnie Caroline FARMER [15]
Initially resided with her parents in Perth where her father was a Storekeeper [84]
She was baptised by Methodist Minister P. C. THOMAS at the Wesley Church in Perth on 29 September 1889 [84]
In 1916 herself and her sister Ethel, who was a teacher, were living at 283 Mueller Road in the Perth suburb of Subiaco [50]
Married "Charlie" Charles John DALLIMORE in Perth in 1925 [66]
Resided with her husband and children at the large stone house at 19 Boojerabba Street in Carnamah 1927-1965 [P9]
Following the death of her husband in 1965 she continued to reside in the house, which by that time was 19 Robertson Street [P9]
Her sister Dr Ethel STONEMAN spent a week holidaying with her in Carnamah in early April 1934 [5: 13-Apr-1934]
Won 2nd prizes for Geraniums and Flowering Plant in the Flower section of the Carnamah Agricultural Show in 1936 [5: 18-Sep-1936]
Attended the Show Ball after the Carnamah Agricultural Show on Thursday 10 September 1936 dressed in black lace [5: 18-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]
In October 1936 won a Slazenger tennis racket in a raffle conducted by the Carnamah Tennis Club [5: 6-Nov-1936]
Played the piano at the Anzac Day service at the Carnamah Hall on Sunday morning 25 April 1937 [5: 30-Apr-1937]
Former Carnamah schoolteacher Doris M. MCLEAN holidayed with herself and her family in Carnamah in August 1937 [5: 3-Sep-1937]
Member of the Carnamah Repertory Club in 1937 [0: image 02878]
Member of Carnamah's branch of the Country Women's Association in 1937 [0: image 02882]
Telephoned the Carnamah Police Station at 8 a.m. on 20 September 1937 to report someone had shot at her dog [88]
Sent a wreath for the grave of Carnamah retiree Robert PALFREYMAN at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth in 1938 [4: 20-Aug-1938]
Member of Carnamah's branch of the Red Cross Society [141]
Her home in Carnamah was telephone number Carnamah-32 [60]
Later resided at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs, where she died at the age of 83 years [24]
Mother of Effie and Tony [P4]
Died 7 August 1973 in Three Springs; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Anglican, Plot 75) [24]


STOKES Bros
Farmers in Carnamah in 1907 [6]


Charles Albert STOKES
Born 29 June 1885 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia [30]
Son of George William STOKES and Mary BROWN [54]
Married Ellen Annie BAGLEY in Perth in 1907 [66]
In 1916 was working as a Horse Driver and was living at 193 York Street in the Perth suburb of Subiaco [18]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in Perth on 5 March 1916 [30: item 8089863]
     Upon enlistment he was 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighed 155 pounds and had grey eyes, dark hair and a fresh complexion [30]
     After training in Claremont he was appointed on 5 August 1916 to the 4th Reinforcements of the 51st Infantry Battalion [30]
     Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A28 Miltiades on 9 August 1916 [30]
     Disembarked in England and after more training proceeded to France on the steamship Princess Victoria on 4 December 1916 [30]
     Private 2253 in the Australian Imperial Force's 51st Infantry Battalion in France during the First World War [30]
     Served under the rank of Private until being appointed Lance Corporal in France on 20 April 1917 [30]
     Wounded in Action in France on 26 September 1917 and was evacuated to England with a gunshot wound to his right shoulder [30]
     After just under two months hospitalisation and recovery in England he once again proceeded to France 23 November 1917 [30]
     Promoted to Temporary Corporal on 1 January 1918, to Corporal on 12 April 1918 and to Sergeant on 21 April 1918 [30]
     Embarked from England on the H.T. Kildonian Castle and disembarked in Fremantle, Western Australia on 5 May 1919 [30]
     Discharged from the A.I.F. on 12 June 1919; received the British War Medal, Victory Medal and Distinguished Conduct Medal [30]
He was welcomed home by the people of Wannamal at a Tea, Social & Dance in Wannamal on Saturday 31 May 1919 [9: 13-Jun-1918]
Also a guest of honour at the "Welcome Home" at the Wannamal Hall in Wannamal on the evening of 20 September 1919 [9: 3-Oct-1919]
     Over 200 people attended the function which tendered a welcome home to himself, John L. BAGLEY and Walter V. BAGLEY [9]
Resided at 38 Denis Street in the Perth suburb of Subiaco from as early as 1928 until at least 1961 [6] [30: item 8089863]
Wheat Carting Contractor who visited Carnamah annually during the wheat carting season [P5] [0: image 03282]
     Worked in Carnamah during the 1933 harvest and was accompanied by his wife and children [5: 24-Nov-1933, 19-Jan-1934]
     Began advertising his services as a wheat carter in The North Midland Times newspaper on Friday 20 July 1934 [5: 20-Jul-1934]
     The advertisement notified old and intending clients he would be returning to Carnamah well equipped for the 1934 harvest [5]
     After finishing wheat carting left Carnamah on Thursday 10 January 1935 and returned to his home in Subiaco [5: 11-Jan-1935]
     From 11 October 1935 himself and his brother-in-law Walter V. BAGLEY advertised in The North Midland Times [5: 11-Oct-1935]
     Advertised to notify old and new clients that they would be returning to Carnamah equipped for the coming wheat carting season [5]
     Himself and his wife arrived in Carnamah on Wednesday 4 November 1936 [5: 6-Nov-1936]
     After wheat carting in Carnamah he returned to Subiaco on Saturday 19 December 1936 [5: 24-Dec-1936]
     On his return to Subiaco he was accompanied by his daughter Mrs Veronica E. MCGOWAN and young grandson of Carnamah [5]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Subiaco until his death in 1969 [2]
Died 19 November 1969; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, Lawn 2, S004) [2]


From The Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, No. 15, 4 February 1919:
Charles Albert Stokes. Distinguished Conduct Medal. "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Sergeant Stokes led a section of bombers, against some machine gun positions, which were holding up the advance of the flank of his company. All the section except himself became casualties; but two of the guns were put out of action, and their detachment killed, and then Sergeant Stokes attacked the remaining gun single handed, and captured it killing or wounding all the crew. During all this time he was under machine gun fire of great severity. On returning to his platoon, he found his commander had become a casualty and he at once took command, and led the men forward. His very gallant behaviour and coolness under fire of the heaviest description were an example worthy of the highest praise."


Mrs Ellen Annie STOKES
Wife of Charles Albert STOKES; see Ellen Annie BAGLEY


"Billee" Hilda Millicent STOKES
Born 1915 [15]
Attended the Carnamah Church of England's New Year Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 30 December 1933 [5: 5-Jan-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 Parkinson Tennis Club's Dance held on Saturday 14 April 1934 at the Carnamah Hall [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 Emily H. TURNER's 21st Birthday at Karragee Farm in Carnamah on Tuesday 8 May 1934 [5: 11-May-1934]
On Saturday 12 May 1934 attended the Carnamah Football Club's Grand Opening Ball in a dress of royal blue georgette [5: 18-May-1934]
Attended the Roman Catholic Church's Ball in Carnamah on 26 May 1934 in a floral swiss voile dress with lace trimmings [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 to raise money for books at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 21 July 1934 [5: 27-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]
In a blue check silk voile dress attended the Carnamah Football Club's Premiership Ball on Saturday 20 October 1934 [5: 26-Oct-1934]
Spent a few weeks in Carnamah in March 1935 before travelling to Perth [5: 1-Mar-1935]
Attended the Ball after the Carnamah Agricultural Show in 1935 in a gown of Spanish shot silk with diamond trimmings [5: 20-Sep-1935]
After working at the Carnamah Hotel for several months left Carnamah and shifted to Perth on Monday 2 December 1935 [5: 6-Dec-1935]
Returned to Carnamah from Perth on Thursday 9 July 1936 [5: 10-Jul-1936]
Attended the Carnamah Anglican Church's Mid-Winter Ball on 11 July 1936 dressed in black lace with silver trimmings [5: 17-Jul-1936]
Married Arthur BOOTH in Perth in 1938 [66]
Her bridesmaids were Miss Peggy DRAGE and Arthur's sister Miss Edna BOOTH [0: image 03716]
Following her marriage resided with her husband in the Perth suburb Nedlands [0: image 03716]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Cottesloe [2]
Died 24 August 2002; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]


"Ron" Veronica Ellen STOKES
Born 1915 [15]
Daughter of Charles Albert STOKES and Ellen Annie BAGLEY [5: 9-Aug-1935]
Spent part of every summer in Carnamah with her parents during the wheat carting season in the 1920s and 1930s [P5]
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]
Educated at Victoria Square Convent in Perth and later attended the University of Western Australia [P5]
After the 1934-35 wheat carting left Carnamah with her parents on 10 January 1935 and returned to their home in Subiaco [5: 11-Jan-1935]
Spent a week in Winchester in late February 1935 staying with her cousin and cousin-in-law Walter and Florrie BAGLEY [5: 1-Mar-1935]
Married "Jack" John MCGOWAN on Saturday 20 July 1935 at Saint Joseph's Church in the Perth suburb of Subiaco [5]
     Her bridesmaids were Miss Anne WALLIS and her sister Miss E. Edith STOKES while her brother George was groomsman [5]
     After the ceremony they held their wedding breakfast with about 35 guests at the Bradman Hall in Subiaco [5: 9-Aug-1935]
     Following their wedding and honeymoon shifted to Carnamah with her husband on Tuesday 30 July 1935 [5: 2-Aug-1935]
     A Miscellaneous Evening was held at the Carnamah Hall on 10 August 1935 to celebrate their recent marriage [5: 2,  9 & 16-Aug-1935]
     People from Winchester, Carnamah and Three Springs attended the Evening, to congratulate them and present them with gifts [5]
Resided in two rented rooms of PARKER's house at 5 Macpherson Street, Carnamah whilst awaiting the arrival of their first child [P5]
Wore white satin to the Show Ball which followed the Carnamah Agricultural Show on Thursday 12 September 1935 [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Her sister E. Edith STOKES of Subiaco spent holidays with her in Carnamah in February and September 1936 [5: 21-Feb-1936, 2-Oct-1936]
Her mother spent a holiday staying with them in Carnamah during early April 1936 [5: 10-Apr-1936]
Along with her mother and infant son travelled from Carnamah to Perth by train on Monday 1 June 1936 [5: 5-Jun-1936]
After spending four weeks in Perth herself and her son returned to Carnamah on Friday 26 June 1936 [5: 3-Jul-1936]
Attended the Show Ball after the Carnamah Agricultural Show on Thursday 10 September 1936 dressed in ivory satin [5: 18-Sep-1936]
Her sister E. Edith STOKES, dressed in red gold and figured velvet, also attended the 1936 Show Ball in Carnamah [5: 11 & 18-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]
Member of the Carnamah Social Club in 1936 [5: 13-Nov-1936]
Herself and her son travelled from Carnamah to Subiaco with her father on Saturday 19 December 1936 [5: 24-Dec-1936]
Herself, her husband and their son travelled to Perth with J. Henry BREWER for Easter in March 1937 [5: 2-Apr-1937]
Her husband returned home after Easter herself while herself and their son remained in Perth for a month long holiday [5: 2 & 23-Apr-1937]
Attended the Coronation Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Wednesday evening 12 May 1937 wearing ivory satin [5: 14-May-1937]
Herself and her husband were among the 80 who attended the Carnamah Repertory Club's Social Evening on 25 June 1937 [5: 2-Jul-1937]
After spending several weeks in Perth herself and her son returned to Carnamah on Saturday 31 July 1937 [5: 6-Aug-1937]
Mother of Peter [91]


From The North Midland Times newspaper, Friday 15 March 1935:
"Engagement - The engagement has been announced of Veronica (Ron), second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Stokes, of Subiaco, to John (of Carnamah), youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. McGowan, of Perth."


Ethel Mary STORM
Born C.1898 [2]
Married Stanley Walter STEWART in 1920 [66]
Resided in Carnamah with her husband in 1924 and 1925 [19]
Attended the Grand Plain & Fancy Dress Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on 6 August 1925 dressed as an "Indian Squaw"  [9: 21-Aug-1925]
Herself and her husband resided in Koolanooka 1930-1939 [19]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley [2]
Died 11 August 1972; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Lawn 2, Niche Wall, W4, 60) [2]


Thomas Roy STRACHAN
Born 1906 [15]
Barman at the Carnamah Hotel at 22 Macpherson Street, Carnamah 1929-1933 [19]
During his time working in Carnamah he also resided at the Carnamah Hotel [19]
Married Eva M. DELLAR in 1933 [66]
In 1936 he was working as a Miner and living at 5 Brookman Street in Kalgoorlie [50]


Donald Henry Alexander STRAITON
Born 29 July 1922 in Claremont, Western Australia [24] [77]
Son of "Jim" James Slater STRAITON and Ivy Frances RANDALL [P89]
Initially resided with his parents in the Perth suburb of Claremont [77]
He was baptised at Saint Aidan's Presbyterian Church in the Perth suburb of Claremont on 29 October 1922 [84]
Later resided with his parents on Hursley Farm in Winchester [P89]
Died 23 April 1925 in Winchester; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Anglican, Unsurveyed Corner) [24]
Due to there being no officiating minister available Three Springs farmer Evander W. FRANKLIN officiated at his burial [24]
Carnamah storekeeper L. Scott WYLIE acted as undertaker for his burial [24]


From The Midlands Advertiser newspaper, Friday 1 May 1925:
Carnamah Notes (From Our Correspondent), Carnamah, April 28
"A very sad accident occurred at Winchester on Thursday afternoon last. The 2½ year old son of Mr and Mrs J Straiton was killed under peculiar circumstances. He was playing outside his home at about 4 p m and an hour later he was found lying near the stables. He was soon taken to Three Springs, but the doctor found the little chap was beyond human aid. It is not definitely known how the boy lost his life; it is thought that he fell from the stables whilst climbing or that he was kicked by a horse. Deep sympathy is felt for the bereaved parents."
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