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Biographical Dictionary - Coorow, Carnamah, Three Springs


Surname

Albert John Richard JONES

Born 6 May 1910 in the Glamorgan, Wales [16] [21]
School Teacher of the Billeroo State School at Billeroo, East Winchester for some of 1932 and 1933 [5: 18-Nov-1932] [73]
In 1933, during which time he was the sole teacher of the Billeroo State School, he was on an annual salary of £235 [73]
Considered writing an arithmetic book suited to the needs of farmers in November 1932 [5: 18-Nov-1932]
     Wrote to The Carnamah-Three Springs Times newspaper requesting farmers send to him lists of the problems they encountered [5]
     The newspaper put their support behind him and dually urged local farmers to send him the problems they calculated [5: 25-Nov-1932]
     Problems such as calculating the area of paddocks of uneven measurements, the tonnage of a stack of hay, the capacity of a dam [5]
     The newspaper remarked there was a real need for such a book and he was fully qualified to compile it [5]
He could be the "Ajax" who sent in notes on Billeroo and Winchester for The Carnamah-Three Springs Times [5: 18-Nov-1932, 25-Nov-1932]
Played the banjo at the social evening tendered to Nell NORTHEY at the Winchester School on Saturday 29 June 1933 [5: 7-Jul-1933]
Left Billeroo on Thursday 20 July 1933 after being transferred to Port Hedland [5: 28-Jul-1933]
Married Jean Elizabeth PICK in 1938 [66]
Enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force in Perth on 20 February 1941 [16]
     Flying Officer 295505 in the Royal Australian Air Force's 85th Squadron during the Second World War [16]
     Discharged from the Royal Australian Air Force on 21 October 1944 [16]
School Teacher in Mount Magnet in 1946 [84]
Arrived with his wife and daughter in Carnamah in late January 1947 [0: image 04444]
Head School Teacher of the Carnamah State School  in 1947 [73]
Member of the Carnamah Miniature Rifle Club in 1947 [0: image 04454]
Committee Member in 1947 and Financial Member in 1948 of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society [13] [58]
In 1947 resided at the School House in Carnamah, which was telephone number Carnamah-4 [60]
Head School Teacher of the Chidlow State School in Chidlow in 1950, and of the Bullfinch State School in Bullfinch in 1955 [84]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Yokine [2]
Father of Rhonda, David and Charles [84]
Died 29 January 1995; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (IC Section, Rose Memorial, CF, 5) [2]


Reference:  Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Albert John Richard Jones' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 28 March 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/albert-john-richard-jones [reference list]




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