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Biographical Dictionary - Coorow, Carnamah, Three Springs


Surname

Arthur Charles COPE

Born 1882 in Greenough, Western Australia [15]
Son of Charles Crowther COPE and Elizabeth EAKINS [15]
Committee Member of the Midland Railway Employees Annual Picnic held in Gingin on Saturday 21 November 1908 [9: 27-Nov-1908]
Married Catherine SHERIDAN on Wednesday 30 March 1910 at Mongaming Farm in Moora [9: 1 & 8-Apr-1910]
     His best man at his wedding was J. W. EAKINS and one of the two bridesmaids was his sister Alma [9]
Resided at Homesdale Road in the Perth suburb of Midland Junction for at least the years 1914-1917 [6]
Sang "When I Lost You" at the Patriotic Concert held at the railway goods shed in Arrino on Friday 18 December 1914 [10: 25-Dec-1914]
He was a passenger on the mail train that went into a washaway near Gunyidi on the night of Monday 23 July 1917 [10: 27-Jul-1917]
     Two passenger carriages were smashed to pieces, three people died, fourteen were injured and assistance was slow to come [10]
     He was among those who went into the deep floodwaters to establish telephonic communications so help could be summoned [10]
Attended the funeral of Coorow stationmaster William C. Cox at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth on 4 November 1937 [5: 12-Nov-1937]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Bedford [2]
Died 7 August 1969; buried at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Baptist, CA, 542) [2]


Reference:  Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Arthur Charles Cope' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 29 March 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/arthur-charles-cope [reference list]




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