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Biographical Dictionary - Coorow, Carnamah, Three Springs


Surname

"Guy" Ferruccio Guido VANZETTI

Born 24 January 1907 in Perth, Western Australia [16]
Son of "Francis" Francesco VANZETTI and "Evelyn" Eveline BAXTER [16]
Farmer of Ytinchie Farm in Marchagee [19]
Caretaker of the East Marchagee Hall in Marchagee for the Carnamah District Road Board in 1934 and 1935 [5: 4-May-1934]
     The Carnamah District Road Board decided in September 1935 that financially they were unable to retain his services [5: 27-Sep-1935]
     He forwarded the key to the Hall and an inventory of its furnishings to Road Board member Frank R. BRYANT [5: 1-Nov-1935]
Exhibited in the Sheep Dog, Poultry and Grain & Fodder sections at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1935 [5: 13-Sep-1935]
     Won 1st prizes for Border Collie Sheep Dog or Bitch, female White Leghorn, and Brown Oats; and 2nd for Wheaten Hay [5]
Member of the Marchagee Hall Committee in 1941 [5: 20-Jun-1941]
Married Anne Hughston MURDOCH in Perth in 1942 [66]
Private W72076 in Coorow's local Australian Army Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest branch of the Primary Producers' Association in 1945 and 1946 [5: 27-Apr-1945, 15-Nov-1946]
Inaugural Member of Coorow-Waddy Forest branch of the Farmers' Union of Western Australia in December 1946 [5: 20-Dec-1946]
He donated £5 to the Farmers' Union Appeal Fund in 1949 [5: 1-Sep-1949]
Dereck L. MESURIER was taken ill while at the Vanzetti home in Marchagee in June 1947 [5: 27-Jun-1947]
    He was taken to Moora Hospital where he later died [5: 27-Jun-1947]
Member of East Marchagee Tennis Club - was President in 1947-48 [5: 9-Apr-1948]
He presented the trophies at the Coorow District Tennis Championships held on 4 April 1948 [5: 9-Apr-1948]
Later resided in Moora [116]
Father of Adrian, Julian, Susan, Peter, Charles and David [138]
Died 14 August 1992; buried at the Moora Public Cemetery in Moora, Western Australia (Common East, Plot 132) [116]


Reference:  Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Ferruccio Guido Vanzetti' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 29 March 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/ferruccio-guido-vanzetti [reference list]




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