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Biographical Dictionary - Coorow, Carnamah, Three Springs


Surname

"Ted" Herbert Edward WHITE

Born 29 September 1910 in Chesterfield, Derby, England [16]
Labourer in Carnamah 1938-1947 [19]
Worked for a period as a farmhand for John BOWMAN on The Home Farm in Carnamah [P31]
Paid a 10/- Vermin Bonus by the Carnamah District Road Board on 19 January 1934 for helping to control vermin by killing a fox [300]
Member of Carnamah's Parkinson Tennis Club in 1935-36 [5: 28-Feb-1936]
Attended the Surprise 21st Birthday for Miss Eileen R. PERRY in Carnamah on Saturday evening 18 July 1936 [5: 24-Jul-1936]
Member of the Carnamah Social Club in 1936, and Captain in 1937 [5: 7-Aug-1936, 16-Apr-1937]
Played for the defeated Carnamah Social Club in badminton against the Carnamah Badminton Club on 5 August 1936 [5: 7-Aug-1936]
Member of John BOWMAN's XI who played against the Carnamah Cricket Club for the opening of the 1936-37 season [5: 9-Oct-1936]
Won the Gentlemen's Handicap Singles at the Carnamah Social Club's Badminton Tournament on 4 November 1936 [5: 13-Nov-1936]
Member of Carnamah's Parkinson Tennis Club in 1936-37 [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Member of the Carnamah Tennis Club 1939-1941 [0: images 03018 & 04039]
Private in the local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society 1946-1971 [13]
Sharefarmer of JOHNSON's Avalon Farm in Winchester 1947-1957 [P1]
Married Gladys Mae KEMP in Perth in 1950 [66]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Clarence Thomas McCONKEY on 21 March 1950 at the Karrakatta Cemetery [0: 23-Mar-1950]
In 1961 purchased 200 acres of farmland in Carnamah from Mrs Vittoria G. DEWAR (Victoria Location 2981) [3]
For a number of years resided at 9 Yarra Street in Carnamah, which was rented from David I. M. Bowman [P75]
Later resided in the coastal town of Jurien Bay [2]
Died 4 November 1988; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (MC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 14, 194) [2]


Reference:  Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Herbert Edward White' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 29 March 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/herbert-edward-white [reference list]




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