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Biographical Dictionary - Coorow, Carnamah, Three Springs


Surname

"Jack" John Joseph CARMODY

Born 11 December 1918 in Cottesloe, Western Australia [16]
Son of William Michael CARMODY and Margaret Kathleen HOGAN [5: 23-Oct-1936]
Boarding Student at Saint Idelphonsus College in New Norica in 1936 [5: 23-Oct-1936]
He was outstandingly successful in the College's Annual Sports in 1936 and for the second time won the Open Championship Cup [5]
Won the 100 yards, 220 yards, 440 yards and 880 yards races, and the hop step and jump, high jump and hurdle race [5: 23-Oct-1936]
In mid 1936 he and his brother Joe spent their school holidays with their parents in Three Springs [5: 3-Jul-1936]
Shifted from New Norcia to Three Springs in late 1936 or early 1937 [5: 5-Feb-1937]
Played for the North Midlands Cricket Association in their victory against the Morawa Association on 10 January 1937 [5: 15-Jan-1937]
Member of the Three Springs Cricket Club in 1936-37 [5: 5-Feb-1937]
Represented the North Midlands at Country Week Cricket in Perth during the second week of February 1937 [5: 12-Feb-1937]
Won the 75 Yards Sprint at the Saint Patrick's Day Sports Meeting in Three Springs on Wednesday 17 March 1937 [5: 19-Mar-1937]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1937 [5: 14-May-1937]
Master of Ceremonies at the outstandingly successful Annual Catholic Ball in Three Springs on Thursday 3 June 1937 [5: 11-Jun-1937]
Following his father's transfer he was tendered a farewell with his parents in Three Springs on Monday night 12 July 1937 [5: 9-Jul-1937]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Leederville prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 12 September 1942 [16]
Lieutenant WX33223 in the Australian Army's Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 10 May 1946 [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Coolbinia [2]
Died 15 December 1971; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, Lawn 5, 346) [2]


Reference:  Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'John Joseph Carmody' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 28 March 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/john-joseph-carmody [reference list]




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