"Len" Leonard Francis ANGEL
Born 26 April 1904 in Balaklava, South Australia [55]
Son of George Henry ANGEL and Gertrude Annie Jane HARTLEY [55]
Settled in Arrino, Western Australia in 1927 [4: 28-May-1927]
Sharefarmer in Dudawa, East Arrino 1927-1934, and Labourer in Arrino 1935-1940[6] [4] [19]
He was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Member of the inaugural team representing the North Midlands Football Association in 1928 [4: 6-Oct-1928]
Attended the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show and Show Ball on Thursday 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Member of the Dudawa Tennis Club in 1928-29 and 1929-30 [4: 20-Apr-1929, 30-Nov-1929]
Attended the Beach Committee's Dance held at the Dongara Hall in Dongara on Monday evening 28 February 1929 [4: 2-Feb-1929]
Following the Arrino Race Club's Race Meeting attended the evening Ball in the Arrino Hall on Thursday 4 April 1929 [4: 13-Apr-1929]
Attended the Three Springs Race Club's Race Meeting & Evening Ball held in Three Springs on Thursday 11 April 1929 [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Attended the meeting held in Arrino on Saturday 13 April 1929 to discuss the affairs and finances of the Arrino Hall [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Attended the Anglican Church's Fancy Dress Ball in Three Springs on Thursday 27 June 1929 as a "Dudawa Cowboy" [4: 6-Jul-1929]
After a trip to the Eastern States in 1929 arrived back in WA, and then after attending the Royal Show returned to Arrino [4: 2-Nov-1929]
Member of the Arrino Football Club 1932-1936 - was Captain in 1934 [5: 29-Jul-1932, 25-May-1934, 29-May-1936]
Attended the Annual Ball of the Arrino Tennis Club at the Arrino Hall on Thursday 27 July 1933 [5: 4-Aug-1933]
Member of the Arrino Tennis Club from 1930-31 - was Captain from 1934-35 to 1938-39 [4: 8-Nov-1930, 1-Oct-1938] [5: 28-Jun-1935, 20-Sep-1935]
Master of Ceremonies at the Arrino Tennis Club's Dance held at the Arrino Hall on Thursday 26 April 1934 [5: 4-May-1934]
Among those from Arrino who attended the clearing sale held on the farm of Cyril L. AYLMORE in Mingenew on 1 May 1934 [144]
He and Miss Eunice COUSINS won the spot waltz at the Carnamah Football Club's Grand Ball on 12 May 1934 [5: 18-May-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Premiership Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 20 October 1934 [5: 26-Oct-1934]
Member of the Arrino Cricket Club in 1934-35 [5: 22-Feb-1935]
In May 1934 he was managing Robert W. BARR's farm in Arrino [144]
Competitor in the Parkinson Tennis Club's Open Championship Tournament in Carnamah on Tuesday 1 January 1935 [5: 21-Dec-1934]
Presented the trophies at the Arrino Tennis Club's Annual Ball held at the Arrino Hall on Tuesday 25 June 1935 [5: 28-Jun-1935]
Due to being indisposed he was unable to compete in the Tennis Tournament held in Carnamah on 1 January 1936 [5: 3-Jan-1936]
Finalist in the North Midlands Easter Tennis Tournament held in Mingenew on 11th, 12th and 13th of April 1936 [5: 17-Apr-1936]
Gave a congratulatory speech at the Carnamah Football Club's Presentation Ball in Carnamah on 26 September 1936 [5: 2-Oct-1936]
Represented the Arrino Tennis Club in their lost cricket match against the Arrino Cricket Club on 13 December 1936 [5: 18-Dec-1936]
The North Midlands Football Association requested he became a Central Umpire for the Association in 1937 [5: 30-Apr-1937]
Groomsman at the wedding of W. Kenneth MUTTER and Gladys E. STOKES in Three Springs on 6 September 1938 [4: 10-Sep-1938]
Member of the No. 2 Troop of the "C" Squadron of the motorised 25th Light Horse Machine Gun Regiment in 1939 [P15]
The No. 2 Troop was a local militia unit made of people from the North Midlands and trained in Carnamah once a fortnight [P15]
Married Alice Hope CONNOLLY of Arrino [P2]
Left Arrino after purchasing a farm at Strawberry in the Mingenew district [P121]
Corporal W71860 in Mingenew's local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Farmed at Strawberry in the Mingenew district until at least 1965 [19]
After retiring he and his wife lived at the Ocean Gardens Retirement Village in the Perth suburb of City Beach [P121]
Following his wife's death in 1993 he continued to live at the Ocean Gardens Retirement Village until his own death in 1995 [P121]
Father of Beverley and Janice [P121]
Died 12 May 1995; cremated at Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Leonard Francis Angel' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 25 April 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/leonard-francis-angel [reference list] |
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