Leslie Frederick DEWAR
Born 1893 in Gingin, Western Australia [15]
Son of William Adams DEWAR and Harriett SAUNDERS [15]
Farmer of Palm Valley Farm in Gingin in 1925 [50]
Resided in Carnamah in 1933 and 1934 [300: pages 41, 42]
Paid £3/10/- in Vermin Bonuses by the Carnamah District Road Board in September 1933 for killing a wild dog and three pups [300]
Received another £1/10/- in Vermin Bonuses from the Carnamah District Road Board in June 1934 for killing six foxes [300]
Married Joan CLAIRS in Perth on 16 November 1933 [39: 4-May-1938] [66]
In 1936 he was working as a Government Trapper [39: 4-Dec-1936]
His services were requested in November 1936 by farmers in Winchester who'd continually lost sheep over a two year period [39]
After a fortnight in Winchester he was successful in capturing the culprit which had previously never been sighted [39]
The culprit was a crossbred dingo-kangaroo dog estimated to have been ten years old which measured six feet from head to tail [39]
Using a sheep as a decoy he deceived the dog into going into a trap on Kirkar Vale Farm in Winchester on 23 November 1936 [39]
During his fortnight in the district he killed five other dogs which were children of the one that had been killing sheep [39]
Vermin Trapper in Gingin in 1937 [50]
Vermin Trapper in Carnamah in 1938 [39: 4-May-1938]
In May 1938 he petitioned for a divorce from his wife on the grounds of desertion [39: 4-May-1938]
Vermin Trapper in Gingin in 1943 [50]
Died 1946 [15]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Leslie Frederick Dewar' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 20 April 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/leslie-frederick-dewar [reference list] |
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