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Biographical Dictionary - Coorow, Carnamah, Three Springs


Surname

"Bill" William Henry WITT

Born 24 October 1897 in Richmond, Surrey, England [22]
Son of butchers driver William John WITT and Harriett EDE [20] [21]
In 1901 was living with his parents and sisters Evelyn, Nelly and Edith at 7 Ashley Road in Richmond, Surrey, England [20]
Carpenter and Labourer in Carnamah, Western Australia 1930-1936 [19] [88]
     Resided a in a little hut with walls made out of white washed hessian on or near Railway Avenue, Carnamah [P99]
     On the door of his hut was a sign "Danger. Keep Out. 50,000 Volts" despite not even having electricity connected to his home [P99]
     For a time he worked part time in Carnamah for local storekeeper "Fred" Norman W. REYNOLDS [P99]
     Among other duties he used Fred's truck to collect items from the railway station and transport them to the shop [P99]
     Broke his wrist on Tuesday 23 June 1931 when the truck he was cranking backfired [4: 27-Jun-1931]
     His wrist was attended to by local doctor Cecil P. ROSENTHAL at the Carnamah Private Hospital [4: 27-Jun-1931]
     In mid 1934 he was contracted by the Carnamah Road Board to erect 25 chains of fencing at Centenary Park, Carnamah [5: 15-Jun-1934]
Following two complaints he was detained at the Carnamah Police Station on 4 September 1936 [88]
     He was detained on the charge of "being a person of unsound mind wandering at large" [88]
     The next day at 9:30 a.m. he was examined in Carnamah by Dr Cecil P. ROSENTHAL who found him to be mentally affected [88]
     The doctor issued a certificate stating this under the Mental Treatment Act [88]
     He went before the Carnamah Police Court where orders were signed by a local JP for him to be committed to Heathcote [88]
     Left Carnamah by the 12 noon train on 7 September 1936, being escorted to Heathcote Mental Hospital in Perth [88]
Resided in Perth prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 30 August 1940[16]
     Private W28663 in the Australian Army's 110 General Hospital during the Second World War [16]
     Discharged from the Australian Army on 23 February 1945 [16]
Died 12 June 1960; buried at the Utakarra Cemetery in Geraldton, Western Australia[26]


Reference:  Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'William Henry Witt' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 29 March 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/william-henry-witt [reference list]




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