"Bill" William Joseph DEE
Born 15 October 1906 in Strawberry, Western Australia [16]
Son of Thomas DEE and Louisa Jane LONG [15]
Initially resided with his parents at Strawberry in the Mingenew district [84]
He was baptised by Methodist Minister J. E. STONE of Dongara on 26 November 1906 [84]
He was a grandson of William LONG and Sarah GREEN who were the first non-indigenous people to settle in Coorow in 1862 [P17]
Farmhand in Coorow 1928-1950 [19]
For several years worked for George N. GREENWOOD on Maryland Farm in Waddy Forest [P141]
Resided in the old house on Maryland Farm and had his meals with the GREENWOOD family at their home [P141]
Gave a cup and saucer marked with 1929 (Centenary of WA) to his employer's youngest daughter, Dorothy M. GREENWOOD [P141]
He was one of 98 people from the Coorow district who signed a petition in 1929 for a local hotel license to be granted [39: 6-Feb-1929]
Won the Shooting Competition at the very successful Sports Day held in Coorow in November 1939 [86: 30-Nov-1929]
Member of the Waddy Forest Cricket Club in 1930-31 [4: 15-Nov-1930]
Paid a 10/- Vermin Bonus by the Carnamah District Road Board on 16 August 1933 for helping to control vermin by killing a fox [300]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1935-36 and 1936-37 [5: 13-Dec-1935, 16-Oct-1936]
Member of the Coorow Rifle Club in 1936 and 1937 [5: 4-Sep-1936, 2-Jul-1937]
Played for the victorious Single Men in a cricket match against Married Men in Coorow on Sunday 6 December 1936 [5: 11-Dec-1936]
Resided in Coorow until enlisting in the Australian Army on 4 December 1940 [16]
Private WX9638 in the Australian Army's 2/28 Battalion during the Second World War [16]
In 1942 word was received that he was Prisoner of War [5: 8-Jun-1945]
In June 1945 it was recorded that he was safe and well in England having been a Prisoner of War in Germany [0: image 04336]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 27 August 1945 and returned to Coorow [4] [16]
Resided in Coorow until at least 1950 [4: 2-Dec-1950]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Belmont [2]
Died 3 September 1979; cremated at Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia [2]
His ashes were buried by his niece Vera P. LONG on 25 January 1980 at the Winchester Cemetery in Carnamah (Row E, Plot 13) [14]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'William Joseph Dee' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 20 April 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/william-joseph-dee [reference list] |
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