"Jock" Clarence Jock BRYANT
Born 13 May 1914 in Bridgetown, Western Australia [16]
Son of Frank Ringol BRYANT and Florence Edith HOLMES [15]
Farmhand on Yorkdale Farm in Marchagee 1935-1943 and Farmer in Waddy Forest 1947-1956 [19]
Became a member of the Carnamah Masonic Lodge No.150 WAC on 13 December 1935[96]
Part of an overland trip to the uninhabited coast at Jurien Bay, which departed on Monday 15 February 1937 [5: 26-Feb-1937]
The 12 other members of the party were Frank R. BRYANT, Walter G. FENNELL and W. Frank FENNELL of Marchagee; [5]
Baxter D. BOTHE, William J. GAUNT, George HUTRCHRAFT, Donald S. GRANT, David TODD, Fred BINGHAM, [5]
and John S. READ of Coorow; Angus A. N. MCGILP of Waddy Forest; and William A. T. SARGENT of Carnamah [5]
They travelled in two trucks and two cars and from Moora they drove over 54 miles of road and 30 miles of sand [5]
They erected a shed and tables and were able to get good reception on a wireless Fred BINGHAM had taken along [5]
They took a boat with them and fished every day, and paid a visit to caves situated nine miles from their camp at Jurien Bay [5]
The party also visited Sandy Cape and North Head and after an enjoyable stay returned home on Friday 19 February 1937 [5]
Married Muriel COOPER in West Perth in 1942 [15]
Enlisted in the Australian Army on 8 December 1942 [16]
Corporal WX35807 in the Australian Army's 11th Australian MC GP during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 15 January 1946 [16]
Later resided in Buntine and in the southern Perth suburb of Waikiki [45]
Father of Chris, Steven, Vince and Russell [45]
Died 10 August 2006; cremated at Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia on 17 August 2006 [45]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Clarence Jock Bryant' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 17 August 2025 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/clarence-jock-bryant [reference list] |
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