"Jack" John Edward HODGKISS
Born 1910 in Highgate Hill, Western Australia [15]
Son of George HODGKISS and Eleanor Amelia COX [2]
Bank Employee at the English Scottish & Australian (E. S. & A.) Bank in Three Springs 1932-1934 [5: 25-Jan-1935] [19]
Attended the Commemoration Dinner held at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs on Friday 26 August 1932 [5: 9-Sep-1932]
The dinner was to commemorate Three Springs having the highest average yield for wheat in the State for the 1931-32 season [5]
Attended the Farewell Evening tendered to local pioneer Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Member of the Three Springs Golf Club - was Secretary in 1933 and 1934 [5: 20-Oct-1933, 13-Apr-1934]
Attended the 21st birthday of Gladys BASTIAN at her parents' home in Three Springs on Sunday 22 October 1933 [5: 27-Oct-1933]
Member of the Three Springs Tennis Club in 1933-34 and 1934-35 [5: 10-Nov-1933, 16-Nov-1934]
Member of the committee that organised the Three Springs Bush Fire Brigade's Fundraising Ball on 20 November 1933 [5: 10-Nov-1933]
Spent some of his Christmas holidays at the end of 1933 staying at Dongara Beach[5: 5-Jan-1934]
Attended the Dance conducted by the Carnamah Toc H at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 24 February 1934 [5: 2-Mar-1934]
On the evening of Thursday 15 March 1934 attended the Carnamah Race Club's Annual Dance at the Carnamah Hall [5: 16-Mar-1934]
Best man at the wedding of Hugh MCKENZIE-MCHARG and Gladys BASTIAN in Three Springs on 5 June 1934 [5: 8-Jun-1934]
Represented the Three Springs section of the amalgamated Coorow-Three Springs Anglican Parish at meetings in 1934 [5: 16-Nov-1934]
Attended the Three Springs C.W.A. Ball at the Three Springs Hall on the evening of Thursday 22 November 1934 [5: 23-Nov-1934]
He and the BICKELL family, who were also leaving Three Springs, were farewelled at a function on Monday 21 January 1935 [5]
He said he "deeply regretted leaving his friends of Three Springs and would always carry happy memories of his stay in their midst" [5]
Left Three Springs in January 1935 after being transferred to Merredin and then Norseman [5: 11 & 25-Jan-1935] [551: 11-May-1935]
Bank Officer at the English, Scottish & Australian Bank in Norseman from its opening on 2 May 1935 [551: 11-May-1935]
Spent a holiday visiting friends in Three Springs during late October and early November 1935 [5: 1-Nov-1935]
During his visit to Three Springs he stayed with Archibald and Myria BASTIAN on The Oaks Farm [4: 2-Nov-1935]
Resided in Norseman until his death in 1936 [2]
Died 13 November 1936; buried at Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Anglican, LE, 616) [2]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 21 November 1936:
Obituary - Late Mr J. E. Hodgkiss - Young Man's Sad End
"Keen regret was expressed by a large section of the community of the North Midlands during last week-end when it became known that Mr Jack
Hodgkiss. a former resident of Three Springs, had passed away at Woorooloo on Friday morning. The deceased gentleman, who was only 20 years of age, was formerly
attached to the staff of the E. S. and A. Bank at Three Springs, and in that capacity he was well and favourably known right throughout the district. During the period of his residence at Three Springs he was also extremely popular in sporting and social circles. Just a little less than two years ago the late Mr Hodgkiss was transferred to Merredin, and from that centre he later proceeded to Norseman as an officer of the E. S. and A. Bank. Shortly after arrival at Norseman, however, he was seized with ill-health, and subsequently he was transferred to the Woorooloo Sanatorium for treatment. To this he made no response and passed away on Friday of last week. The funeral took place at Karrakatta during the following day, and amongst those present at the graveside were Mr. and Mrs. A. Bastian and Miss Bastian, of Three Springs, Miss Connie Bastian, of Perth, and Mr. H. McHarg, of Koorda, the last-named gentleman also being formerly associated with banking circles at Three Springs."
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'John Edward Hodgkiss' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 28 January 2026 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/john-edward-hodgkiss [reference list] |
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