Athol Douglas CRIDDLE

Born 1897 in Dongara, Western Australia ^[15]
Son of Henry James CRIDDLE and Louisa PELL ^[15]
Station-hand in Dongara ^{[30: item 3463997]}
Labourer and Vermin Inspector in Dongara ^{[19] [39: 9-Mar-1933]}
     His main job as Vermin Inspector with the Irwin Road Board was to ensure the destruction of rabbits ^{[120: 24-Nov-1932]}
     Member of Dongara Cricket Club 1929-1933 ^{[86: 2-May-1929] [86: 7-Jan-1933]}
     The Dongara Tennis Club tendered he and Sylvia KNOWLER an afternoon tea during January 1930 ^{[86: 31-Jan-1930]}
     Married Sylvia Jane Hempsell KNOWLER in 1930 ^[66]
     Member of Dongara Beach Improvement Committee in 1930-31 ^{[86: 22-Nov-1930]}
     Helped organise "Dongara Day" on the beach on New Year's Day in 1931 ^{[86: 10-Jan-1931]}
Licensee of the Ironclad Hotel in Marble Bar 1935-1941 ^{[313: 8-Jun-1935,16-Dec-1938, 3-Jul-1941]}
     The hotel boasted "Best of Ales, Wines and Spirits. Good Accommodation. Excellent Cuisine. Travellers Catered For." ^[313]
     He and his wife took a three month break from the Ironclad Hotel in Marble Bar in early 1941 ^{[313: 30 jan-1941]}
Licensee of the Morawa Hotel in Morawa 1941-1944 ^{[39: 10-Nov-1944] [86: 8-Nov-1941, 6-Nov-1943]}
     He applied to transfer his Publican's General Licence for the Morawa Hotel to Alfred Gordon BATY on 9 November 1944 ^[39]
In early 1949 his address was His Majesty's Hotel in Perth ^{[39: 18-Feb-1949]}
Thomas H. SHAW transferred the Publican's General Licence for the Coorow Hotel to him on 14 February 1949 ^{[39: 18-Feb-1949]}
     He and his wife ran the Coorow Hotel in Coorow 1949-1954 ^{[19] [39: 10-Nov-1954] [86: 15-Nov-1949, 4-Nov-1950]}
     They each gave £5/5/- to the Red Cross Appeal in 1953 and 1954 ^{[39: 24-Apr-1953, 4-May-1954]}
     Applied to the Licensing Court for Irwin District to transfer the hotel licence to Eric J. BRADLEY in November 1954 ^{[39: 10-Nov-1954]}
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Swanbourne ^[2]
Died on 15 November 1971; ashes interred at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth (Crematorium Rose Gdns, 21, 256) ^[2]

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