Born 1906 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Son of Colin McGregor CALDOW and Eleanor Grace PAINTOR [39: 2-Feb-1954]
Married Beatrice McCARTHY in Perth on 21 March 1931 at Saint Mary's Church in the Perth suburb of Leederville [39: 30-Mar-1931]
Shop Assistant in Mingenew 1931-1941 [19] [50]
His orchestra provided the music at the Farewell Social for agent John P. McCABE in Mingenew on 20 April 1931 [4: 25-Apr-1931]
Played the violin at the Mingenew Dramatic Society's Dance at the Agricultural Hall in Mingenew on 14 May 1932 [4: 21-May-1932]
Played the violin Three Springs Golf Club's Annual Ball at the Three Springs Hall on Wednesday 2 October 1935 [5: 4-Oct-1935]
Played the violin at the Carnamah Anglican Church's New Year's Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on 31 December 1935 [5: 3-Jan-1936]
Attended the Farewell Social & Dance for his sister May and brother-in-law Jim TIPPETT in Three Springs on 28 July 1941 [4: 2-Aug-1941]
By 1943 he had shifted with his family to the Perth suburb of Scarborough and was working as a Boot Clicker [50]
A boot clicker was a person who cut the uppers for boots or shoes from a skin of leather or other material [P8]
In 1949 he was working as a Bootmaker and living at 15 Farmer Street in North Perth [50]
Later worked as a Labourer and lived for many years at 80 Bondi Street in the Perth suburb of Mount Hawthorn [39: 21-Feb-1985] [50]
He passed away at the age of 78 years at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in the Perth suburb of Nedlands [2] [39: 21-Feb-1985]
Father of Valma, Kevin and Trevor [39: 21-Feb-1985]
Died 19 February 1985; ashes interred at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Roman Catholic, PC, 335) [2]
Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Colin Andrew Caldow' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 18 November 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/colin-andrew-caldow [reference list] |
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