Darcy William LEITHHEAD
Born 7 May 1900 in Bunyip, Victoria, Australia [16]
Son of William LEITHHEAD and Emma Hansen STEENHOLDT [54]
Employee of the Vacuum Oil Company in Morawa, Western Australia until being transferred to Carnamah in mid 1935 [5: 28-Jun-1935]
Arrived in Carnamah on Sunday 23 June 1935 [5: 28-Jun-1935]
Superintendent / Manager of the Vacuum Oil Company's depot in Carnamah 1935-1940 [5: 28-Jun-1935] [6]
Member of the Carnamah Football Club in 1935 and 1936 [5: 12-Jul-1935, 12-May-1936]
Played for the North Midlands Football Association in a match against the Perenjori-Morawa Association on 28 July 1935 [5: 2-Aug-1935]
Performed a solo step dance at May ROCCHI's birthday at her brother's farm in Carnamah on 15 August 1935 [5: 23-Aug-1935]
Attended the funeral of Miss "May" Mary L. LANG of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 26 November 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Social Committee Member of the Carnamah Tennis Club in 1935-36 and 1937-38 [5: 16-Aug-1935, 16-Oct-1936, 13-Aug-1937]
Member of the Carnamah Cricket Club in 1935-36 - played for "Carnamah Reds" [5: 22-Nov-1935]
Attended the Wedding Social & Dance for Stuart and May FORD at Koolabba Farm in Carnamah on 25 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Played for victorious Carnamah in their cricket match against "The Rest" in Coorow on Sunday 22 March 1936 [5: 27-Mar-1936]
Accompanied by John T. & Doris E. J. MCLEAN motored to Perth on 9 April 1936 for his forthcoming wedding [5: 17-Apr-1936]
Married Millie Goyne UREN on Saturday 11 April 1936 at the Wesley Church in William Street, Perth [5: 17-Apr-1936] [66]
Following their marriage and honeymoon they returned to Carnamah on Sunday 26 April 1936 [5: 1-May-1936]
Member of the Carnamah Golf Club in 1936, and a Committee Member in 1937 [5: 29-May-1936, 23-Apr-1937]
Member of the Carnamah Repertory Club in 1936, and Secretary in 1937 [5: 9-Oct-1936, 7-May-1937]
Was secretary "in a most efficient, cheerful and satisfactory manner, which did much to assist the goodwill of the Club" [5: 27-Aug-1937]
Attended the Carnamah Repertory Club's Social Evening & Play Presentation at the Carnamah Hall on 17 June 1936 [5: 19-Jun-1936]
Attended the C.W.A. Plain & Fancy Dress Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 25 July 1936 dressed as "Bell Boys" [5: 31-Jul-1936]
Played in the Carnamah Masonic Lodge's Inaugural Annual Golf Meeting in Carnamah on Saturday 1 August 1936 [5: 7-Aug-1936]
His sister Miss LEITHHEAD spent a holiday staying with himself and his wife in Carnamah during August 1936 [5: 21-Aug-1936]
"Most Humorous Boy" at the Coorow Tennis Club's Back to Childhood Ball at the Coorow Hall on 22 August 1936 [5: 28-Aug-1936]
Played Mr Valerie in the play "The Golf Widow" at the Carnamah Repertory Club's Social on Friday 2 October 1936 [5: 9-Oct-1936]
Master of Ceremonies at the Carnamah Girls Club's Children's Fancy Dress Ball in Carnamah on 14 November 1936 [5: 20-Nov-1936]
Master of Ceremonies at the Carnamah Girls Club's Masquerade Ball in Carnamah on Saturday 5 December 1936 [5: 11-Dec-1936]
Played Hon. Francis Mayfield in the play "No Servants" at the Carnamah Repertory Club's Concert on 9 December 1936 [5: 11-Dec-1936]
Member of the Carnamah Adult Education Circle - was Secretary in 1937 [5: 19-Feb-1937]
Master of Ceremonies at the Coronation Ball at the Carnamah Hall following Coronation Celebrations on 12 May 1937 [5: 14-May-1937]
The ball and its festivities celebrated the coronation of King George VI of the United Kingdom and the British Commonwealth [5]
Tied to win the Men's 18 Hole Handicap with a net score of 64 at the Coorow Golf Club's Season Opening in 1937 [5: 21-May-1937]
Attended the Official Opening of the new golf links in Three Springs on Sunday 23 May 1937 [5: 28-May-1937]
He was the mannequin "Miss de Barnarlees" as a bride at the Carnamah Football Club's Opening Ball on 19 June 1937 [5: 25-Jun-1937]
Along with his fellow Club members conducted the Carnamah Repertory Club's Social Evening on Friday 25 June 1937 [5]
In the play "Three Parts Bad" he played the roles of Simpson, the daughter, the son Harold and the policeman [5: 2-Jul-1937]
Master of Ceremonies at the Carnamah Golf Club's Annual Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Thursday night 5 June 1937 [5: 13-Aug-1937]
Performed at the Carnamah Repertory Club's Concert of plays and musical numbers at the Carnamah Hall on 20 August 1937 [5]
He "gave an uproarious and undeviating interpretation of the Major" in the on act comedic play "Meet the Family" [5: 27-Aug-1937]
Committee Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society in 1938 [13]
Along with his wife was farewelled by the people of Carnamah at a function in the Carnamah Hall on 19 September 1940 [0: image 03904]
Left Carnamah in September 1940 after being transerred to Kalgoorlie [0: iWe have thmage 03905]
Superintendent of the Vacuum Oil Company's railway terminal in Kalgoorlie, which supplied fuel and oil to the goldfields [P285]
Private W36342 in the Australian Army's Bulk Issue Petrol and Oil Depot during the Second World War [16]
Resided in Kalgoorlie until 1952 when he shifted with his wife and son to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia [P285]
Resided in the Melbourne suburb of Carrum [P285]
Passed away at the age of 82 years from Parkinson's Disease [P285]
Father of Billy [0: images 02909 & 03899]
Died September 1982; ashes interred Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Cassia, Wall AC, Niche 17) [131]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Darcy William Leithhead' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 18 November 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/darcy-william-leithhead [reference list] |
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