"Doug" Douglas Graham OGG
Born 17 September 1913 in Maylands, Western Australia [P82]
Son of Robert OGG and Elizabeth Inglis POLLOCK [15]
Grew up in Perth and was educated at the Highgate State School [P82]
Resided in Carnamah during part of the depression, working as a farmhand and repairing the lining of wells [P82]
Member of the Carnamah Lodge of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows Friendly Society in 1933 [5: 27-Oct-1933]
Played the piano at the farewell to Norman and Fielda SOMERS in Carnamah on Saturday 15 July 1933 [5: 21-Jul-1933]
Assisted with the supplying of music at the Anglican Church Bazaar held in Carnamah on Saturday 12 August 1933 [5: 18-Aug-1933]
Travelled from Carnamah to Perth for a visit Thursday 7 December 1933 [5: 8-Dec-1933]
By July 1934 he had left Carnamah and was living in Perth [5: 3-Aug-1934]
He and Wilbur GETHING, who was also previously of Carnamah, visited Carnamah by car on Monday 27 July 1934 [5: 3-Aug-1934]
Married Jean JENYNS in Perth in 1936 [66]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Fremantle prior to enlisting in the Royal Australian Air Force on 18 January 1944 [16]
Leading Aircraftman 84257 in the Royal Australian Air Force's Western Area Headquarters during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Royal Australian Air Force on 2 January 1946 [16]
Later resided at 50 Milton Street in the Perth suburb of Glendalough before entering a nursing home [P82]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Madeley [2]
Died 24 April 2006; ashes interred Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Perth suburb of Padbury (Banksia Court, Ground Niche, C, 25) [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Douglas Graham Ogg' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 21 November 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/douglas-graham-ogg [reference list] |
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