"George" Forrest George DEE

Born 1897 in Mingenew, Western Australia ^[15]
Son of George DEE and Ellen SAUNDERS ^[15]
Resided with his parents on Bowgada Station in Bowgada 1903-1906 and then in Mingenew ^{[225: 7-May1908]}
Later resided with his mother in a small house in the Arrino townsite ^[P2]
Labourer and Contractor in Arrino 1917-1947 ^{[6] [19]}
     During the wheat harvesting and carting season he worked in Arrino as a Wheat Lumper ^{[5: 30-Mar-1934] [P2]}
     Through the remainder of the year he worked doing contract work ^[P2]
Member of the Arrino Football Club 1921-1936 ^{[9: 26-Aug-1921] [10: 28-Jul-1922] [5: 25-May-1934, 19-Jun-1936]}
Farmhand in Yandanooka in 1927 ^{[39: 12-Jan-1927]}
He was one of 133 who signed a petition in 1927 requesting the granting of a Publican's License for Yandanooka ^{[39: 12-Jan-1927]}
Attended the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show and Show Ball on Thursday 20 September 1928 ^[4]
     He and Charles B. DODD, also of Arrino, won the Relay Race in the Ring Events portion of the Show ^{[4: 29-Sep-1928]}
When he and another man were picking up a railway sleeper in Arrino a black snake wrapped its tail around his arm ^{[5: 30-Mar-1934]}
     The man holding the other end of the sleeper dropped his half and crushed the head of the snake, which measured over five feet ^[5]
Spent a holiday over Christmas 1934 and New Year 1935 at the beach in Dongara^{[5: 11-Jan-1935]}
Member of the Arrino Cricket Club from 1934-35 to 1936-37 ^{[5: 22-Feb-1935, 27-Nov-1936]}
Died 18 April 1962; buried at the Utakarra Cemetery in Geraldton, Western Australia ^[27]

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