Frank LEYDEN
Born 19 June 1899 in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England [16]
Son of William LEYDEN and Melita PARFITT [20] [21]
His father was born in Ireland, his mother in Somerset and they married on the Isle of Wight, off the coast of Hampshire [20] [21]
In 1901 he was living with his parents and siblings at 28 Coombe Lane in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England [20]
He had three sisters and three brothers in 1901 - Florence, Hilda, William, James, Percival and Gertrude [20]
Served with the Royal Navy during the First World War [86: 29-Oct-1932]
Later worked as a Farmhand in England [70]
Departed from London, England on the steamship Baradine and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 17 April 1922 [70]
Farmhand in Carnamah, Western Australia 1924-1932 [19] [86: 27-Sep-1934, 29-Oct-1932]
In 1925 he was working for Roger W. CLARK on Rosebury Row Farm in Carnamah [50]
Attended the Carnamah Race Club's Picnic Race Meeting held in Carnamah during September 1924 [86: 27-Sep-1924]
At the Picnic Races he rode his horse Beauty in the First Hack Race and CLARK's horse Puss in the Second Hack Race [86: 27-Sep-1924]
Attended the Inering Progress Association's Inering Picnic on Richard BATTY's farm in Carnamah on Sunday 7 September 1930 [4]
He won the Throwing Cricket Ball competition at the Inering Picnic by throwing the ball 95½ yards [4: 20-Sep-1930]
He was one of 77 ex-servicemen who attended the Sailors & Soldiers Reunion Dinner in Carnamah on 22 October 1932 [86: 29-Oct-1932]
Resided at Babakin in the Bruce Rock district prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 18 March 1941 [16]
Private W32172 in the Australian Army's 9 Auxiliary Horse Transport Company in 1941 of the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 21 November 1941, but enlisted in the Army again on 1 March 1942 [16]
Private W51757 in the Australian Army's Bulk Issue Petrol and Oil Depot in 1942 of the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 20 May 1942 [16]
Farmhand in Mingenew in 1943 [50]
Resided at 86 Mill Point Road in the Perth suburb of South Perth 1949-1954 [50]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Frank Leyden' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 19 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/frank-leyden [reference list] |
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