"Glynn" Glen James DROMEY
Born 16 November 1893 in Perth, Western Australia [16]
Son of Michael DROMEY and Euphemia MCKEAN [15]
By 1911 he and his father had each taken up a Conditional Purchase lease of prospective farmland in Gunyidi [44]
Farmer in Gunyidi 1911-1916 [30] [44]
Resided in Gunyidi until enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force in Perth on 22 February 1916 [30: item 3522454]
Upon enlistment he was 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighed 130 pounds and had grey eyes, light brown hair and a ruddy complexion [30]
After training at Blackboy Hill was appointed to the 17th Reinforcements of the 10th Light Horse Regiment on 11 April 1916 [30]
Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A52 Surada on 16 May 1916 [30]
Detached from the 10th Light Horse Brigade to the Imperial Corps on 10 August 1916 [30]
Private 2462 in the Australian Imperial Force's 3rd Imperial Camel Corps in Egypt during the First World War [30]
Wounded in Action in Egypt on 19 April 1917 and was briefly hospitalised for treatment of a shrapnel wound to his scalp [30]
Embarked on the H.T. Delta and disembarked in Fremantle, Western Australia on 26 August 1919 [30]
Discharged from the Australian Imperial Force in Perth on 10 October 1919; received the British War Medal and Victory Medal [30]
Farmer in Gunyidi 1919-1940 [3] [6] [19] [44]
Married "Nell" Eleanor Mary DIXEY in Perth in 1924 [66]
Member of the East Marchagee Cricket Club in 1927-28 [9: 4-Nov-1927, 9-Mar-1928]
Member of the Namban Cricket Club in 1928-29 [10: 29-Nov-1928, 3-Jan-1929]
Towards the end of 1929 he purchased a new Fargo truck [81: 8-Dec-1929]
Member of the Watheroo Cricket Club in 1929-30 [10: 20-Nov-1929]
Member of the Gunyidi-Marchagee Cricket Club in 1930-31 [4: 22-Nov-1930]
By 1932 he owned 7,912 acres with Victoria Locations 4376, 4377, 3478, 5820, 5821, 5863, 5875, 5876, 7302, 7303 and 7304 [3]
Victoria Location 5876 is on the north side of Gunyidi-Wubin Road with its eastern boundary adjoining the Midland Railway [62]
All of his other locations adjoined one another and were located about 5½ kilometers west of Midlands Road [62]
The other locations are between and adjoining the southern side of Marchagee Track and the northern side of Scott Road [62]
His Fargo truck was licensed with the Carnamah District Road Board and in 1932 contained license plate CA-123 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Resided in South Perth prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 7 October 1940 [16]
Private W27428 in the Australian Army's 29 Garrison Battalion during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 13 November 1944 [16]
Rates for his 7,912 acres of farmland in Gunyidi were care of the National Bank in Moora from 1940-41 until 1947-48 [3]
His farmland in Gunyidi was sold to E. J. NOONAN and R. J. HOCKING in April 1948 [3]
Resided at 30 Third Avenue in South Perth from as early as 1942 until at least 1949 [6]
In 1963 he was working as a Garage Attendant and living at 19 Haddrill Street in the Perth suburb of Bayswater [50]
Later resided with his daughter Evelyn and son-in-law Harold at Marchamley Street in the Perth suburb of Carlisle [P367]
Father of Evelyn, Hazel, Patricia, Glynn, Molly, and Elsie [P367]
Died 7 February 1980; buried at Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Roman Catholic, PF, 163) [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Glen James Dromey' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 March 2025 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/glen-james-dromey [reference list] |
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