Harold Friend THOMAS

Born 18 October 1905 in Mingenew, Western Australia ^[16]
Son of John THOMAS and Lydia CAHILL ^[15]
Baptised by Methodist minister J. E. STONE of Dongara on 3 December 1905 ^[84]
Resided with his parents in Mingenew 1905-1913, where his father was the local Midland Railway stationmaster ^{[6] [9: 2-May-1913] [84]}
Following his father's transfer they left Mingenew and shifted to the Perth suburb of Midland Junction in April 1913 ^{[9: 2-May-1913]}
Married Margaret FORBES in 1926 ^[66]
Blacksmith's Striker in Mingenew 1927-1930, and Blacksmith in Mingenew 1931-1940^{[6] [19]}
     He could be the 'H. Thomas' who had a Sunbeam motorcycle registered with the Mingenew Road Board in 1927 ^{[86: 8-Oct-1927]}
     Member of the Mingenew Lodge of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows Friendly Society in 1930 ^{[4: 3-May-1930]}
     Listed as the undertaker of most burials at the Mingenew Cemetery between 1936 and 1944 ^[176]
     Member of the Mingenew Rifle Club in 1936 ^{[5: 30-Oct-1936]}
Resided in Mingenew until enlisting in the Australian Army on 2 August 1940 ^[16]
     Corporal W236656 in the Australian Army's Western Australian Inspection Staff during the Second World War ^[16]
     Discharged from the Australian Army on 18 October 1945 ^[16]
Died 14 January 1982; buried Utakarra Cemetery in Geraldton, Western Australia^[26]

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