Harold James LYNCH
Born 1900 in Creswick, Victoria, Australia [54]
Son of John Matthew LYNCH and Christina DIAMOND [15] [54]
Shifted to Western Australia with his parents in the early 1900s [P39]
Labourer in Carnamah in 1933 and 1934 [6] [19]
Resided on Yarra Street in the Carnamah townsite in a building between the stores of the COWDEROY and REYNOLDS families [P39]
Shearing Contractor in Carnamah in 1934 [5: 29-Jun-1934]
In 1934 worked as a shearing contractor in partnership with Harry CHAPMAN, trading as "Messrs H. Lynch & Chapman" [5]
They advertised their services for shearing in The North Midland Times newspaper boasting "fast and clean shearing" [5: 29-Jun-1934]
Undertook shearing with a three stand Wolseley electric shearing plant purchased from Dalgety & Co [5: 27-Jul-1934]
The Wolseley shearing plant was 50 volt and was without the vibration received when using engine driven plants [5: 27-Jul-1934]
Paid £1 on 22 June 1934 for doing some fencing work at Centenary Park in Carnamah for the Carnamah District Road Board [300: page 44]
In later July 1934 was shearing Frank ROOKE's sheep on Kilburn Farm in Carnamah [5: 27-Jul-1934]
Himself and Harry CHAPMAN dissolved their shearing contracting partnership in early December 1934 [5: 7-Dec-1934]
Later returned to Victoria, Australia but eventually shifted back to Western Australia [P39]
In 1964 was living in the Perth suburb of Belmont [2]
Husband of Winifred Margaret [P39]
Father of Reg [P39]
Died 27 January 1964; buried at Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Roman Catholic, HA, 584) [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Harold James Lynch' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 18 November 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/harold-james-lynch [reference list] |
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