Henry Walter WEIR
Born 18 September 1905 in Claremont, Western Australia [16]
Son of Walter Henry WEIR and Charlotte Emily FINDLAY [15]
Grew up in the Perth suburbs of Swanbourne and West Leederville [P304]
Educated at state schools in the Perth suburbs of Swanbourne and Claremont [P304]
Farmhand for the SHADBOLT family in Mukinbudin before shifting to Three Springs[P304]
Arrived in Three Springs on 1 March 1926 [P304]
He and his brother Charles A. WEIR had purchased in partnership Lot M1624 in Three Springs [P304]
Farmer in Three Springs 1926-1934 [6] [P304]
He was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Attended the Three Springs Football Club's Welcome Home Social for two newly wedded couples on 1 November 1929 [4: 9-Nov-1929]
Converted to Catholicism, and was baptised by Father Michael LYNCH at Saint Paul's in Three Springs on 22 November 1931 [91]
Married Gertrude Sarah POOLE in Perth on 23 November 1931 [P304]
They left Three Springs in about 1934 and shifted to Perth [P304]
Resided at 1144 Hay Street in Perth, and later at 355 Marmion Street in the Perth suburb of Cottesloe [P304]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Cottesloe prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 26 February 1941 [16]
Private WX10847 in the Australian Army's D Section 4 Reserve M/T Company during the Second World War [16]
He spent three and a half years as a Prisoner of War working on the Burma Railway between Thailand and Burma [P304]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 11 January 1946 [16]
Bus Driver for the Midland Railway Company throughout the entirety of them running their bus service [P304]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Mount Hawthorn [2]
Father of Colin, Brian, and Kay [P304]
Died 27 January 1987; cremated at Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Henry Walter Weir' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 18 November 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/henry-walter-weir [reference list] |
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