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Biographical Dictionary - Coorow, Carnamah, Three Springs


Surname

Jack Lancelot DUFFIELD

Born 6 March 1913 in Subiaco, Western Australia [15] [16]
Son of Roy Lancelot DUFFIELD and Hettie May STEPHEN [15]
Arrived in Carnamah on Wednesday 15 January 1936 [5: 17-Jan-1936]
He was in charge of one of the Shell Oil Company's zones between Mogumber, Northampton, Wiluna and Ballidu [5: 17-Jan-1936]
Married Agnes Mary MONGER in Perth in 1940 [66]
Representative for the Shell Oil Company in Carnamah in 1941 [60] [0: image 03993]
In 1941 he resided on Caron Street in Carnamah and his home was telephone number Carnamah-52 [60]
Financial member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society in 1941 [13]
Committee Member of Carnamah's Anglican Church in 1941 [0: image 03993]
Member of the Carnamah Miniature Rifle Club in 1941 [0: image 03999]
Became a member of the Carnamah Masonic Lodge No.150 WAC on 16 May 1941 [96]
Member of the Carnamah Volunteer Defence Corps in 1941 [4: 29-Mar-1941]
In May 1941 he was on the reserve list of the Royal Australian Air Force [0: image 03993]
Left Carnamah by car on 10 June 1941 and enlisted the Royal Australian Air Force on 12 June 1941 [0: image 04011] [16]
Corporal 45016 in the Royal Australian Air Force's 17 Repair and Servicing Unit during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Royal Australian Air Force on 22 November 1945 [16]
Later resied in the Perth suburb of Applecross [2]
Died 2 May 1996; ashes interred at Fremantle Cemetery in the Perth suburb of Palmyra (Anglican, Lawn, GN31, 33) [2]


Reference:  Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Jack Lancelot Duffield' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 March 2025 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/jack-lancelot-duffield [reference list]




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