"Joe" Joseph Edward SALTER

Born 1897 in Menzies, Western Australia ^[15]
Son of William Ellis SALTER and Alice WILLIAMS ^[15]
Clearing Contractor on the Inering Estate in Carnamah in 1926 ^{[39: 3-Aug-1926]}
     One of the men he was employing, Harold F. HIGGINS, dropped dead in the paddock while clearing in August 1926 ^{[39: 3-Aug-1926]}
In 1926 did a number of contract jobs in Carnamah for the Carnamah District Road Board ^{[7: page 95]}
     Work done for the Road Board in 1926 included clearing roads, ploughing new roads and erecting boundary fences ^{[7: page 95]}
He owned a Chevrolet truck, which in 1926-27 and 1927-28 was licensed with the Carnamah District Road Board with plate CA-137 ^[325]
     His truck was one of two local vehicles destroyed by fire during the second week of February 1928 ^{[9: 17-Feb-1928]}
Labourer in Carnamah in 1927 ^[19]
Contracted by the Carnamah District Road Board to clear Morgans Road in Three Springs for 4/- per chain in April 1927 ^{[4: 30-Apr-1927]}
Acted as Father Christmas at the Carnamah Girls Club's Christmas Tree held at the Carnamah Hall on 23 December 1927 ^{[4: 14-Jan-1928]}
In November 1928 he purchased a new Chevrolet truck from Carnamah dealer L. Scott WYLIE ^{[4: 1-Dec-1928]}
Wheat Lumper in Carnamah 1929 and 1930 ^[19]
Had an account with Carnamah blacksmith, wheelwright and general repairers Henry Parkin & Son in 1927 and 1928 ^[53]
Attended the local farewell for Jack and Annie LYNCH at the home of Mr and Mrs R. W. CLARK on 6 April 1929 ^{[4: 13-Apr-1929]}
Pallbearer at the funeral of ten year old Norman R. WYLIE of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 26 August 1929 ^{[4: 31-Aug-1929]}
Won 1st prize for his Fat Merino Wether at the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1929 ^{[4: 28-Sep-1929]}
By March 1930 he had left Carnamah and driven his Chevrolet truck 2,548 miles to Victoria ^{[531: 1-Mar-1930]}

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