"Pat" / "Tish" Joseph KENNA
Born 18 January 1907 in Belfast, Northern Ireland [16]
Departed Tilbury, England on the steamship Osterley and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 29 November 1927 [63]
His sister Lily ended up in the United States of America, brother Tommy in Canada and brother Jim remained in Northern Ireland [45]
Labourer in Carnamah, Western Australia 1932-1934 [5] [6]
He worked as a Striker in a Blacksmith's Shop in Carnamah [225: 23-Apr-1934]
During the first week of October 1932 travelled from Carnamah to Perth to attend the Perth Royal Show [5: 7-Oct-1932]
After attending the Royal Show he and Roy A. MELDRUM returned to Carnamah by car [5: 14-Oct-1932]
Member of Carnamah's Parkinson Tennis Club in 1933-34 and 1934-35 [5: 22-Dec-1933, 2-Nov-1934] [56]
Member of the Carnamah Badminton Club in 1933 and 1934 - was Assistant Secretary in 1933 [5: 2-Jun-1933, 3-Aug-1934]
Competitor in John A. KENNY's 2nd Billiard Tournament conducted within Mackie's Buildings in Carnamah in 1933 [5: 14-Jul-1933]
On Thursday 17 August 1933 he was defeated by George BREWER in the final of the Billiard Tournament [5: 18-Aug-1933]
Attended the Carnamah Tennis Club's Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 9 December 1933 [5: 15-Dec-1933]
Also attended the Carnamah Tennis Club's Flannel Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 3 February 1934 [5: 9-Feb-1934]
Attended the Dance conducted by the Carnamah Toc H at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 24 February 1934 [5: 2-Mar-1934]
On the evening of Thursday 15 March 1934 attended the Carnamah Race Club's Annual Dance at the Carnamah Hall [5: 16-Mar-1934]
Attended the Parkinson Tennis Club's Dance held on Saturday 14 April 1934 at the Carnamah Hall [5: 20-Apr-1934]
He was kicked in the jaw by a horse in the yard of Elder Smith & Co in Carnamah on Saturday 21 April 1934 [5: 27-Apr-1934]
The kick knocked him unconscious and after he was found some time later he was taken to the Carnamah Private Hospital [5]
He received treatment at the hospital for a fracture of the jaw, concussion and a slight fracture of the skull [5: 27-Apr-1934]
Attended the Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 30 June 1934 to raise funds for the Church's organ repairs [5: 6-Jul-1934]
Attended the Dance in aid of the Institute for the Blind held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday evening 18 August 1934 [5: 24-Aug-1934]
Attended the Back to Childhood & Nursery Rhyme Ball in Three Springs on 6 November 1934 as "Little Tommy Tucker" [5: 9-Nov-1934]
Married "Ivy" Sarah Ivy MCLEOD In Perth in 1934 [66]
Mentions in The North Midland Times newspaper reveal that Ivy had also been in Carnamah from April to September 1934 [5]
Resided in Buckland Hill in 1935, and at 6 Rob Roy Street in the Perth suburb of Swanbourne in 1938 [84]
Resided in the Perth hills suburb of Mahogany Creek prior to enlisting in the Royal Australian Air Force on 16 July 1941 [16]
Leading Aircraftman 45244 in the Royal Australian Air Force's Pearce Transit Departure and Reception Centre [16]
Discharged from the Royal Australian Air Force on 24 September 1948 [16]
Resided in the hills Perth suburb of Parkerville and then at 33 Anzac Street in the Perth suburb of Bayswater [45]
Later resided at Walpole and then in Esperance before his death at the Royal Perth Hospital in Perth [45]
During his time in Carnamah he was known as Pat [5] while death notices reveal that he was later known as Tish [45]
Father of Ray and Patricia [45]
Died 22 December 1986; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 8E, 114) [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Joseph Kenna' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 19 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/joseph-kenna [reference list] |
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