"Syd" Joseph Sydney WAKE
Born 28 August 1904 in Durham, England [16]
Departed London, England on the steamship Beltana and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 10 May 1927 [63]
Married Lydia HARRISON in Moora on 17 October 1928 [P209]
Worked in Koojan and Roelands before shifting to the Carnamah-Winchester district in 1939 [P209]
In 1939 shifted to Winchester to work for Bruce A. LEISHMAN at GregorfieldsFarm [P209]
Farm Manager of Gregorfields Farm in Winchester 1939-1958 [25] [P209]
Caretaker of the sheep and overseer of the crop contractors at Gregorfields [P209]
Resided with his wife and children in a house on Charles LAWSON's farm at Billeroo, East Winchester 1939-1944[P209]
Resided with his family in a house on Gregorfields Farm in Winchester 1944-1958 [P209]
Member of the Winchester Tennis Club [P209]
Sergeant W71771 in Carnamah's Australian Army Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society in 1946 [13]
In 1958 left Winchester and shifted to the Perth suburb of Midvale, and worked at the Midland Sale Yards before retiring [P209]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Midland [2]
Father of Marian, Anna and Jeffrey [25]
Died 12 January 1984; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (MC Section, Memorial Wall, F, 15) [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Joseph Sydney Wake' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 18 November 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/joseph-sydney-wake [reference list] |
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