Born 1902 in Albert Park, Victoria, Australia [54]
Son of Charles JOST and Helena WALKER [54]
His father was born in America to German parents and had immigrated to Australia in 1889 [30: item 1548320]
He resided with his parents in Melbourne until about 1904 when they shifted to the Perth suburb of Maylands in Western Australia [30]
One of four children, he had an elder brother Charles, younger brother Noel and younger sister Gwendoline [30: item 1548320]
Farmhand for John BOWMAN on Home Farm in Carnamah in 1923 and 1925, and a Shop Assistant in Carnamah in 1929 [6] [19] [50]
Attended the Grand Plain & Fancy Dress Ball held in the Carnamah Hall on 6 August 1925 dressed as "Charlie Chaplain" [9: 21-Aug-1925]
Won the three mile motorcycle race at the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1926 [9: 15-Oct-1926]
Chief mourner at the funeral in Geraldton on 14 December 1926 of Carnamah accountant George W. GOODWIN [86: 14-Dec-1926]
Master of Ceremonies (M.C.) at the Masquerade Ball held in Carnamah on Saturday 14 May 1927 [4: 21-May-1927]
Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society in 1927 [9: 21-Oct-1927]
Attended the wedding dance for Charles ROBERTSON and Winifred M. LANG at the Carnamah Hall on 27 March 1928 [4: 31-Mar-1928]
Committee Member of the Carnamah Football Club in 1928 [4: 21-Apr-1928, 22-Sep-1928]
Attended the wedding dance for Alexander J. F. BROWN and Clara V. BERRIGAN in Carnamah on 28 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Won the motorcycle race at the Carnamah Show and Sports Carnival held on Thursday 4 October 1928 [4: 13-Oct-1928]
By late 1929 he'd left Carnamah and shifted to Perth, where he worked as a Motor Mechanic [30: item 1548320] [50]
He was living wit his parents at 16 Conroy Street in the Perth suburb of Maylands in 1929 and 1931 [30: item 1548320] [50]
Married Marion Agatha CASSERLEY in Perth in 1935 [66]
He and his wife were living at 76 Wright Street in North Perth in 1936, and later resided at 59 Eton Street in North Perth [50]
They resided at 190 Anzac Road in the Perth suburb of Mount Hawthorn in the later 1950s and early 1960s [50]
In 1968 they were at 32 Milford Way in the suburb of Nollamara and in 1972 at 80D 80D Cartwright Road in the suburb of Balga [50]
Died 16 February 1975; ashes interred at Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Lawn 5, Niche Wall, W7) [2]
Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Leo Justus Jost' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 18 November 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/leo-justus-jost [reference list] |
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