Leo Tudor MORTON

On 4 January 1929 purchased from the Midland Railway Company 1926 acres of prospective farmland at Five Gums ^[27]
The 1926 acres was Lot M1781 of Victoria Locations 2021 and 2022 and cost £963 acres, payable by instalments over 15 years ^[27]
Farmer in Five Gums near Carnamah 1929-1949 ^[19]
Married Jane WILLIAMS in Perth in 1931 ^[66]
Made a donation to the Carnamah branch of the Country Women's Association in 1932 to help them purchase premises ^{[5: 29-Jul-1932]}
Spent a few days at the Carnamah Private Hospital in August 1932 suffering from a poisoned finger ^{[5: 26-Aug-1932]}
Member of the Carnamah Athletic Club in 1933 ^{[5: 9-Jun-1933]}
Fought a five round bout against TIPPET at the Boxing Tournament held in Moora on 24 June 1933 ^{[5: 9-Jun-1933]}
Member of the Five Gums Tennis Club from 1935-36 to 1939-40 - was Vice President in 1937-38 ^{[5: 20-Dec-1935, 13-Aug-1937] [89]}
Competed in the Parkinson Tennis Club's New Year Tennis Tournament in Carnamah on Wednesday 1 January 1936 ^{[5: 3-Jan-1936]}
Sold 24 pigs at £1/8/8 per head (a total of £34/8/-) through Dalgety & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on 12 August 1936 ^{[5: 14-Aug-1936]}
Sold 8 pigs at £2/3/9 per head (a total of £19/10/-) through Dalgety & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on 26 May 1937 ^{[5: 28-May-1937]}
From 1 April 1940 until 30 April 1943 leased an additional 1,354 acres of farmland in Carnamah ^[3]
     The 1,354 acres was Lot 5 of the Inering Estate and was the forfeited farm of George F. SALTER ^[3]
Had an account with Carnamah blacksmith, wheelwright and motor mechanics Henry Parkin & Son in 1941 ^[53]
On 16 December 1942 a disastrous fire at his Five Gums property resulted in him losing ^{[0: image 02954]}
     a tractor, chaff cutter, elevator, chaff, 50 tons of hay, stable, 20 horse harnesses, tools and an engine ^{[0: image 02954]}
He wrote to the Education Department to see if he could purchase the white enamel bath from the closed Inering State School ^[276]
Farmer of Karara Station in Perenjori in 1962 ^[19]
Father of Beryl ^{[5: 3-May-1935]}

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