"Les" Leslie Cooper WEST
Born 30 September 1905 in Reading, Berkshire, England [16]
Son of William James WEST and Melitta COOPER [21] [70]
Along with his parents, brother Bertram and sister Phyllis departed London, England on the steamship Armadale in 1912 [70]
They arrived on the steamship Armadale in Fremantle, Western Australia on 1 July 1912 [70]
Resided with his parents in Dudawa, East Arrino 1914-1916, in Wubin 1919-1925 and in Buntine 1926 onwards [19]
Farmer in Buntine 1927-1942 [19]
Married Edna Mary JOHNSTON in Perth in 1930 [66]
His father was also a farmer in Buntine and his sister Phyllis conducted a boarding house and general store in Buntine [6]
By August 1943 himself and his wife had left Buntine and shifted to Carnamah where he initially worked as a Foreman [19]
Resided in Carnamah from 1943 until 1971 [19]
Farm Manager of the late William A. T. SARGENT's Wongyarra Farm in Carnamah in 1946 [P46]
Wongyarra was 5,321 acres consisting of Lots M1029, M1032, M1464, M1522 & M1523 of Victoria Locations 1935 and 2023 [3] [27]
Became a member of the Carnamah Masonic Lodge No.150 WAC on 20 December 1946[96]
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society 1946-1957 [13]
Telephone number Carnamah-23S in 1951 and 1952 and then number Carnamah-42U from 1953 to 1955 [60]
During the 1955-56 financial year purchased a house in the Carnamah townsite from Jasper W. GREEN [3]
The house was on the quarter acre 15 Caron Street in Carnamah (Lot 29 of Victoria Location 1936) [3]
Resided at 15 Caron Street, Carnamah and was telephone number Carnamah-4 from 1956 to 1971 [3] [60]
Member of the Five Gums Tennis Club [P46]
Committee Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society 1965-1969 [58]
Appears to have sold his house at 15 Caron Street, Carnamah to John and D. Ruth DRING [3]
Later resided in Mandurah [2]
Died 28 May 1988; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Sir T. Meagher Gardens, Lawn 5C, Rose Memorial, AN, 14) [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Leslie Cooper West' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 19 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/leslie-cooper-west [reference list] |
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