Roderick Arthur PIPER

Born 5 September 1898 in Norwood, South Australia ^[55]
Son of Arthur William PIPER and Edner Elizabeth COUNTER ^[55]
Farmer in Perenjori, Western Australia ^[19]
Married Mary Ellen CARY in Perenjori in 1929 ^[15]
Member of the Five Gums Tennis Club in 1934-35 and 1936-37 ^{[5: 3-May-1935] [89]}
Attended the meeting at Five Gums on 10 March 1937 to discuss the establishment of a state school at Five Gums, Carnamah ^[278]
Aboriginal man Ninghan Freddie requested he write a letter to REYNOLDS the storekeeper in Carnamah ^[59]
     He wrote the letter and passed on a message that Ninghan was there chasing kangaroos, emus and shepherding sheep ^[59]
     Ninghan was wanting REYNOLDS to pass the message onto "Dido" Joachim DIDO, so he'd drop off a kangaroo dog ^[59]
Member of the Perenjori Progress Association in 1937 ^{[4: 18-Dec-1937]}
      He was part of a committee who looked into the formation of a debating society and library for Perenjori ^{[4: 18-Dec-1937]}
Known to have later resided in Dongara and East Fremantle ^{[2] [16]}
Died 26 June 1981; ashes buried at Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Roman Catholic, AA, 47D) ^[2]

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