"Vin" Vincent Sharwood HEALES
Born 26 September 1926 in Perth, Western Australia [16]
Son of Alan Sharwood HEALES and Edith Vera HEAZLEWOOD [16]
Resided with his parents in Carnamah in 1934 and in Coorow 1935-1938 [5] [19]
Student at the Carnamah State School in 1934 [5: 13-Jul-1934]
Won a 3rd prize for Handwork in the Educational section of the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 6 September 1934 [5: 14-Sep-1934]
Student at the Coorow State School in 1935 [5: 12-Jul-1935]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Coorow on Saturday 6 July 1935 dressed as an "Indian Chief" [5: 12-Jul-1935]
Won 1st prize for Best Model in the Educational section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 5 September 1935 [5: 13-Sep-1935]
Attended the inaugural Combined School Sports of the Carnamah Road Board district in Carnamah on Saturday 19 October 1935 [5]
Came 2nd in the 10 years Boys Running Race (aged 9), and also came 2nd in the 8 and 9 years Boys Sack Race [5: 25-Oct-1935]
Won a 1st prize for Handwork in the Educational section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 3 September 1936 [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Awarded a 1st prize for Cane & Raffia Work in the Educational section of the Carnamah Agricultural Show in 1936 [5: 18-Sep-1936]
Competed at the Coorow-Waddy Progress Association's Annual Children's Sports in Coorow on 12 August 1937 [5: 20-Aug-1937]
Won the Up to 10 Years Boys Running Race and the Boys 9 Years & Over Sack Race [5]
Along with Rodney G. CROFT came 2nd in the Boys Siamese Race[5]
Came 3rd in the 9 Years & Over Obstacle Race, and at four feet came 4th in the High Jump [5]
Received 2nd prizes for Writing and the Novelty Competition at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1937 [5: 10-Sep-1937]
Enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy at Fremantle on 26 September 1944 and was discharged on 26 November 1946 [16]
Stoker F5505 on the Royal Australian Navy's H.M.A.S. Leeuwin during the latter part of the Second World War [16]
Later resided in the coastal town of Green Head [2]
Died 10 April 1985; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Vincent Sharwood Heales' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 18 November 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/vincent-sharwood-heales [reference list] |
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