"Bill" William Harcles Patrick HOWARD
Born 4 April 1907 in Mingenew, Western Australia [16]
Son of "Bill" William James HOWARD and Sarah Jane PASCOE [84]
Resided with his parents on Green Brook Farm in Yandanooka in 1907 and 1908 [19] [50]
Baptised by Methodist minister Horace FAULL of Dongara on 1 July 1907 [84]
Resided with his parents on Plainfield Farm in Three Springs from 1908 [19]
Farmer of Plainfield Farm in Three Springs, and later a Labourer in Three Springs [19]
Attended the wedding dance of Alexander J. F. BROWN and Clara V. BERRIGAN in Carnamah on 28 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
He was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Attended the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show and Show Ball on Thursday 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Following the Arrino Race Club's race meeting attended the evening Ball in the Arrino Hall on Thursday 4 April 1929 [4: 13-Apr-1929]
Attended the Three Springs Race Club's Race Meeting & Evening Ball held in Three Springs on Thursday 11 April 1929 [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Attended the Three Springs Football Club's Welcome Home Social for two newly wedded couples on 1 November 1929 [4: 9-Nov-1929]
Rendered a recitation at the dinner following the Official Opening of the new Carnamah Post Office on 30 June 1932 [7: page 183]
Attended the Commemoration Dinner held at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs on Friday 26 August 1932 [5: 9-Sep-1932]
The dinner was to commemorate Three Springs having the highest average yield for wheat in the State for the 1931-32 season [5]
Attended a large meeting in Three Springs to form a North Midlands Chamber of Commerce on 18 November 1932 [4: 26-Nov-1932]
Member of the Three Springs branch of the Primary Producers Association - was Secretary in 1932 [4: 26-Nov-1932]
Attended the Farewell Evening tendered to local pioneer Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Member of the Carnamah Rifle Club in 1933 [5: 4-Aug-1933]
Member of the Three Springs Agricultural Society - was Assistant Secretary in 1933 [5: 26-May-1933]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1933 and 1934 [5: 18-Aug-1933, 15-Jun-1934]
Member of the Carnamah Repertory Club in 1933 and 1934 [5: 1-Dec-1933, 18-May-1934]
Performed humorous sketches at the Carnamah Repertory Club's Second Concert on Thursday 30 November 1933 [5: 1-Dec-1933]
Attended the Carnamah Tennis Club's Flannel Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 3 February 1934 [5: 9-Feb-1934]
Attended the Parkinson Tennis Club's Dance held on Saturday 14 April 1934 at the Carnamah Hall [5: 20-Apr-1934]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Mrs Ruth Henrietta FOGARTY at the Three Springs General Cemetery on 19 April 1934 [5: 27-Apr-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Golf Club's Opening Season Dance at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 21 April 1934 [5: 27-Apr-1934]
Attended the Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 30 June 1934 to raise funds for Church organ repairs [5: 6-Jul-1934]
Attended the Inering School Dance held at the Carnamah Hall to raise money for books on Saturday 21 July 1934 [5: 27-Jul-1934]
Attended the Dance in aid of the Institute for the Blind held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday evening 18 August 1934 [5: 24-Aug-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Premiership Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 20 October 1934 [5: 26-Oct-1934]
Attended the Three Springs C.W.A. Ball at the Three Springs Hall on the evening of Thursday 22 November 1934 [5: 23-Nov-1934]
Supplier of music at Heinie and Mina BOTHE's Golden Wedding celebration at the Coorow Hotel on 26 February 1935 [5: 1-Mar-1935]
Social Committee Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1935 [5: 10-May-1935]
Member of the Three Springs Tennis Club in 1935-36 [5: 8-Nov-1935]
Wrote to the TS Road Board in January 1936 recommending they rabbit proof fence the Three Springs Cemetery [5: 7-Feb-1936]
Gave away his sister Ella away at her wedding to local farmer Frank LANE in Claremont on 19 February 1938 [4: 26-Feb-1938]
Resided in Three Springs until enlisting in the Australian Army on 21 November 1941 [16]
Lance Corporal WX17751 in the Australian Army's Australian Infantry Battalion during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 12 February 1946 [16]
Farmer in Marchagee 1947-1964 [19]
His farm was initially 2,954 acres in size and consisted of Victoria Location 5830, 8669 and 8692 [3]
He later extended his farmland by a further 2,924 acres with Victoria Location 8364 [3]
Member of East Marchagee Tennis Club 1947-1949 [5: 24-Jan-1947, 14-Nov -1947, 5-Mar-1948, 8-Dec-1949]
Inaugural President of Coorow-Waddy Forest sub-branch of Returned Soldiers' League in 1947 and 1948 [5: 25-Jul-1947, 14-Aor-1949]
He responded to the toast to the new Coorow branch at tbe R.S.L. Meeting & Social in Carnamah on 19 July 1947 [5:25-Jul-1947]
Presided over the Smoke Social for servicemen and others held at the Coorow Hall on 6 April 1949 [5: 14-Apr-1949]
Member of the Marchagee-Gunyidi Progress Association - was Chairman in 1947-48 [5: 26-Sep-1947]
Made a brief visit to Perth in early March 1948 [5: 12-Mar-1948]
Member of Coorow-Waddy Forest branch of the Farmers' Union of Western Australia in 1948 and 1949 [5: 5-Aug-1948, 1-Sep-1949]
He donated £2 to the Farmers’ Union Appeal Fund in 1949 [5: 1-Sep-1949]
Represented Marchagee at ameeting of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Parents & Citizens' Association on 19 May 1949 [5: 30-Jun-1949]
He actively worked towards a school bus service from Marchagee [5: 30-Jun-1949]
Member of Coorow Rifle Club in 1949 [5: 4-Aug-1949]
Exhibited in the Wool section of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Annual Show on 10 September 1949 [5: 15-Sep-1949]
In the Merino Fleece portion he won 1st prize for Medium or Fine Wool Fleece and 2nd prize for Strong Wool Fleece [5]
Married (1) Violet Annie HAYES in Perth in 1953 [66]
Served on the Carnamah District Road Board representing the South Ward from 1956 to 1961 [7: page 112]
Married (2) Muriel Jessie MACKENZIE in 1965 [66]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Myaree [2]
Died 18 August 1990; ashes interred at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth (Crematorium G, Ground Niche, N22, 38) [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'William Harcles Patrick Howard' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 19 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/william-harcles-patrick-howard [reference list] |
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