"Bill" William John CLARKE

Born 7 March 1913 in Perth, Western Australia ^[16]
Son of Matthew Patrick CLARKE ^{[16] [187]}
Grew up with his parents and six siblings on Riverside Farm at Mumberkine, 21 kilometres southwest of Goomalling ^[*]
Boarding Student at Saint Ildephonsus College in New Norcia from 9 February 1927 until December 1929 ^[187]
Farmer in Marchagee 1937-1971 ^{[3] [19] [187]}
On settling in Marchagee he worked hard "to establish a progressive farm and a good flock of sheep" ^[187]
His farm in Marchagee was 4,482 acres in size and consisted of Victoria Locations 5800, 5852 and 8576 ^[3]
The 4,482 acres in Marchagee initially belonged to his father, who also paid its rates, but it was later transferred into his name ^[3]
Member of the Coorow Football Club in 1939 ^[187]
Member of the Marchagee Hall Committee in 1941 ^{[5: 20-Jun-1941]}
Applied to the Carnamah District Road Board for a permit to burn charcoal for a gas producer he'd fitted to his truck in 1941 ^{[5: 24-Dec-1941]}
Corporal W72072 in Coorow's local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War ^[16]
Member of the Marchagee-Gunyidi Progress Association - was Secretary in 1947 ^{[5: 26-Sep-1947]}
Representative for Marchagee on the Coorow-Waddy Forest Parents & Citizens Association in 1949 ^{[12: 30-Jun-1949]}
Accompanied by local farmer Arnold D. FROST, he departed Marchagee for South Australia on Monday 8 January 1951 ^{[5: 11-Jan-1951]}
Married Norah Philomene McCARTHY on 22 January 1951 in Port Augusta, South Australia ^{[5: 11-Jan-1951]}
Member of the Coorow-Marchagee Fire Brigade - was one its Lieutenants in 1951 ^{[4: 8-Sep-1951]}
Farmer in Marchagee until his death in 1971 ^{[2] [19]}
Died 29 October 1971; buried at Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Roman Catholic, Lawn 6, 380) ^[2]

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