"Bill" William Rees HERBERT
Born 26 October 1903 in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia [16]
Son of John Rees HERBERT and Eva Evermore BUZZA [15]
Shop Assistant in Three Springs 1929-1932 [19]
Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1929 [4: 25-May-1929]
Attended the Anglican Church's Fancy Dress Ball in Three Springs on Thursday 27 June 1929 as a "Caricature Scotch" [4: 6-Jul-1929]
Attended the Three Springs Football Club's Welcome Home Social for two newly wedded couples on 1 November 1929 [4: 9-Nov-1929]
Received burns to his hand in early January 1930 while extinguishing a burning bag at the North Midlands Co-op store [4: 11-Jan-1930]
Married Eileen FOLEY in Perth in 1930 [66]
Represented the Three Springs Football Club at meetings of the North Midlands Football Association in 1931 [4: 6-Jun-1931]
Resided in Kalgoorlie prior to enlisting in the Royal Australian Air Force on 30 April 1941 [16]
Sergeant 38568 in the Royal Australian Air Force's Darwin SPU during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Royal Australian Air Force on 4 March 1946 [16]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'William Rees Herbert' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 18 November 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/william-rees-herbert [reference list] |
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