Thank you Pat. I will contact them. ----- Original Message ----- From: <aus-wa-request@rootsweb.com> To: <aus-wa@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 5:01 PM Subject: AUS-WA Digest, Vol 1, Issue 21 > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Archive 20060911, Reunions etc. The West Australian (Erica Hills) > 2. GERALDTON CEMETERY (jimmy) > 3. Re: GERALDTON CEMETERY (patbar@austarnet.com.au) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 16:45:09 +0800 > From: Erica Hills <erica@hillsperth.com> > Subject: [AUS-WA] Archive 20060911, Reunions etc. The West Australian > To: AUS-WA-L@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20061017164418.03526a08@hillsperth.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed > > > > www.perthdps.com ... putting the FAMILY back into Family History > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > > Hi Everyone, > Here, for archival purposes, is the CAN YOU HELP? column published in The > West > Australian on Monday, September 11, 2006. > > Cheers....... Erica Hills > > ________________________________________ > > > The CAN YOU HELP? column (incorporating REUNIONS) > is compiled by Jenny KOHLEN and published on > Mondays as a free service. E-mail your requests > to <mailto:canyouhelp@wanews.com.au> or write to : > > Can You Help? > "The West Australian," > GPO Box N1027, Perth 6843. > Fax (08) 9482 3830. > Phone (08) 9482 3382 (Mon-Fri). > mailto: <mailto:canyouhelp@wanews.com.au> > > > ================================================================================= > CAN YOU HELP? : Monday, September 11, 2006 (The West Australian p31) > > ANZAC COTTAGE : Anzac Cottage at 38 Kalgoorlie > Street Mt Hawthorn, will be open to the public on > Sunday, September 17, from 12.30pm to 2pm. > Admission is free, but there is a donation box. > Contact: Philomena Trevor-Hunt, 9593 0638. > > CALDWELL : Information and photographs are sought > about William CALDWELL, who came from Louisa > Street South Fremantle. CALDWELL, a > schoolteacher, served in the 48th Battalion AIF > during WWI, reaching the rank of captain by the > end of the war. He then went to Oxford University > on a Rhodes Scholarship before returning to WA. > Also seeking information about any other > Fremantle servicemen for a history being written > about Fremantle people in World War I. Contact: > Andrew Pittaway, Post Office Box 807, Fremantle > 6959. Tel: 9432 9583. mailto:andrewp@fremantle.wa.gov.au > > CLONTARF TRAGEDY : A memorial will be unveiled at > the Serpentine Bridge on Saturday, October 14, at > 10:30am to commemorate the memory of Michael > BOWMAN, who lost his life in a horrific accident > on December 15,1955, and to remember the other > boys who suffered shock and serious injuries. The > accident occurred when the CLONTARF BOYS TOWN bus > and a truck collided on a narrow bridge near > Serpentine. All those interested in attending are > welcome. BYO barbecue (tea/coffee supplied). > Contact: Pat 9250 2487 or Peter, 9458 4495. > > COUNTRY CALLING > > ALBANY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL : A reunion for past > students who attended Year 1 in 1956 through to > Year 5 in 1960 will be held in Albany on > Saturday, September 30. Some of the many names > still sought include: Elsie BEVELAQUA, Lesley > HUDSON, Rhonda McGUINNES, Muriel POMERY, Pat > POYSER, Jenny SCARMAN, Dorothy WEIR, Dennis > ANNING, Barry FAIRHEAD, Frank FOSBERY, Ken KENT, > Jim LILBURNE, Robert 0'MERA, Ted SMITH, Rodney > SPRATT and Kaus van EYK. Contact Ken Taylor, 9841 > 8146, Lyn Cake, 9844 3449, Gwen Sewell, 9844 > 8409, or Glenda Leech, mailto:daiglen@westnet.com.au > > --- > > DINGO STORIES : More information is sought about > dingo stories because not enough material has yet > been received for a book on the subject. What is > required is information from pastoralists and old > dingo trappers on how the dingo has outwitted > them or they have outwitted that cunning dingo. > Contact: C. Gill, Post Office Box 222, Mt Barker 6324. Tel: 9851 1918. > > > FAMILY REUNIONS > > HERBERT : A family reunion for descendants of > Albert ("Snowy") Wilfred HERBERT and Elvie REID > will be held at Whiteman Park (D-Area) on > Saturday, September 23, from 10.30am to 4pm. BYO > picnic basket, chairs, drinks, and bathers for > kids to swim. "Snowy" met widow Elvie FLETCHER > while working as a tree feller for a timber mill > at Holyoake. They courted and married about 1936. > The family moved around a bit over the years ? to > Narembeen, Karlgarin, Mt Barker, Northam and > Carnarvon ? when Snowy was an overseer for Bill > Young's shearing teams and Elvie later was the > team's cook on the stations and farms. Contact: > Kerry Duggan, 30 Hackett Road, Waggrakine 6530 or > Marion Colmer, 9627 5140. mailto:pfnkaduggan@westnet.com.au > > --- > > GOOLLELAL SCHOOL : Goollelal Primary School in > Kingsley is celebrating its 25th birthday this > year and past students, teachers and parents are > invited to participate in the celebrations. An > anniversary courtyard is being constructed using > brick pavers to immortalise names of the school > community. If you would like to have your family > recorded please reply for an application form. > Pavers cost $30 each ($25 for two or more). Also > seeking photographs (to be returned) for display > at the anniversary fair on Saturday, November 18. > Contact: Kym Mann-Piercy, 9343 2496. > > GROUP SETTLERS : American writer is seeking a > little information about the group settlement > scheme in WA, particularly that relevant to her > parents' foray into the scheme in 1926-27. Their > names were Edward and Alice DOWDELL (nee HEBBLE). > They were given a grant of land and a cow etc. to > settle in an area that mother Alice always > referred to as "the groups" but the family did > not stay long (father having no farming > experience). The location is unknown although > there is a vague memory of the property perhaps > being near "Serpentine Falls". Would like to hear > from someone who has had a similar experience to > help fill in some blanks about those early days. > Also hoping to pinpoint the location of the > DOWDELL grant. Contact: Betty Quinlivan, Post Office Box 1287, Oak > Harbor, > WA 98277-1287, USA. > > HICKS/MARTIN : Seeking descendants and relatives > of Edna Dorothy HICKS (maiden name), daughter of > William John and Nora Hicks (formerly LOCKWOOD > nee HISLOP) who were married in Perth in 1904. > But Nora died in Boulder/Kalgoorlie just two > years later leaving baby Edna and a son, George > Hislop LOCKWOOD, from her first marriage. George > Hislop died in France in 1917 while serving in > World War I. He was 23. At the time of his death > his half-sister, Edna Dorothy HICKS was aged 13 > and living in Kalgoorlie. Her aunt, Mrs Victoria > Adelaide MARTIN (nee HISLOP) had written to the > war department giving details about her niece. > Hoping to also hear from descendants of her > aunt's family. Contact Mrs Norma Paton, 28 > Centenary Drive, Maleny, Qld 4552. Tel: (07) 5499 > 9192. mailto:ndpaton@bigpond.com > > HIS MAJESTY'S COLLECTION > > WANTED: photographs and keepsakes from Perth's > theatres, dance halls and ballrooms from > throughout the 20th century. A home awaits them > in the Museum of Performing Arts at His Majesty's > Theatre. Contact: Ivan King, archivist, His > Majesty's Theatre, 825 Hay Street, Perth 6000. > Tel: 9265 0900. Email (photos 5mb): mailto:ivank@oifcperth.com.au > > HOWELL : Seeking descendants of Corporal George > HOWELL, who was born in Sydney in 1893 and died > in Perth in 1964. George served in World War I > and World War II. He signed up for the latter as > an army staff sergeant in Sydney before > transferring to the United States Sea Transport > Service. Contact: Pamela Howell, 58 Lakeside > Drive, South Durras, NSW 2536. Tel: (02) 4478 6720. > mailto:saph@dodo.com.au > > McDONNELL : The writer is updating the original > McDONNELL Family Book written in 1978 by Patrick > Austin McDONNELL. Seeking these families to be > included in the update: Mary Ellen McDONNELL m. > Robert Edward PARSON (children Melba and > Clarence); Mary Ellen McDONNELL m. Alfred RUSSELL > (Colin, Edna, Reginald and Brian); John Patrick > Austin McDONNELL m. Margaret McGHIE (Leonard, > Laura, Katherine, Fay, John, Marie, Larry and > Bernard); Rhoda Alice McGUINESS m. Edmund James > (Jim) ANNEAR (Janet Dawn, Yvonne Beryl, Edmund > Paul and Michael Glenn); Robert Felix Ignatio > (Robby) McDONNELL m. Dorothy (Graham and Susan). > Also seeking descendants of Neil BARRETT, son of > Frederick BARRETT and Helena Veronica (Lena) > McDONNELL who were married in Newdegate in 1926. > Contact Rose Ann Jupp, 1 Horan Street, Geraldton 6530. Tel: 9923 1888. > > MASONIC OPEN NIGHT : A free Masonic open night > will be held by WADJEMUP LODGE in the Kingsley > Masonic Centre, 3 Moolanda Boulevard, Kingsley on > Wednesday, September 13 at 7pm. Members hope the > evening will provide a better understanding of > Freemasonry. Freemasons participate in charitable > work by assisting the elderly, the disadvantaged > and young people in secondary school and > university by providing scholarship grants. A > light supper will be provided. Contact Ray Hankins, 9271 2644. > > PTE RICKARD : The Mundaring and Hills Historical > Society is seeking relatives of William Henry > RICKARD. He was a resident of Glen Forrest and > died on service in World War I in 1917. Contact: > Trish, 9298 8944. mailto:mhhs@iinet.net.au > > SOUTH PERTH HISTORICAL SOCIETY : The society's > next event will be held at the Old Mill Theatre, > Mends Street, South Perth on Sunday, September 17 > at 230pm. Topic: Southern Medical Clinic > 1954-2006. Southern Clinic practitioner Dr Gary > O'MAHONY will speak on the history of the clinic > over the past 52 years and of some of the many > medicos who became household names to their South > Perth patients. Cost: gold coin donation > (includes tea/coffee and light refreshments). > Non-members welcome. Contact: Kerry Davey, 9367 5354. > > LT WALLACE : Seeking the next-of-kin of Lt Hubert > Stephen WALLACE, who was killed in action in > Borneo on July 6,1945 while serving with the 2/33 > Infantry Battalion in World War II. His father > was Francis WALLACE of Como. Contact: Mai Littlefair, 9721 5865. > > WHITE : Trying to find family history about > William John WHITE (born 1881) and his brother > James Henry WHITE (Jimmy), sons of William WHITE > and Ellen (GREGG). They were brothers of Alice > (1879) and lived in the Wanneroo area. Bill died > in 1960 and Jimmy died in 1946. Contact: Fay > Widdicombe, 33 Fifth Street, Bicton 6157. Tel: > 9339 4376. mailto:faywiddicombe@bigfoot.com.au > > YAL MUSICAL AFTERNOON : The Young Australian > League together with the City of Perth Band and > George Franklin's Magic Dream Band will present > an afternoon of music and entertainment playing > Benny Goodman and Glen Miller music at the YAL, > 45 Murray Street, Perth on Sunday, September 17 > at 2pm. Cost: $10 a person (includes afternoon tea). > Bookings: 9325 5911 > > > PARTNERS OF VETERANS > > The AGM will be held at Aaron's Hotel, corner > Murray and Pier streets, Perth on Thursday, > September 14 at 10am with the meeting commencing > at 10.30am. Morning tea and lunch provided (cost > $12). The meeting will be followed by the PVA WA > Dinner (also at Aaron's Hotel) at 7pm. Special > guest national president, Mrs Narelle BROMHEAD. > All members are welcome to come along and meet > with her. Contact: Sam, 0421 573 700. > > GERALDTON : Partners of Veterans in the Geraldton > region meet at Birdwood House, 46 Chapman Road on > the second Wednesday of each month at 10am for a > quiet chat and a "cuppa". Contact: Paula, 0408 215 503. > > GOSNELLS/GREENWOOD : The members from Gosnells > and Greenwood will meet for lunch at the Attfield > Tavern, Attfield Street, Maddington on Wednesday, > September 13 at 11.30am. All members from both > groups are welcome to attend. Contact: Gayle, 9493 4019 or Pat 9409 5380. > > SOUTH-WEST : Members from the South-West Group > will host a morning tea at the TP&D in Baldivis > on Saturday, September 16 at 10.30am. All country > and metropolitan members are very welcome to come > along and meet with the national president. Contact: Sam, 0421 573 700. > > PERTH : A sausage sizzle/bbq will be held in > Kings Park, near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, > on Sunday, September 17 at 230pm. All members and > their families are invited. This will be your > last chance to meet with Mrs Narelle BROMHEAD, > national president of the Partners of Veterans > Association of Australia. Contact: Kerryn, 0408 341 045. > > BURNS BEACH : An information forum will be held > in the Emerald Park Hall, Edgewater (opposite > Edgewater Rail Station) on Wednesday, September > 20. Agenda includes a video on Agent Orange, VVCS > counsellor will be in attendance, Applied Suicide > Intervention Skills Training, Heart Health > Program, Partners Program, plus many more. Arrive > 9.30am for 10am start. Light lunch provided. All > members of the Australian veteran community (all > war veterans and peacekeepers, their partners, > children, family members, carers and health > providers) are welcome to attend. Please register > by Monday, September 18. Contact: Ellen, 9401 > 4031 mailto:emwachmer@bigpond.com.au > > > VETERANS & SERVICES > > Z/2ND FA PK. RAE, 6TH AUST DIV : All ex-members > are invited to their annual reunion to be held at > Anzac House, St Georges Terrace, Perth on Monday, > September 25 at noon. Contact: Claude Larking, 9384-4298. > > 2/7th Aust Fd Regiment : The monthly meeting will > be held at Anzac House tomorrow at 11am. Contact: Alf, 9279 1438. > > 11TH BATTALION 13TH BRIGADE AIF WORLD WAR II : > Members, family and friends are invited to attend > the 51st annual reunion celebration to be held in > the Gallipoli Room, Anzac House, St Georges > Terrace, Perth on Friday, September 22,11am to > 4pm. Please respond if you haven't already > received your invitation. Contact: Roy Walsh, 63 > Sexton Road, Inglewood 6052. Tel: 9271 5769. > > 16TH BATTALION THE CAMERON HIGHLANDERS > ASSOCIATION OF WA : The Waitavlo Dinner, in > celebration of the birthday of the battalion > formed in 1936, will be held at the RAAFA, Bull > Creek on Sunday, October 15 at 1200 hrs. All > ex-members of the units are welcome. Cost: $35 a > person. Bookings: H.G. Mawson, 9 Jenkins Place, > Wembley Downs 6019. Tel: 93413926. > > BRUCE ROCK VIETNAM VETERANS GROUP : The "Back to > the Bush" veterans' reunion will be held again > this year and veterans from all conflicts and > interested people are invited to attend. While > there are events being held during the week, the > significant one will be the march, lead by > Challenge and Kalgoorlie Brass Bands on Saturday, > November 4, started by a fly-past" by the RAAF. A > church service for the re-lighting of the > Memorial Candle at the Peace Window along with a > free barbecue, drinks and entertainment will > complete the day. Contact: Merv Gould, 9061 > 1143. mailto:mjgould@tadaust.org.au > > CAMP HART : Vietnam, Korean and recent conflict > veterans and their families are welcome to join > together at the Camp Hart Rest & Respite Centre > on October 6,7 and 8. This will be the fourth > annual get-together in conjunction with the 11th > annual Kulin Bush Races. A dawn service will > again be held at Peter Hart's Memorial on > Saturday, October 6. Contact Roger Lingard 9537 > 8000, 0419 944 627. mailto:lingard@istnet.net.au > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > REUNIONS > > PERTH MODERN SCHOOL : A reunion lunch for the > Class of 1939-43 will be held at the Ocean Beach > Hotel, Cottesloe on Thursday, September 21 at > noon. It's not too late to accept. Contact: > Shirley Landquist, 137/60 Kalinda Drive, City Beach 6015. Tel: 9385 7006. > > CRAIGIE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL : The Year 12 Class of > 1986 will hold a reunion in the Western Power > Playground, Kings Park on Saturday, October 7 > from 2pm onwards. BYO picnic, drinks, rug/chairs > etc. Families and kids welcome. Afterwards, > drinks and a get-together upstairs at the Wembley > Hotel, Cambridge Street, Wembley from 7pm until > late. Finger food provided and drinks at reduced > cost for first two hours. Tickets: $15 a person > (prepaid preferred). RSVP: September 22. Contact: > Ceri Elliott, 9731 0626, 0427 087 O13; or Deb > Brealey (nee Butler), 0411 097 126. > mailto:ceri.tibbits@health.wa.gov.au. > > SWANLEIGH : A reunion for Swanleighans from the > year group 1st Year 1969 to 5th Year 1973 will be > held at Swanleigh on Saturday, October 14 at 3pm. > Names still sought include: Debbie LEWIS, Roslyn > HOWARD, Kay MORRIS, Jenny WHITE, Noelene > BRADBURY, Erica MARSHALL, Susan MATTHEWS, > Anne-Marie McKENZIE, Kathryn WILLIAMS, Geoff > ATKINS, Chris MARSHALL, Dale ROSS, Margaret > STANLAKE, Elizabeth ROGERS and Ross McKENZIE. > Contact: Vicki "Chips" Frost (Yates), Post Office > Box 13, Kukerin 6352. Tel: 9864 9018. mailto:frosty35_01@hotmail.com > > NEWTON MOORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL : The school will > celebrate its 40th birthday on Friday, October 20 > and a commemorative CD ROM is being prepared. > Organisers are interested to hear from the > original students and staff. Also, any old > photographs, contacts etc. would be appreciated. > Hoping to include information about where any > past students are today and what they did > post-school. Contact: Tyril Houghton, 9722 > 2400. mailto:tyril.houghton@det.wa.edu.au > > SHIRE OF TRAYNING : Past and present residents > are invited to the annual "Back to KTY" reunion > lunch to be held at the Function-Centre, 2 Brodie > Hall Drive, Bentley on Friday, October 20. Dot > FALCONER will speak about the pioneering GLASHEEN > Family. Contact: Tom Appleyard, 9245 2428 or Ray Kent, 9450 4592. > > CARDINALS FOOTBALL CLUB : A reunion will be held > at the Hyde Park Hotel, North Perth on Friday, > October 20 at 11am. Hoping for a big turnout of > past members. Contact: Dick Paini, 9276 9168 or Bruce Kelley, 9581 7839. > > ST BRIGID'S SCHOOL (WEST PERTH) : A reunion for > the Grade 1 class of 1962 (most turning 50 this > year) will be held at the Northbridge Hotel on > Saturday, October 21, at 3pm. Cost: $10 a person > (for room hire). Please bring along photographs > and memorabilia. Contact: Susan Marocchi > (Bertelli), 9284 1485, 0411 705 094; Julie > Papalia (Anastasio), 9275 3680, 0401 276 966, or > Kayleen Cohen (Fagan), mailto:kayleenc@bayswater.wa.gov.au > > RPH NURSING SCHOOL 4/66 : A reunion lunch will be > held at Fraser's Restaurant, Kings Park on > Sunday, October 22, at 12.30pm. Contact: Judy > Parin, 72 Brockway Drive, Gelorup 6230. Tel: 9795 7113. > > SKATE CLASS YACHTSMEN : The class will celebrate > the "First 50 Years" at the National Title Series > to be held at Kangaroo Island (SA) between > December 29, 2006 and January 7, 2007. Past and > present sailors welcome. A spare Skate will be > available to sail. Please bring along > memorabilia. Contact: Allan Spencer, 9434 1912 or Gary Caporn, 9417 2079. > > --End-- > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:04:38 +1000 > From: "jimmy" <jtruck@bigblue.net.au> > Subject: [AUS-WA] GERALDTON CEMETERY > To: <AUS-WA-L@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <000001c6f25a$221de200$e20dd6cb@pcga8pe800pro> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi everyone. > > Can anyone possibly help me out with a photo of Apex Park Cemetery in > Geraldton? > I am in Victoria and a contact of mine in England had a relation who was > convicted and sent to Australia. He died in Sept. 1926 and is buried > there. > > A photo would be greatly appreciated. > > Regards, > Shirley. > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:51:06 +1000 (EST) > From: <patbar@austarnet.com.au> > Subject: Re: [AUS-WA] GERALDTON CEMETERY > To: aus-wa@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <20061018155106.ELS78100@gol-mas2.austarnet.com.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > Maybe if you contact the Geraldton Family History Society in > Geraldton they may be able to assist, email address given > below. > > gfhs@wn.com.au > > > Cheers & good luck, Patty > > > ---- Original message ---- >>Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 12:04:38 +1000 >>From: "jimmy" <jtruck@bigblue.net.au> >>Subject: [AUS-WA] GERALDTON CEMETERY >>To: <AUS-WA-L@rootsweb.com> >> >>Hi everyone. >> >>Can anyone possibly help me out with a photo of Apex Park > Cemetery in Geraldton? >>I am in Victoria and a contact of mine in England had a > relation who was convicted and sent to Australia. He died in > Sept. 1926 and is buried there. >> >>A photo would be greatly appreciated. >> >>Regards, >>Shirley. >> Q: Why do WA's cyber-genies hang out at the Perth DPS & > use DPS-CHAT-L ? >>A: Check out: ' http://www.perthdps.com/dps-chat.htm ' >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-WA- > request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the AUS-WA list administrator, send an email to > AUS-WA-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the AUS-WA mailing list, send an email to > AUS-WA@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-WA-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of AUS-WA Digest, Vol 1, Issue 21 > *************************************