Hi Everyone, Here's the Can You Help? column published in "The West Australian" on Monday last week. You will find this week's column (and Saturday's Reunions) by going to this site today http://www.thewest.com.au/20030814/features/ and then clicking on the Can You Help Logo in the top left corner of the page. Note: The number in the URL represents today's date, so you may need to alter the last two digits to get it to work. Cheers...... Erica mailto:[email protected] (Perth, Western Australia) http://www.perthdps.com/research/hil01.html =========================================================== ----< CONTACT & SUBMISSION DETAILS>---- Can You Help?, published on Mondays, is a free service compiled by Jenny Kohlen for people seeking information about their families and local history or other items of interest. Reunions - other than veterans - are published on Saturdays on the Information pages. Full name and mailing address (for publication) must accompany every request, as well as telephone number and e-mail address. Send your requests to: Can You Help? "The West Australian," GPO Box N1027, Perth 6843. Fax (08) 9482 3830. Phone (08) 9482 3382 (Mon-Fri). mailto:[email protected] CAN YOU HELP ? : Monday, August 4, 2003 (The West Australian, p27) ========================================================== BICTON BATHS : Information, memorabilia and photographs are sought about the Bicton Baths from around the turn of the 20th century to 1970. The Sunday morning swimming races conducted by the Melville Swimming Club, carnivals, and events on the foreshore, and various regattas would be of particular interest. Contact: Mike Adlam, 18 Nautilus Crescent, Scarborough 6019. Tel: 9341 4211; 0412 297 851. COOLGARDIE CELEBRATIONS : The Coolgardie State Battery is celebrating its centenary this year and a special day will be held on Sunday, September 28. Past employees, families, and the general public are invited to attend and enjoy the festivities. Activities include watching the battery crush ore with free tours, panning for gold, morning tea, a barbecue lunch, and music. Please advise your attendance. Contact: Diana Kempton, 9026 6001. mailto:[email protected] DALKEITH FORESHORE COTTAGE : Seeking photos or sketches and any relevant details about the construction of Adam ARMSTRONG's cottage that was built on the foreshore below Gallop House about 1831 and demolished by mistake in 1972. Gallop House is on the riverfront at Dalkeith above the foreshore reserve - just before the Tawarri Reception Centre (there is a boatclub on the shore just to the left of Gallop House). Any information appreciated for a family history book. Contact: Bob Couzens, PO Box 246, Port Hedland 6721. Tel: 9172 3614; 0419 199 070. mailto:[email protected] net. au ««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««« FAMILY REUNIONS BONSER : There will be a gathering of the BONSER Clan at Collie on Saturday, August 16 - the day of the Collie-Donnybrook cycle race. The family will remember Bill "Tot" BONSER for his winning ride in 1934 and also spread his ashes on Lyall Hill as he requested. Contact: Patsy, 9535 8940, or Evan Strudwick 9725 3360. HOUNSHAM : Descendants and friends of the five HOUNSHAM brothers who came to Ongerup from Peterborough, England in the 1920s - Fred, George, Jim, Tom, and Harold (`Sonny") - are invited to a reunion to be held in Albany and Ongerup over the long weekend of September 27-29. Contact Kevin Hounsham, PO Box 49, Ongerup 6336. Tel: 9828 2140; 0427 282 140. McHUGH : Descendants of Reuben and Elizabeth McHUGH are sought for a reunion planned to be held in September. Reuben and Elizabeth (nee WILLIAMS) were married in South Australia on June 22, 1904. They settled at Koomberkne near Dowerin and raised a family of 11. Contact: Joan Lock, 9339 5332. mailto:[email protected] »»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»»» GORST : Information is sought for family history about descendants or relatives of Lillian GORST (nee DUNN). Lillian was born in Worlaby, Lincolnshire, England about 1884 and went to live in Southport from where she sailed to Perth. She married James William GORST who died in 1977 aged 88. Contact: Mrs D.M. Tomlinson, 9 Deans Walk, Denbigshire, England LL17 ONE, UK. mailto:[email protected] KUNUNOPPIN : Old photographs or short notes of historical moments about Kununoppin and its past (the town, school or sporting history) are sought. Please supply a brief written history about -the photographs (with subject names), and include sender's name and address. Photographs will be scanned and returned. Contact: Mrs Betty Purdy, 9683 2042; or Mrs E. Buchan, c/- Post Office, Kununoppin 6489. CANON McCLEMANS : Help is sought for a biography about Canon McCLEMANS who was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in Perth in the then Church of England in 1899. He was curate of Greenbushes 1899-1901 and Rector of Day Dawn / Cue 1901-02, Geraldton 1902-05, Boulder 1905-07, and Christ Church Claremont, 1907-1922. During this time he founded the school which would become Christchurch Grammar School. He served as a Chaplain during WWI on the Western Front (1915-1917). Later, in 1922, personal circumstances led to his resignation from active ministry and he took up farming in the Wongan Hills area for the next 20 years. Any information is sought about any time of his life either from personal acquaintance or other records (letters, papers etc.). Contact: Ric Barrett-Lennard, 16 Bellairs Rd, Kardinya 6163. Tel: 9360 2105. mailto:[email protected] MIDLAND RAILWAY WORKSHOPS : Information is sought about women who were munitions workers at the Midland Railway Workshops during World War II. Names, stories, and photos are required for a book about the Midland Railway Workshops. Contact: Linley Batterham, 517 Marmion St, Booragoon 6154. Tel: 9364 2356. mailto:[email protected] MLA SERVICEMEN : The Legislative Assembly of WA, through its Speaker, the Hon. Fred Riebeling MLA, is establishing an honour board to record the service of former members who obtained leave of the Assembly to undertake military service during a time of war. Seeking the next-of-kin of these people to invite them to the ceremony: Arthur Valentine Rutherford ABBOTT (MLA North Perth 1939-1950); Harry Edward BOLTON (MLA North Fremantle 1904-1911 and South Fremantle 1911-1917); John Richard Arthur CONOLLY (MLA Dundas 1897-1901); Archibald GILCHRIST (MLA Gascoyne 1914-17); Dr George Frederick McWILLIAMS (MLA North Perth 1901-1904); Richard William PRICE MBE (MLA Albany 1909-1917); Howard Stirling RAPHAEL (MLA Victoria Park 1930-1944); Bartholemew James STUBBS (MLA Subiaco 1911-1917); Herbert Henry STYANTS (MLA Kalgoorlie 1936-1956), and Evan Alexander WISDOM CB, CMG (MLA Claremont 1911-1917). Contact: Nigel Lake, Sergeant-at-Arms, Legislative Assembly, 9222 7453. MORAN : Clare MORAN was the first teacher at Yerecoin Primary School in 1928. The school is celebrating 75 years on August 23 and organisers would like to display information on the day about the first three teachers. Any relatives or persons with any information about Miss MORAN are asked to respond. Contact: Joeley Howard, PO Box 168 Yerecain 6571. Tel: 9654 6014. mailto:[email protected] PEARSE : Eliza HAWKINS arrived in WA on the Esmeralda with her brother William and parents John and Mary HAWKINS on October 21, 1854. William's descendants have photographs and family history, but no information about Eliza's descendants. She married George PEARSE (nee HAWKINS) and had children Amy, George and Silas. Hoping to meet and exchange information. Contact: Shirley Beaumont, 9 Wharfing Lane, Beaconsfield 6162. Tel: 9335 1230. VLAMING HEAD LIGHTHOUSE : The Vlaming Head Lighthouse in Exmouth is now fully restored and open for escorted tours. The operators seek photographs, letters or other memorabilia for an historical display and to eventually compile a book on the history of the light and its keepers. Any donations will be lovingly restored, if necessary, and displayed as part of a museum being established at the lighthouse. Any information appreciated. Contact: Ron Campbell, c/o Vlaming Head Lighthouse, PO Box 778, Exmouth 6707. Tel: 9949 1207; 0407 970 647. mailto:[email protected] WORLD WAR II BORNEO : An exhibition - Borneo, The Story That Must Be Told (1942-45) - is currently being presented by the Borneo POW Relatives of WA in conjunction with the Alexander State Library, on the mezzanine floor of the library until August 17 between 9am and 5pm daily. Inquiries: Ryan Rowland, 9295 2155. Fax: 9295 1288. mailto:[email protected] ««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««««« VETERANS 2/4TH MACHINE GUN BATTALION ASSOCIATION : Their annual commemorative luncheon will be held at the Novotel Langley Hotel, Perth on Thursday, August 14 at noon. Members, families, and friends welcome. Contact: Trevor James, 9457 8727. HMAS CANBERRA - HMAS SHROPSHIRE ASSOCIATION : Members will conduct the annual wreath-laying service at the Kings Park War Memorial on Saturday, August 9 at 10.30am in honour of shipmates lost in HMAS Canberra at the Battle of Savo Island on August 9, 1942. EDA VETERANS : All EDA recipients, their partners, and carers, are invited to attend the combined annual and general meeting to be held at the CityPlace Community Centre, Perth station (upper level) on Wednesday, August 6 at 9.45am. Contact: Aurelie Bergin, 9402 2043. GULF WAR VETERANS AND PEACEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION : A get-together will be held at the City of Belmont RSL, 22 Leake Street, Belmont on Saturday, August 9 between 1pm and 5pm as part of their bi-monthly meeting. All old and new members welcome to come along. Inquiries welcome. Contact: Philip Steele, 9535 9154. mailto:[email protected] com.au --End--