Alan Sharwood HEALES
Born 12 December 1898 in Fremantle, Western Australia [15] [16]
Son of Ernest Richard HEALES and Nellie WATKINS [15]
In 1916 was working as a Bank Clerk and was living at 70 King Street in Perth WA[94]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) in Perth on 16 December 1916 [30: item 4749403]
On enlistment he was noted as 5 feet 11 inches tall, weighing 127 lbs. with light blue eyes, fair hair and a fair complexion[30]
Gave his father as his next of kin, his address also being 70 King Street, Perth WA [30]
On 4 May 1916 embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on the H.M.A.T. A17 Port Lincoln for active service abroad [30]
After further training in England proceeded to France on the steamship Princess Henrietta on 8 January 1917 [30]
Gunner 15046 in the Australian Imperial Force's 14th Field Artillery Brigade in France during the First World War [30]
Hospitalised in England for influenza with complications in early February 1919, while on leave from France [30]
Arrived back in Western Australia on the Transport 85 Devanha on 15 June 1919 [30]
Discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 6 August1919; received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [30]
Married Edith Vera HEAZLEWOOD in Perth in 1925 [66]
Resided in Toodyay in 1926 when his home flooded resulting in the loss of his A.I.F. discharge certificate [30]
In 1929 he was working as a Motor Engineer and residing at 31 Keightley Road in the Perth suburb of Subiaco [30]
Applied on 30 April 1920 for a copy of his discharge certificate to submit to the War Service Homes Commission [30]
Arrived in Carnamah on Monday 12 February 1934 [5: 16-Feb-1934]
Mechanical Engineer for Ivan JOHNSON at the Farm Service Station in Carnamah in 1934 and 1935 [5: 16-Feb-1934] [6]
On arrival in Carnamah he had 20 years experience in mechanical engineering and was a certified R.A.C. foreman [5: 16-Feb-1934]
He was one of five staff at the Farm Service Station and oversaw the garage's mechanical department [5: 16-Feb-1934]
The Farm Service Station was situated on the north half of 17 Macpherson Street and was accessible from Robertson Street [P1]
Attended the Dance conducted by the Carnamah Toc H at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 24 February 1934 [5: 2-Mar-1934]
Committee Member in 1934 and Vice President in 1937 of the Carnamah Sub-Branch of the Returned Solders League [5: 16-Mar-1934] [52]
Attended the Annual R.S.L. General Meeting and Smoke Social in Carnamah on Thursday 8 March 1934 [5: 16-Mar-1934]
Convened a meeting of all local Australian Imperial Force and Imperial Servicemen at the Carnamah Hotel on 2 December 1937 [5]
He convened the meeting to discuss the "complete re-organisation" of the local Sub-Branch of the R.S.L. [5: 26-Nov-1937]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Smoke Social held in Carnamah on Thursday 26 April 1934 [5: 4-May-1934]
On Saturday 12 May 1934 attended the Carnamah Football Club's Grand Opening Ball at the Carnamah Hall [5: 18-May-1934]
Central Umpire for the North Midlands Football Association in 1934 [5: 4-May-1934]
His mother returned to Perth by train on Monday 23 July 1934 after spending two weeks with him in Carnamah [5: 27-Jul-1934]
Shifted from Carnamah to Coorow, where he had his own mechanical garage until 1938 [88] [19]
Proprietor of the Coorow Garage, which was telephone number Coorow-18 [150]
Undertook repairs and overhauls to all classes of automobiles and tractors, and did oxywelding and all classes of engineering [150]
In July 1935 his garage in Coorow became a Royal Automobile Club (R.A.C.) service station [5: 12-Jul-1935]
He was the accredited R.A.C. servicemen for the Coorow, Waddy Forest and Watheroo districts [5: 12-Jul-1935]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1934-35, 1936-37 and 1937-38 [5: 21-Dec-1934, 15-Jan-1937, 24-Dec-1937]
Agent for and Installer of 20 Light Power Plants suitable for farmers in 1935, at a cost of £60 [5: 15-Mar-1935]
Represented the Coorow Football Club at meetings of the North Midlands Football Association in 1935 [5: 3-May-1935]
Committee Member of the Coorow Golf Club 1935-1937, and Assistant Secretary in 1937 [5: 17-May-1935, 27-Mar-1936, 16-Apr-1937]
Attended the Official Opening of the Coorow Golf Club's golf course in Coorow on Sunday 23 June 1935 [5: 28-Jun-1935]
On 26 August 1935 gave a witness statement to Constable FIEBIG of Carnamah in connection with a motor accident near Coorow [88]
Travelled to Perth on Monday 30 September 1935 to give evidence at the trial of the man charged over the accident [5: 4-Oct-1935]
Committee Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society 1935-1937 [5: 13-Sep-1935, 12-Jun-1936]
Appointed Assistant Secretary of the Society in July 1936, and was again Assistant Secretary in 1937 [5: 17-Jul-1936] [150]
He and "Tom" Philip L. MORCOMBE had been Joint Secretaries for the first half of 1937 [5: 20-Nov-1936]
Attended the Fourth Annual North Midlands R.S.L. Reunion Dinner held in Three Springs on Saturday 19 October 1935 [5: 25-Oct-1935]
Had the top of his thumb taken off when a tractor he was repairing in Coorow backfired on Thursday 24 October 1935 [5: 1-Nov-1935]
Secretary of the committee who organised the Grand Coorow-Waddy Sports & Dance in Coorow on Saturday 9 November 1935 [5]
The Sports & Dance was a joint initiative between the Waddy Forest Toc H and the Coorow Cricket Club [5: 8 & 15-Nov-1935]
Member of the Coorow Tennis Club in 1935-36 and 1936-37 [5: 25-Oct-1935, 23-Oct-1936]
Attended the funeral of Carnamah agent William B. SHERIDAN at the Winchester Cemetery on 27 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
During February 1936 himself, his wife and their children spent a prolonged holiday in Perth [5: 7, 14 & 21-Feb-1936]
Attended the Annual Meeting & Smoke Social of the Carnamah Sub-Branch of the R.S.L. on Wednesday 11 March 1936 [5: 20-Mar-1936]
Conveyed an extensively damaged Marmon 8 car from two miles south of Coorow to the siding for it to be railed to Perth [5: 10-Apr-1936]
The car, belonging to Mr and Mrs DAVIES of Ashburton Downs, had been wrecked after crashing into a salmon gum tree [5]
Played for the combined Winchester-Waddy-Coorow tennis team against Carnamah-Parkinson on Sunday 5 April 1936 [5: 3-Apr-1936]
Attended the Carnamah Golf Club's 1936 season Opening Day at Centenary Park in Carnamah on Sunday 26 April 1936 [5: 1-May-1936]
Warden of the Coorow Anglican Church in 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Attended the Coorow Golf Club's Opening Day for the 1936 season in Coorow on Sunday 17 May 1936 [5: 22-May-1936]
Attended the Coorow Tennis Club's Back to Childhood Ball at the Coorow Hall on Saturday 22 August 1936 dressed as "Nurse" [5]
He attended as the "Nurse" of David TODD and Harry F. C. KAU who attended together dressed as "Twins" [5: 28-Aug-1936]
Attended the social for Lord Archbishop of Perth Henry F. LE FANU in Carnamah on Saturday evening 19 September 1936 [5]
He and George ANTHONY of Arrino spoke about the activities and responsibilities of the Church and its members [5]
The following evening he and his wife entertained the Lord Archbishop at dinner at their home in Coorow [5]
Also at their dinner were the members of the Coorow Vestry in local farmers Lionel R. GRONOW and Charles C. BOTHE, [5]
Mrs Margaret BOTHE, and North Midlands Anglican Minister Rev. Alfred J. TOOMEY of Three Springs [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Attended the Bucks Party for George A. RAFFAN and Eric J. BRADLEY of Winchester in Coorow on 7 October 1936 [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Played for the Married Men who almost defeated the Single Men in a cricket match in Coorow on 6 December 1936 [5: 11-Dec-1936]
In late 1936 complained to the Carnamah District Road Board about the damage caused by straying cattle in the Coorow townsite [5]
He informed them he had given public notice that in future he would destroy any straying cattle that caused damage [5]
The Road Board advised him to secure straying cattle and demand compensation before release [5: 24-Dec-1936]
Advertised in January 1937 that he had for sale a 2-ton Holt caterpillar tractor in good order [5: 8-Jan-1937]
Officer on the Coorow Tennis Club's H.M.S. Coorow Dance at the Coorow Hall on Saturday evening 23 January 1937 [5: 29-Jan-1937]
After a visit to Perth himself, his wife and their children returned to Coorow during the third week of February 1937 [5: 19-Feb-1937]
Played for the again defeated Married Men in a cricket match against Single Men in Coorow on Sunday 11 April 1937 [5: 16-Apr-1937]
Gave "an interesting and instructive talk" on diesel engines at the Waddy Forest Toc H meeting on 18 May 1937 [5: 21-May-1937]
Took bookings for bridge tables for the Anglican Church's Bridge & Euchre Evening in Coorow on 20 May 1937 [5: 14-May-1937]
Presided over the R.S.L. Valedictory for Charles A. METTAM at the lounge of the Carnamah Hotel on 28 July 1937 [5: 30-Jul-1937]
Attended the meeting in Coorow to discuss constructing a direct road from Coorow to the coast on 11 September 1937 [5: 17-Sep-1937]
The North Midland Times newspaper regretfully reported in September 1937 that he was suffering from indifferent health [5: 24-Sep-1937]
Telephoned the Carnamah Police Station on 29 November 1937 to report he had seen in Coorow a person reported missing [88]
By 1942 he was living in the Perth suburb of Como; and later resided in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley [2] [16]
Father of David Edward, Richard Alan and Vincent Sharwood [215]
Died 4 January 1983; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Alan Sharwood Heales' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/alan-sharwood-heales [reference list] |
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