Clement Wilfred HONNER
Born 2 October 1905 in Fremantle, Western Australia [16]
Son of "Dick" Richard Joseph HONNER and Eleanor Iris MCMAHON [15]
Resided with his parents in Three Springs 1913-1918, where his father was the local Police Constable [87]
Student at the Three Springs State School until March 1917 and then a Student at the Dominican Convent School, Three Springs [98]
He and his brothers, who were enrolled at the Convent School on 26 March 1917, were its 5th, 6th and 7th pupils [98]
During early December 1915 he went kangaroo hunting in Three Springs with a party of local men including his father [10: 7-Dec-1915]
After hunting with the group for a while he wanted to get a roo on his own, so slipped away from the group and galloped away [10]
Later he tried to find the group and searched for them until dusk, and then proceeded to his home in the Three Springs townsite [10]
Described as a "natural bushman" as he was 12 miles from home in 30,000 acres of sandplain country he'd never seen before [10]
Meanwhile the hunting party were searching for him, his father returning home at 2 a.m. to find him in his bed asleep [10]
Performed in the Dominican Convent School's Annual Concert held in Three Springs on 20 November 1918 [10: 29-Nov-1918]
Farmer in Dalwallinu 1926-1945 [6]
Married Rita Amelia KLEIN in 1930 [66]
Corporal W75410 in Dalwallinu's local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Later resided in Narrogin [2]
Died 30 December 1993; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Lawn, K, 225) [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Clement Wilfred Honner' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 10 November 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/clement-wilfred-honner [reference list] |
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