Born 23 April 1924 in Geraldton, Western Australia [P9]
Son of "Victor" Herbert Victor JOHNSON and Ethel May LUCAS [P9]
Resided with his parents in Geraldton 1924-1936 and in the Perth suburb of Highgate from 1936 onwards [200]
His father was the Member of the House of Representatives for the seat of Kalgoorlie from 1940 until 1958 [200]
Married "Les" Kathleen Lesley BOWMAN in the Perth suburb of Highgate on 22 October 1949 [P9]
Farmhand for his brother-in-law "John" David I. M. BOWMAN on The Home Farm / Prowaka Spring Farm in Carnamah 1949-1962 [P1]
Resided with his wife and later son in a house on Charles ROBERTSON's Woodbine Farm in Carnamah 1949-1952 [P9]
Resided with his wife, son and later daughter at the Bowman Homestead on Lot M950 of The Home Farm in Carnamah 1952-1962 [P9]
Resided with his wife and children at 9 Yarra Street in the Carnamah townsite 1962-1973 [P9]
Telephone number Carnamah-5D from 1951 to 1962 and then telephone number Carnamah-83 from 1962 onwards [60]
Member of the Carnamah Cricket Club - played for Carnamah Country 1949-1952 [0: images 02992 & 04698]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Clarence Thomas McCONKEY on 21 March 1950 at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth [5: 23-Mar-1950]
His father was a pallbearer at the funeral of his father-in-law John BOWMAN at the Winchester Cemetery on 28 July 1952 [5: 7-Aug-1952]
He and his wife left Carnamah in 1973 and shifted to Perth [P9]
In 1978 he was a retired Fitter and Turner and was living in Leeman [24]
Passed away at the age of 53 years at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs [24]
Father of Victor and Kathleen [P9]
Died 15 May 1978; buried at the Three Springs General Cemetery in Three Springs (Roman Catholic, Plot 83) [24]
Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Donald Victor Johnson' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/donald-victor-johnson [reference list] |
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