George Blake DEMEL

Born C.1928 ^[2]
Son of Ian DEMEL and Gladus Gates EASTWOOD ^[15]
Technician for the Postmaster-General's Department in Carnamah 1949-1951 ^{[4: 3-May-1952] [50]}
Member of the Carnamah Football Club 1949-1951 ^{[7: page 197]}
Member of the Carnamah Cricket Club in 1950-51 - played for the Carnamah Town team ^{[4: 7-Apr-1951]}
Later resided on Keane Street in the Perth suburb of Peppermint Grove ^{[4: 3-May-1952]}
Died 26 April 1952 in Carnamah; ashes buried at Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Anglican, FA, 118) ^{[2] [15]}


From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 3 May 1952:
Carnamah Fatalities - Two Young Men Killed - Motor Cycle and Truck
     "Quite a gloom was cast over Carnamah on Saturday evening last as the result of two young men being killed through a motor cycle which they were riding crashing into the rear of a motor truck on the road about one mile north of Carnamah. The victims of the sad occurrence were George Blake Demel (25), of Keane Street, Peppermint Grove, who was driving the cycle, and his pillion passenger, Ronald Alfred Dewar (22), of Carnamah, the tragedy occurring early in the evening when the two young men were returning from Carnamah to the farming property of the latter's parents (Mr. and Mrs. P. Dewar). Both lads were only sons and the tragedy happened on the twenty-second birthday of Ronald Dewar. Until a few months ago George Demel was employed as a senior technician at the Carnamah Post-Office, and both young men were particularly well known and extremely popular amongst a large circle of friends.
     In the presence of a large attendance of residents from all parts of the district, the funeral of Ronald Dewar took place in the Winchester Cemetery on Monday afternoon last, the procession from Carnamah comprising between eighty and ninety motor cars.
     The funeral of the other young man (George Demel) took place in the Karrakatta Crematorium on Tuesday afternoon last."

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