Harold Norman HARVEY
Born 1 September 1912 in Piesseville, Western Australia [16]
Clerk at the Bank of New South Wales in Carnamah 1932-1936 [5: 6-Mar-1936] [19]
Resided at Chitter and Flo BROWN's boarding house at 13-15 Caron Street known as the "Carnamah Hostel" [P225]
During his four years in Carnamah he was actively associated with most of the local sporting and social organisations [5: 13-Mar-1936]
Described "as a very willing worker" of the local sporting bodies, and "also a good citizen" [5: 13-Mar-1936]
Played for the Benedicts in a 'Benedicts verses Bachelors' cricket match in Carnamah on Sunday 18 December 1932 [5: 23-Dec-1932]
Assistant Secretary in 1932-33 and a Committee Member 1933-34 of the Carnamah Cricket Club [4: 17-Sep-1932] [5: 1-Dec-1933]
Member of the Carnamah Athletic Club in 1933 [4: 23-Sep-1933]
Competitor in John A. KENNY's Billiard Tournament conducted within Mackie's Buildings in Carnamah in 1933 [5: 26-May-1933]
Played for the Carnamah Hotel's team "Gentleman" against the "Ruffs" team at cricket in Carnamah on 5 March 1933 [5: 10-Mar-1933]
Member of the Carnamah Committee of the North Midlands Popular Girl Competition in 1933 [5: 21-Jul-1933]
Member of the Carnamah Repertory Club 1933-1936 [5: 2-Jun-1933, 5-Apr-1935, 13-Mar-1936] [4: 7-Jul-1934]
He was a leading character and a very good worker, including behind the scenes, for the Carnamah Repertory Club [5: 13-Mar-1936]
Performed in the play "Dick's Sister" at the Carnamah Repertory Club's Inaugural Concert on 21 August 1933 [5: 25-Aug-1933] [72]
Secretary of the Carnamah Football Club for the second half of 1933 and all of 1934 [4: 3-Nov-1934] [5: 21-Jul-1933, 20-Apr-1934]
In 1935 the Carnamah Football Club offered him an honorarium of £2/2/- for his services as secretary, which he declined [5: 19-Apr-1935]
Part of a humorous ballet which performed at the Carnamah Football Club's Monster Ball on 2 September 1933 [5: 8-Sep-1933]
Himself and Edna BASTIAN won a prize for dancing at the Monster Ball at the Carnamah Hall on 2 September 1933 [5: 8-Sep-1933]
Spent his annual holidays in October 1933 at Brunswick Junction [5: 27-Oct-1933]
Helped search for and locate a native girl who went missing from a camp near DIAMOND's farm on 1 December 1933 [5: 8-Dec-1933]
Attended the Carnamah Tennis Club's Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 9 December 1933 [5: 15-Dec-1933]
Attended the Dance conducted by the Carnamah Toc H at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 24 February 1934 [5: 2-Mar-1934]
On the evening of Thursday 15 March 1934 attended the Carnamah Race Club's Annual Dance at the Carnamah Hall [5: 16-Mar-1934]
Attended the Farewell Social to Miss Doris MCLEAN at BERRIGAN's home in Carnamah on Wednesday 11 April 1934 [5: 13-Apr-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Golf Club's Opening Season Dance at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 21 April 1934 [5: 27-Apr-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Smoke Social held in Carnamah on Thursday 26 April 1934 [5: 4-May-1934]
Attended Emily H. TURNER's 21st Birthday at Karragee Farm in Carnamah on Tuesday 8 May 1934 [5: 11-May-1934]
On Saturday 12 May 1934 attended the Carnamah Football Club's Grand Opening Ball at the Carnamah Hall [5: 18-May-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Roman Catholic Church's Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 26 May 1934 [5: 1-Jun-1934]
Attended the Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 30 June 1934 to raise funds for Church organ repairs [5: 6-Jul-1934]
Attended the Inering School Dance held at the Carnamah Hall to raise money for books on Saturday 21 July 1934 [5: 27-Jul-1934]
Ably played Ralph Newton in "Pearly Pearls" at the Carnamah Repertory Club's Third Concert on Thursday 26 July 1934 [5: 27-Jul-1934]
Attended the Repertory Social, of plays, community singing and dancing, held in Carnamah on 15 August 1934 [5: 17-Aug-1934]
Assistant Secretary of a Committee that organised in aid of the Blind Institute a Dance in Carnamah on 18 August 1934 [5: 3-Aug-1934]
Attended the funeral of Mrs Christina B. D. FORRESTER of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 31 August 1934 [4: 8-Sep-1934]
Member of the Carnamah Tennis Club in 1934-35, and a Social Committee Member in 1935-36 [5: 12-Oct-1934, 16-Aug-1935]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Premiership Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 20 October 1934 [5: 26-Oct-1934]
Attended the Back to Childhood & Nursery Rhyme Ball held in Three Springs on 6 November 1934 as a "Tiny Tot" [5: 9-Nov-1934]
Competed in the Three Springs verses Carnamah billiard contest held in Three Springs on Thursday 14 February 1935 [5: 15-Feb-1935]
Attended the Surprise Party given to John and Doris MCLEAN at their home in Carnamah on Wednesday 3 April 1935 [5: 5-Apr-1935]
Travelled from Carnamah to Bunbury for a few days during the Easter break in 1935 [5: 26-Apr-1935]
Member of the Carnamah Golf Club in 1935 - won the Colin Stone Trophy [5: 14-Jun-1935, 1-Nov-1935]
Played Robert Browne in the play "Browne with an E" at the Carnamah Repertory Club's 5th Concert on 25 July 1935 [5: 26-Jul-1935]
Assisted the committee of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society with their Annual Show on 12 September 1935 [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Attended the Carnamah Golf Club's Annual Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Thursday 24 October 1935 [5: 1-Nov-1935]
Attended the Masquerade Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 7 December 1935 in a group dressed as King's Bounty [5: 13-Dec-1935]
Attended the Wedding Social & Dance for Stuart and May FORD at Koolabba Farm in Carnamah on 25 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
In early March 1936 received notice of his transfer to the Bank of New South Wales in Barrack Street, Perth [5: 6-Mar-1936]
Tendered a Valedictory Social & Dance by local sporting bodies at the Carnamah Hall on Tuesday evening 10 March 1936 [5]
The Social & Dance consisted of speeches, presentations, dancing and concluded with singing of "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" [5]
He thanked the speakers for their kind words and thanked everyone in Carnamah for anything they had done for him [5: 13-Mar-1936]
Received a £5 cheque from the organised sporting bodies in Carnamah and an inscribed razor from the Carnamah Repertory Club [5]
Left Carnamah and shifted to Perth on Friday 13 March 1936 [5: 13-Mar-1936]
Married June H. EAST in Perth in 1940 [66]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Harold Norman Harvey' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/harold-norman-harvey [reference list] |
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