Born 29 September 1896 in Tottenham, Middlesex, England [16]
Son of William Walter AKERS and Elizabeth Emma DUDLEY [20] [21]
In 1901 he was living with his parents, sister Mary and brother William at 7 Windmill Road in Edmonton, Middlesex, England [20]
Married Violet Harriett MASON in England in 1918 [21]
Departed London, England with his wife on the steamship Benalla and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 7 January 1924 [70]
Baker in Coorow, Western Australia in 1929 [19]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Fremantle prior to enlisting in the Royal Australian Navy on 14 December 1939 [16]
LG Cook F2885 on the Royal Australian Navy's H.M.A.S. Lonsdale during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Royal Australian Navy on 14 November 1946 [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Rivervale [2]
Died 13 January 1973; ashes interred at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Crematorium Rose Gardens, M, 171) [2]
Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Joseph William Akers' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/joseph-william-akers [reference list] |
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