Max Swinburne LEWIS
Born 3 November 1901 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Son of William Henry Jones LEWIS and Rhoda Mary COLE [15]
In 1925 he was working as a Clerk and living with his parents at 52 Colin Street in West Perth [50]
Farmer of Punyarra Farm in Caron, Western Australia 1927-1938 [27] [4: 8-Sep-1934] [5: 22-Sep-1933]
On 28 February 1927 purchased Frank and Michael H. HAYMAN's 2,498 acre farm in Caron in partnership with his brother Denis [27]
The farm still had the majority of its £1,249 instalments owing to the Midland Railway Company [27]
The 2,498 acres was Lot M1634 of Victoria Location 2023 and had been taken up as virgin land by the HAYMANs in 1926 [27]
Their farm was situated about twenty miles from Carnamah town [4: 8-Sep-1934]
They purchased a new Fordson tractor, which they took delivery of in late July 1927 [4: 23-Jul-1927]
Married (1) Elva Irene HUTCHINSON in South Perth on 14 February 1931 [33]
They had been engaged since July of 1930 and she was 17 when they married [33] [81: 13-Jul-1930]
His wife gave birth to Eve Doreen at Nurse Stockley's Private Hospital in Perth on 25 March 1932 [39: 31-Mar-1932, 21-Sep-1933]
His wife was seized with a sudden illness on 12 September 1933 and died before he could get her to hospital [5: 22-Sep-1933]
A postmortem and inquest found that she had taken cyanide "while suffering a temporary lapse of mental distress" [5: 22-Sep-1933]
Elva was laid to rest in the Winchester Cemetery at Carnamah [1]
Attended the Carnamah Church of England's New Year Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 30 December 1933 [5: 5-Jan-1934]
Attended the Dance conducted by the Carnamah Toc H at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 24 February 1934 [5: 2-Mar-1934]
Attended the Parkinson Tennis Club's Dance held on Saturday 14 April 1934 at the Carnamah Hall [5: 20-Apr-1934]
On Saturday 12 May 1934 attended the Carnamah Football Club's Grand Opening Ball at the Carnamah Hall [5: 18-May-1934]
In September 1934 he and his brother Denis had a visit from their parents [4: 8-Sep-1934]
At the time of their parents visit their father was Machinery Superintendent of the Goldfields Water Scheme [4: 8-Sep-1934]
Attended the opening of the Carnamah Tennis Club's courts for the 1934-35 season on Sunday 7 October 1934 [5: 12-Oct-1934]
Competed in the Parkinson Tennis Club's New Year Tennis Tournament in Carnamah on Wednesday 1 January 1936 [5: 3-Jan-1936]
Member of the Caron Tennis Club - in 1936 he was Vice Captain and his brother was Captain [39: 14-Oct-1936]
Had an account with Carnamah blacksmith, wheelwright and motor mechanics Henry Parkin & Son in 1937 [53]
Competed in the Carnamah Tennis Club's Easter Tennis Tournament at Centenary Park in Carnamah on 27-29 March 1937 [5]
He and his brother Max won both the Men's Doubles Championship and the Men's Handicap Doubles [5: 2-Apr-1937]
They received their trophies at the largely attended Carnamah Tennis Dance at the Carnamah Hall on 17 April 1937 [5: 23-Apr-1937]
With Darcy W. LEITHHEAD tied to win the Men's Foursomes at the Coorow Golf Club's Season Opening in 1937 [5: 21-May-1937]
Member of the Carnamah Golf Club in 1937 [5: 9-Jul-1937]
Member of the Caron Golf Club in 1938 [468: 1-Jul-1938]
Chief Mourner at the funeral of his aunt Mrs Kate BICKFORD of Three Springs at the Karrakatta Cemetery on 16 January 1939 [4]
The purchase contract for the farm was rescinded by the Midland Railway Company on 21 March 1939 [27]
Presumably after being leased out for a few years, their former farm was sold to DRING Bros on 19 April 1944 [27]
Married (2) Freda Mary KERR in Perth in 1940 [66]
Resided with his second wife at 473 Cambridge Street in the Perth suburb of Floreat and worked as a Clerk [50]
His wife gave birth to a daughter at the Kensington Hospital on 7 August 1941 [39: 12-Aug-1941]
Enlisted in the Australian Army on 3 September 1942 [16]
Corporal 81871 of the Staff of the Royal Australian Air Force's 5th Personal Depot during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Royal Australian Air Force on 28 March 1946 [16]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Leederville [2]
Died 9 November 1986; ashes scattered to the wind at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Max Swinburne Lewis' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/max-swinburne-lewis [reference list] |
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