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Biographical Dictionary - Coorow, Carnamah, Three Springs


Surname

Noel Vincent Stephens LONGMORE

Born 25 September 1902 in Subiaco, Western Australia [15] [16]
Son of John LONGMORE and Annie Maud STEPHENS [15]
Farm Labourer in the Coorow district 1923-1933 [19]
He and his brother Ivan purchased 1,000 acres of land in Coorow from the Midland Railway Company on 24 April 1925 [27]
The 1,000 acres of virgin land was Lot M1555 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost 15/- per acre - a total of £750/12/4 [27]
It is not known if they developed or farmed the property before selling it to Herbert H. KERR on 27 November 1926 [27]
In 1926 he was working as a Contractor in Marchagee [6]
Member of the Coorow Football Club - was Captain in 1927 [4: 10-May-1927] [10: 19-May-1927]
Attended a meeting of the Moora Football Association at the Commercial Hotel in Moora on Monday 12 April 1928 [10: 19-Apr-1928] 
At the meeting Coorow was denied entry into the Association for 1928 as it was too far away for some of the other teams [10: 19-Apr-1928]
Married Janet K. HADDEN in Perth in 1928 [66]
Resided in Fremantle prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 20 July 1943[16]
Private WX27084 in the Australian Army's 69 Mobile Search Light Battery during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 3 December 1945 [16]
Later resided in West Perth [2]
Died 23 December 1990; ashes scattered to the winds at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]


Reference:  Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Noel Vincent Stephens Longmore' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/noel-vincent-stephens-longmore [reference list]




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