"Rupe" Rupert James CAMAC
Born 19 September 1913 in Balhannah, South Australia [55]
Son of James CAMAC and Muriel Elizabeth STARLING [55]
Left school during his first year of high school and worked on the family farm in Balhannah SA [P76]
In April 1939 left South Australia to join his brother Donald R. CAMAC who was farming in Gunyidi, Western Australia [P76]
Married Dorothy May PITT in 1940 [P76]
Purchased a 3,001 acre farm near Carnamah from the Midland Railway Company on 9 May 1940 [27]
The 3,001 acres was Lot M1779 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost £1125.7.6 (7/7 per acre), payable by instalments [27]
The property had been taken up as virgin bush by Maurice H. ANCLIFFE and Robert J. V. CAVE in 1928 [27]
The farm was situated on the north side of the Caron Road and was in Perenjori but on its boundary with Carnamah [61] [62]
Although his farm was in Perenjori he was "of Carnamah" in regards to mail, shopping and community involvement [P76]
Farmer near Carnamah 1940-1953 [P76]
In 1942 had an account with Carnamah blacksmith, wheelwright and motor mechanics Henry Parkin & Son [53]
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society 1941-1952 [13]
Telephone number Carnamah-23G from 1946 to 1953 [60]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Mrs Eliza A. AUNGER of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 25 August 1949 [5: 1-Sep-1949]
Member of the Five Gums Tennis Club from 1946-47 until 1952-53 [89]
He was Vice Captain in 1947-48, Captain in 1948-49, and a Committee Member from 1948-49 to 1951-52 [89]
Committee Member of Carnamah's branch of the Farmers' Union of WA in 1950 [4: 22-Apr-1950]
Committee Member of the Carnamah Parents & Citizens Association in 1951 [0: image 04611]
Private W71728 in Carnamah's local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
In 1953 sold his farm near Carnamah to his younger brother Donald R. CAMAC and shifted to Perth [P76]
Shifted back to Balhannah, South Australia in 1954 with his wife Dorothy and their two children [P76]
Father of Beverley and Graham [P76]
Died 25 July 2006 in the Adelaide suburb of Felixstow, South Australia [45]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Rupert James Camac' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/rupert-james-camac [reference list] |
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