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Biographical Dictionary - Coorow, Carnamah, Three Springs


Surname

"Val" Valentine LEE

Born 18 June 1913 in Llandilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales [16] [21]
Son of "Fred" William Frederick LEE and Elizabeth Ann JONES [16] [21]
Departed London, England with his parents and brother on the steamship Euripides on 29 March 1920 for Albany, Western Australia [203]
Resided with his parents in Carnamah, Western Australia from April 1933 until January 1934 [5: 12-Jan-1934]
Member of the Carnamah Rifle Club in 1933 [5: 2-Jun-1933]
Member of the Carnamah Badminton Club - was Vice Captain in 1933 [5: 2-Jun-1933]
Competitor in John A. KENNY's Billiard Tournaments conducted within Mackie's Buildings in Carnamah in 1933 [5: 2-Jun-1933, 9-Jun-1933]
Member of the Carnamah Football Club in 1933 [5: 2-Jun-1933, 16-Jun-1933]
Attended the Official Opening of the Carnamah Golf Course at Centenary Park in Carnamah on Sunday 23 July 1933 [5: 28-Jul-1933]
Supplier of music at the Carnamah Basketball Club's Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 29 July 1933 [5: 4-Aug-1933]
Member of the Carnamah Golf Club in 1933 [5: 18-Aug-1933]
Member of the Carnamah Repertory Club in 1933 [5: 2-Jun-1933, 30-Jun-1933]
Part of a humorous ballet which performed at the Carnamah  Football Club's Monster Ball on 2 September 1933 [5: 8-Sep-1933]
Attended the House Party at Tom and Marjorie PARKIN's home in Carnamah on Friday 13 October 1933 [5: 20-Oct-1933]
Member of the Carnamah Tennis Club in 1933 [5: 13-Oct-1933]
Supplier of music at the Town Band Dance held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 21 October 1933 [5: 3-Nov-1933]
Performed a cornet solo at the Carnamah Presbyterian Church's Fete and Concert on Thursday 2 November 1933 [5: 10-Nov-1933]
Attended the Carnamah Church of England's New Year Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 30 December 1933 [5: 5-Jan-1934]
After a residence of nine months left Carnamah with his parents on Sunday 7 January 1934 [5: 12-Jan-1934]
In 1936 he was working as a Machine Operator and living with his parents 545 Beaufort Street in Perth [50]
Resided in East Perth prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 7 November 1939 [16]
Lieutenant WX425 in the Australian Army's 2/11 Battalion during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 23 September 1945 [16]


Reference:  Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Valentine Lee' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/valentine-lee [reference list]




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