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Biographical Dictionary - Coorow, Carnamah, Three Springs


Surname

Vernon John DURY

Born 31 January 1904 in Sydenham, London, England [16]
Farmer or Farmhand in England [70]
Departed London, England on the steamship Ballarat and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 13 August 1922 [70]
Teamster in Carnamah 1925-1930 [19]
Foundation Member of the Carnamah Soccer Club in 1927 [4: 2-Jul-1927]
Married Rachel Margaret Letitia GRIFFITHS in Perth in 1937 [66]
Had resided in Darlington prior to enlisting in the Royal Australian Air Force on 2 October 1942 [16]
Leading Aircraftman 82114 in the Royal Australian Air Force's 5 Personnel Depot Staff during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Royal Australian Air Force on 23 May 1946 [16]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Scarborough [2]
Died 25 February 1972; ashes interred at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 23, 6) [2]


Reference:  Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Vernon John Dury' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/vernon-john-dury [reference list]




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