Rev. Walter Benjamin KENWORTHY

Born 1892 in Victoria Plains, Western Australia ^[15]
Son of Albert Edward KENWORTHY and Clara WILTON ^[15]
Married Maggie Elizabeth LEACH in 1914 ^[66]
Student at Saint John College in Perth in 1916 ^[50]
He was based in Quairading before shifting to Dongara in about 1925 ^[50]
Anglican Rector based in Dongara from 1924 ^{[4: 19-Feb-1927, 11-Feb-1928] [332]}
    He resided at The Rectory in Dongara ^[19] and in 1928 his parish was referred to as Dongara-Mingenew ^{[4: 11-Feb-1928]}
    His parish included Dongara, Mingenew, Three Springs, Carnamah, Winchester and Coorow ^{[4: 4-Feb-1928]}
    He traversed his very large parish by car and was regularly accompanied by his wife on such trips ^{[4: 4-Feb-1928]}
His sixth baptism in Dongara was his own daughter, Gloria, who was born on 3 May 1926 ^[332]
Officiated at the funeral of John H. DAVIES of Carnamah at the Three Springs General Cemetery on 8 February 1925 ^[24]
Officiated at the marriage of Harold J. COPE and Madeline ROOKE on 24 September 1925 at the Carnamah Hall ^{[9: 2-Oct-1925]}
Officiated at the funeral of William J. HOWARD of Three Springs at the Three Springs General Cemetery on 27 December 1925 ^[24]
Officiated at the marriage of Edmund K. WELLS and Margaret A. KROSCHEL in Carnamah on 8 February 1927 ^{[4: 19-Feb-1927]}
Officiated at the funeral of Mrs Martha L. J. DAVIES of Carnamah at the Three Springs General Cemetery on 1 April 1927 ^[24]
Officiated at the double wedding held at BOWMAN's residence in Carnamah on 5 April 1927 ^{[39: 12-Apr-1927]}
      The contracting parties were Helen K. BOWMAN and James W. DIXON, and Violet N. BOWMAN and Ivan JOHNSON ^[39]
Officiated at the first burial at the Winchester Cemetery in Carnamah, of Mrs Rachel Alston LAWSON on 20 June 1927 ^{[1] [4: 25-Jun-1927]}
Officiated at the marriage of Kathleen HÄUSSLER and Harry ZUEGG at the church in Carnamah on 7 February 1928 ^{[4: 11-Feb-1928]}
Left Dongara in February 1928 after accepting a position in the Koolunga district in South Australia ^{[4: 4-Feb-1928]}
Died 27 December 1948 in South Australia ^[243]
Uncle of Harold Nairn KENWORTHY of Dudawa, East Arrino and of Frank Wilton KENWORTHY of Three Springs ^{[15] [19]}

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