"Bill" Wilfred Henry PAYNE
Born 29 May 1900 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia [16]
Son of "Bill" William PAYNE and Harriet LACEY [P256]
Shifted with his parents from Victoria, Australia to Western Australia in about 1902 [P256]
Resided with his parents in Karridale, in Busselton and then on Woodlands Farm in Yallingup [P14]
In 1911 they left Woodlands Farm and shifted to Quindalup where they lived in the old Quindalup school [P14]
While they were living at Quindalup his father went to Perenjori where he had taken up prospective farmland [P14]
He was taken out of school and went to Perenjori where he helped his father with fencing and contract well sinking [P387]
In 1913 his mother and siblings joined them in Perenjori [P14]
Resided with his parents on Coliban Park Farm in Perenjori 1913-1915 [P14]
Resided with his parents in Carnamah for part of 1915 and 1916 and then shifted back with them to Perenjori [P14]
Married Muriel Christina GRAHAM in 1928 [66]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Claremont prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 17 March 1941 [16]
Driver W2373 in the Australian Army's 124 General Transport Company during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 29 July 1946 [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Graylands [2]
Died 15 August 1982; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (IC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 5, 133) [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Wilfred Henry Payne' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/wilfred-henry-payne [reference list] |
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