William John DOGGETT
Born 18 July 1884 in Albany, Western Australia [15] [16]
Son of Charles DOGGETT and Isabel Jane COOPER [15]
Served in the New Zealand Mounted Rifles for four months in South Africa during the Boer War [30]
Farmer of 804 acres in Carnamah, Western Australia 1908-1914 [19] [44]
He was in Carnamah by January 1908 when he appeared on an electoral roll as William DAGGETT, Labourer of Carnamah [19]
By August 1908 he was farming in Carnamah [19]
His 804 acres in Carnamah consisted of Conditional Purchase leases 9239/74, 18537/55 and 18632/55 [44]
The three leases later became Victoria Locations 3353, 3431 and 3436 [44]
His farm was on the west side of the Midland Railway line and The Midlands Road just south of the Carnamah townsite [62]
Member of the Carnamah Cricket Club in 1912 [9: 29-Nov-1912]
Officiated at the farewell held in Carnamah for the departing railway stationmaster and his wife on 7 May 1913 [9: 16-May-1913]
Member of the Carnamah Football Club in 1913 [9: 20-Jun-1913, 11-Jul-1913]
He "gave thorough satisfaction" as umpire for a football match between Coorow and Three Springs on 1 August 1914 [9: 7-Aug-1914]
Also a Timber Contractor in Carnamah in partnership with Henry BROOKING trading as "Brooking & Doggett" 1908-1914 [6]
Brooking & Doggett located water and put down wells in Carnamah and Winchester for the Midland Railway Company in 1914 [34]
They put down a well on Lot M918 in Winchester which contained good water at a depth of 86 feet [34]
Did well sinking and boring on Lot M912 in Winchester and sunk wells on Lot M915 in Winchester and Lot M939 in Carnamah [34]
During the 1914-15 financial year he appears to have sold his 804 acre farm in Carnamah to GREEN Bros of Carnamah [44]
Henry BROOKING had the adjoining 906 acre Victoria Location 3430, which was also sold to GREEN Bros that same year [44]
Miner in Meekatharra prior to enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force on 30 June 1915 [18] [30: items 3511458, 6509315]
Upon enlistment he was 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighed 147 pounds and had brown eyes, dark brown hair and a dark complexion [30]
He was appointed at Blackboy Hill on 21 July 1915 to 8th Reinforcements of the 10th Light Horse Battalion [30]
Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A68 Anchises on 2 September 1915 [30]
Trooper 1167 of the Australian Imperial Force's 10th Light Horse Battalion on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey and in Egypt [30]
Promoted to Lance Corporal on 31 August 1917 and appointed Temporary Corporal on 2 September 1917 [30]
He was transferred from the 10th Light Horse Battalion to the Australian Ordnance Corps on 12 February 1918 [30]
Sergeant 1167 in the Australian Imperial Force's Australian Ordnance Corps in Egypt and Palestine [30]
Suffering from malaria he was invalided home on the Euripedes, disembarking in Western Australia on 19 April 1919 [30]
Discharged from the A.I.F. on 28 June 1919; received the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [30]
Farmer at Grassmere near Albany and later worked in Albany as a Lumper [50]
Married Florence May STILBORN in 1936 [66]
Labourer of Hill Street in Albany when he enlisted in the Australian Army on 14 November 1940 [30: item 6509315]
Acting Corporal W31020 in the Australian Army's 19th Garrison Battalion in Albany and the Perth suburb of Midland Junction [30]
Transferred to the 5th Garrison Battalion on 1 December 1942 and then to the 29th Garrison Battalion on 19 November 1943 [30]
Lance Corporal W31020 in the 5th Garrison Battalion and then 29th Garrison Battalion in Swanbourne and Melville [30]
Transferred from the 29th Garrison Battalion to the 26 Works Company on 1 July 1943 [30]
Lance Corporal W31020 in the Australian Army's 26th Works Company in Melville and Davilak [30]
Suffered a compound fractured skull on 17 March 1944, which ultimately led to his death just over three months later [30]
Admitted to the Albany District Hospital in Albany on 22 June 1944, and two days later died there from a cerebral abscess [30]
Died 24 June 1944; buried Albany Civil Cemetery, Albany WA (Anglican, Plot 1307)[30]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'William John Doggett' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/william-john-doggett [reference list] |
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