"Jean" Alice Jean SAUNDERS / HUNT
Born 1920 in Arrino, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of "Archie" Arthur Gordon Yarcowie SAUNDERS and Amy DODD [P2]
Resided with her parents on Wattle Grove Farm in Arrino and later on York Park Farm in Arrino [P2]
Boarding Student at the Presentation Convent in Geraldton in 1927 and 1928 [P2]
In May 1935 travelled from Arrino to Northampton to spend a holiday with her aunt Mrs COLLIER [5: 10-May-1935]
Spent some of the year 1938 in Perth where she learnt dressmaking [P2]
While in Perth regularly spent her weekends with Mrs Jessie SIMMONDS and Miss Lorna LINTHORNE at Midland Junction [P2]
Member of Arrino's branches of the Country Women's Association and the Red Cross Society [P2]
During the Second World War volunteered to spot planes one morning per week [P2]
Worked for Mrs Justeen KININMONTH in Arrino in 1943, helping her with home duties while she was expecting her second child [P2]
Married "Jim" James HUNT in Three Springs on 7 May 1946 [P2]
Resided with her husband in Three Springs [19]
Member of the Three Springs Anglican Guild and the Three Springs branches of the Country Women's Association and Red Cross [P2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Alice Jean Saunders / Hunt' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 16 November 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/alice-jean-saunders [reference list] |
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