"Jim" James Patrick HOPKINS
Born 19 March 1915 in Perth, Western Australia [30: item 6474115]
Son of James Albert HOPKINS and Belinda O'HAIRE [15]
Head Teacher on Probation of the Overland State School in Yandanooka in 1936 and 1937 [50] [515]
Head Teacher of the Waddy Forest State School in Waddy Forest 1938-1940 [515]
His sister Enid spent a holiday with him in Waddy Forest during October 1938 [4: 15-Oct-1938]
Secretary of the Carnamah Road Board Inter-School Sports Committee in 1939 [5: 6-Oct-1939]
He spent the May 1939 school holidays in Perth [5: 12-May-1939]
Member of the Waddy Forest Tennis Club - served as Secretary [5: 8-Mar-1940]
He was described as "that popular school teacher of Waddy Forest" [5: 29-Jan-1943]
Due to a scarcity of scholars, the Waddy Forest State School was closed in February 1940 [5: 8-Mar-1940]
A valedictory party was held in Waddy Forest to bid him farewell on Saturday evening 2 March 1940 [5: 8-Mar-1940]
He was briefly the Teacher of the Doodenanning State School in 1940 before shifting to Perth [4: 18-May-1940] [5: 8-Mar-1940]
Returned to Waddy Forest for a holiday in May 1940 [4: 18-May-1940]
Assistant Teacher at the Leederville State School in the Perth suburb of Leederville in 1941 [515]
In 1942 he was living with his mother at 29 Newcastle Street in Perth [30: item 6474115]
Married "Marj" Merrinah Marjory Maude GREENWOOD of Waddy Forest on 21 July 1942 at Saint Mary's Cathedral in Perth [P141]
Enlisted in the Australian Army in Perth on 30 July 1942 [30: item 6474115]
He was described as 5 foot 9 inches tall with blue eyes, fair hair, a fair complexion and with a scar on his left knee [30]
Upon enlistment he gave his next of kin as his wife Marj, whose address was care of her parents in Waddy Forest [30]
Lieutenant WX25649 in the 11th Australian Infantry Battalion in New Guinea and New Britain during the Second World War [30]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 13 May 1946 [16]
Assistant Teacher of the Subiaco Primary School in in the Perth suburb of Subiaco in 1947 [515]
Head Teacher of the Broomehill High School in Broomehill 1948-1950 [515]
Head Teacher of the Kojonup High School in Kojonup in 1951 [515]
Head Teacher of the Kondinin High School in Kondinin in 1952 and 1953 [515]
Headmaster of the Moora Primary School in Moora in 1954 and 1955 [515]
Headmaster of the Northam Primary School in Northam in 1957 [515]
Resided at 238 St Brigids Terrace Doubleview from the late 1950s through to the 1980s [50]
Headmaster of the Doubleview Primary School in the Perth suburb of Doubleview 1958-1971 [515]
Headmaster of the Wembley Downs Primary School in the Perth suburb of Wembley Downs in 1972 [515]
Headmaster of the North Inglewood Primary School in the Perth suburb of Inglewood in 1973 [515]
Mother of Jillian, James, Joan and Alan [P186]
Died 14 July 1988; buried at Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park in the Perth suburb of Padbury (Acacia Court, Plot 4602) [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'James Patrick Hopkins' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 15 November 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/james-patrick-hopkins [reference list] |
 |
Use the below form or email history@carnamah.com.au |