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Electorates
- MLA Sussex 12 February 1938 (by-election)–2 May 1947
Committees
- Member Select Committee on Ways and Means of obtaining an adequate Meat Supply in the Metropolitan Area 1944
Royal Commissions
- Member Hon Royal Commission inquiring into the Outports of the State 1945–1946
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Personal Information |
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16 May 1895 |
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Busselton, Western Australia |
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2 May 1947 |
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Busselton District Hospital, Western Australia |
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Busselton Cemetery, WA |
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Son of William Henry Percival Willmott, lighthouse keeper, and Margaret Theodora Brockman, and first cousin of Francis Drake Willmott |
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Married 20 January 1926, St Mary’s Church, Busselton to Blanche Sadleir (born circa 1896 and died circa June 1972), daughter of James Robert Sadleir and Mary Emma McMahon
Children: two sons |
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Church of England |
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Educated Busselton and Cape Leeuwin
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Farmer |
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Enlisted Australian Imperial Force 5 April 1916
Served with 16th and 32nd Battalions—Private
Lost leg in France in action at Zonnebeke
Returned to Australia 18 January 1919
Discharged 18 April 1919
Farmed at Busselton from 1919 |
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Lived for several years at Cape Leeuwin where his father was lighthouse keeper
Member board of directors South West Dairy Products Ltd
President and treasurer Busselton branch RSL (Returned Services League of Australia) 1928–1934 |
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D Black and G Bolton, eds. Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia, Vol. 2, 1930-2010, Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, Perth 2010 , p. 282.
Who's Who in Australia, (1941)
West Australian, 3 May 1947 |
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