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Electorates
- MLC West Province 22 May 1922–21 May 1928
- Contested West Province 12 May 1928
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Personal Information |
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28 November 1883 |
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Craigend, Dalmeny, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom |
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10 December 1945 |
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Ambulance en route to hospital, Perth, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Arrived WA 1909 |
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Son of John, landowner, and Ellen (Margaret) Thomson |
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Married 16 December 1916, St John’s Church, Fremantle to Catherine Mary Cobley, daughter of Charles and Sarah Jane Richards
No children |
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Church of England |
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Educated James Gillespie’s School, and Heriot-Watt College, Edinburgh
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Farmer and businessperson |
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Served in Boer War, British Army
Wheat farmer in Bruce Rock district
Enlisted Australian Imperial Force at Bellevue, 19 September 1914; 11th Battalion
Served at Gallipoli, 2nd Lieutenant 1 July 1915, wounded 1 August 1915, Lieutenant 12 December 1915
From 1916 adjutant and quartermaster at No 8 Australian General Hospital, Fremantle
Discharged 8 February 1917
1919–1922 secretary Repatriation General Hospital
1928–1941 in business as an agent |
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Black, David and Geoffrey Bolton. Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, p. 164.
West Australian, 15 May 1922.
The Western Australia post office directory(1929–41) |
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