Parliamentary Service |
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Labor
Australian Labor Party to 1911 then Independent |
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28 June 1904 |
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Yilgarn |
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Electorates
- MLA Yilgarn 28 June 1904–3 October 1911
- Contested Yilgarn 3 October 1911 (Independent), South Province 16 May 1914 (Independent Labor)
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Personal Information |
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2 May 1869 |
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Richmond, Tasmania, Australia |
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30 June 1925 |
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Perth Public Hospital, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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1894 arrived WA |
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Son of William, pensioner, and Maria Melody |
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Married 1915 (?) Agnes Mary
Augustin Alvis Horan (not Austin) on his birth certificate |
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Catholic |
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Educated government schools, Tasmania
Associate of Arts
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Clerk |
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To NSW 1886, eight years traffic manager and general superintendent largest coal corporation in southern hemisphere
Clerk with Western Australian Government Railways
Chief clerk Eastern Goldfields railway system
In 1915 working as labourer
Enlisted Australian Imperial Force (AIF) 9 August 1915 at Kalgoorlie
Served in France and England with 6th Tunnelling Company, attached to 1st Canadian Tunnelling Company, AIF depots in England
Promoted Corporal 1 June 1916, Sergeant 14 May 1918
Discharged 1 May 1920
1923 worked as a secretary living in North Perth
At time of death worked as a clerk |
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At time of death resided in East Perth |
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Black, David and Geoffrey Bolton. Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1890-1930, p. 102.
Kalgoorlie Miner, 31 October 1905.
West Australian, 29 June 1904.
Wise (1915–1918) |
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