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MLA |
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Country Party |
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23 March 1968 |
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Blackwood |
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Electorates
- MLA Blackwood 23 March 1968–20 February 1971
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1971 |
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Personal Information |
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14 July 1918 |
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Donnybrook, Western Australia |
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29 March 2011 |
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Castledare Village, Wilson, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia |
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Son of Frank Sidney Kitney, horticulturist, and Clara Nicholls |
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Married 14 December 1949, District Registry Office Bunbury, Thelma Joan Wood, daughter of Henry Walter Wood and Florence Petrel Pavy
Children: one son and one daughter
Son Geoff prominent political journalist from 1975 |
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Church of England |
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Educated at Donnybrook State School. Left school at fourteen years old
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Farmer and orchardist |
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Worked in family orchard at Beelerup until 1942 then took over orchard
Military service from 9 March 1939
Citizens Military Force August 1941–16 June 1942
Enlisted Australian Imperial Force 16 June 1942
Served with 25th Light Horse Regiment, 35 Australian Infantry Training Battalion B and 42nd Australian Infantry Battalion in South West Pacific (Solomons), Bougainville December 1944–April 1946
Promoted Lieutenant 15 November 1942
Discharged 30 June 1946
After war continued on orchard until 1971
After leaving Parliament worked as an export fruit inspector with Department of Agriculture 1975–1976
Conducted florist shop in Bassendean and florist and garden centre with his wife in Kalamunda 1974–1978 |
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President Donnybrook Fruit Growers’ Association for six years
Moved to Lesmurdie in 1972 and to Wilson in 2000
President Donnybrook Rotary Club
President Donnybrook Country Club
Member Return Services League of Australia
Founding member Probus in Kalamunda
President Donnybrook Golf Club |
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D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume two 1930-2010, Western Australian Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2011, p. 142.
West Australian, 25 March 1968; 11 April 2011. |
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