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Walter Leonard (Taylor) Jones
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Birth | | Date: 2 October 1885
Place: Sedgley, Dudley, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom |
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Arrival in WA | | Arrived WA 1905 |
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Parents | | Son of James, registrar and civil servant (workhouse master), and Elizabeth Mary Simpson |
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Marriage and Family | | Married 6 February 1915, District Registry Office, Bunbury, Winifred Alwina Ninke (born circa 1885), daughter of Rudolph and Gertrude Myers
Children: one daughter |
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Death | | Date: 16 January 1924
Place: Fremantle Hospital, Western Australia
Cemetery: Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia
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Religion | | Church of England |
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Education | | Educated Dudley Elizabethan School and Birmingham University
Studied for ministry but did not complete course |
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Occupation | | Auctioneer |
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Employment History | | Auctioneer and insurance agent at Collie and Fremantle
Enlisted 10 August 1915, New Guinea Guard, 4th Tropical Force Field Company
Served at Rabaul, Sergeant 1 November 1916
Discharged because of ill-health 16 May 1917
Journalist from 1921 |
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House | | MLA |
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Local Government Service | | |
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Party | | Labor |
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Date Elected | | 29 September 1917 |
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Speeches | | Search for speeches by Walter Jones |
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Year Retired/Resigned | | 1921 |
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Electorate | | Fremantle |
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Parliamentary Service | | Electorates
- MLA Fremantle 29 September 1917–12 March 1921
- Contested Fremantle 12 March 1921
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Background/Membership | | Resided at Cottesloe |
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References | | D Black and G Bolton, eds, Biographical Register of Members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, Parliamentary History Project, Perth, WA, 2010, p. 109.
West Australian, 1 October 1917. |
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