Parliamentary Service |
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Electorates
- MLA Mt Marshall, 8 April 1933–20 November 1943
Committees
- Member, Select Committee on the Betting Control Bill 1936
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Personal Information |
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4 December 1875 |
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Foster, Alberton, Victoria, Australia |
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17 January 1952 |
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Rockingham, Western Australia |
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Karrakatta Cemetery, WA |
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Arrive in WA 1895 |
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Son of Gustavus Meredith Warner, miner and building contractor, and Diana (Fanny) Tippett |
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Married 25 December 1897, Charles St Wesley Church, West Perth to Emma Kirby (born circa 1874 and died 9 August 1964), daughter of John Kirby and Sarah Brooks
Children: two sons and five daughters
Widowed 9 August 1944 |
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Church of England |
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Educated South Brunswick State School and Jennings Private School, Victoria
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Farmer |
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Labourer, Perth late 1890s
Entered police force 20 November 1900 as constable, served in Perth, Guildford, Marble Bar and Maylands
Resigned from police force, 1915
Blacksmith’s striker when enlisted Australian Imperial Force, 25 November 1916
Served with 44th Battalion in France—promoted to Sergeant, 4 January 1918
Wounded 5 July 1918
Officially discharged 10 September 1919
Rejoined police force, August 1919–8 April 1921
Farmed in Nungarin district, 1922–1929 |
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Awarded Military Medal (MM) in 1918 when on 31 July 1918 ‘rushed the enemy machine gun positions putting the guns out of action’ |
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Retired to Maylands in 1930s, then moved to Rockingham by 1944
Vice-president, Wheatgrowers’ Union
President, Nungarin sub-branch Return Services League of Australia for two years, later president No. 2 District (Nungarin to Wyalkatchem) for three years
Justice of the Peace, 1922
Patron, Maylands Rowing Club
Member, Grand Lodge WA Freemasons |
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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. 269.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed 28 September 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=a6d398ff-ee1c-ec11-b6e7-00224814c0bd
West Australian, 12 April 1933. |
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