WAINWRIGHT, Arthur Murray

Origin Bradford, UK
Accompanying Family None
First settled in Cunderdin, WA
Original Occupation Sergeant, Royal Field Artillery
Occupation in Australia School Teacher

ASTURIAS

Departure Port Southampton, UK
Arrival Year 1949

Fremantle

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Arthur served in the British Army in Europe and the Middle East from 1943-46, returning to work in northern textile mills. After emigrating he worked on a wheat and sheep farm, and then helped establish Junior Farmers before becoming a high school teacher, spending most of his career in Busselton.

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  • Hi I am enquiring about any information about Arthur Wainwright as I think he is my grandfather my grandmother was Dorothy Sweby and they had my mother Patricia Anne Sweby in WA on the 13/02/37

    Wed 17 Jun 2015

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