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John Henry Wilmott (1880 - 1957)

John Henry Wilmott
Born in Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdommap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 1912 in North Perth, Western Australia, Australiamap
Husband of — married 2 Jul 1923 in West Perth, Western Australia, Australiamap
Died at about age 77 in Leederville, Western Australia, Australiamap
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Biography

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John Wilmott was born in Wales.

John Henry Wilmott was born in late 1880 in Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom. He was the son of John Henry Wilmott and Julia Fahey. [1] His family later moved to Cardiff, in Glamorgan, Wales. [2]

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John Wilmott migrated from Wales to Western Australia.
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He migrated to Western Australia, Australia.

John married Clarice Thompson in 1912 in North Perth, Western Australia. [3] They made their home in North Perth, where they had a daughter and two sons. Sadly, Clarice passed away in 1919.

John married a second time, to Lillian Millard on 2nd July 1923 in St John's Church, West Perth. [4] The West Australian published the following brief notice of the wedding on 14th July: [5]

"WILMOTT — MILLARD. — On July 2, by the Rev. Canon Marshall, at St. John's Church, West Perth, J. H. Wilmott, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wilmott, Cardiff, Wales, to Miss L. Millard, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Millard, Belmont."

John's firstborn, daughter Bessie, was one of the Australian nurses murdered by Japanese soldiers on Bangka Island in the Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia) in February 1942.

Aged 77 years, John passed away in 1957 in Leederville, Western Australia. [6]

Sources

  1. UK FreeBMD Birth Index Dec qtr 1880, vol 6c, page 467
  2. ascertained from death record
  3. Western Australia Marriage Index #100476/1912
  4. Western Australia Marriage Index #100641/1923
  5. Family Notices (1923, July 14). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved May 21, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22619583
  6. Western Australia Death Index #102058/1957




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