MINORGAN, Robert John
| Service Number: | W72700 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 23 April 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th (WA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
| Born: | Perth, Western Australia. Australia, 17 July 1910 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Highgate Primary School, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Electrical Fitter |
| Died: | Natural Causes, Kewdale, Western Australia, Australia, 29 September 1995, aged 85 years |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia General Lawn 4 Grave 0061. |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 23 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W72700, 8th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) | |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W72700, 8th (WA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Robert enlisted in the VDF while he was living in Gwalia, near Leonora in the goldfields north of Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. | |
| 24 Aug 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W72700, 8th (WA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), The 8th Battalion Volunteer Defiance Force was disbanded on 24 August 1945. | |
| Date unknown: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W72700, 8th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
Help us honour Robert John Minorgan's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Jeffrey Oates
Robert lived his early life in North Perth where the family resided, where he attended the local schools and went on to gain an electrical trade. In his twenties Robert moved to Gwalia (near Leonora), in the northern goldfields north of Kalgoorlie, where he worked at his trade and where he met and married his wife in 1937.
Robert and his wife continued to work and live through the late 1930's early 1940's in Gwalia where he worked as an electrician at the Gwalia gold mine and where he also operated the Federal Theatre at Gwalia (Gwalia Co Op Pictures).
On the 1939 Electoral Roll, Robert J Minorgan was listed as being resident of Leonora and a "Talkie" Operator.
Robert and his wife relocated back to Perth after WW2 living in and raising their family in the Perth suburb of Kewdale. For many years Robert operated the Oxford Cinema, in Leederville, an inner Perth suburb.
Click images to start slideshow.