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Son of Joseph and Florence Rose Sevier; husband of Hazel Beryl Sevier, of Glenelg, South Australia.

In 1928 his mother and an older brother and his family joined Joe Sevier who migrated to Western Australia 1925/26 with two older brothers.  He was the youngest of 8 children born near Bristol, England.  (Four older brothers served in the British forces during WW1.)  Joe worked in the wheatbelt area of Narrogin and Korrelocking before settling at Wilgoyne near Muckinbudin in 1927.
In 1928 his mother and an older brother and his family joined Joe. They initially lived in tents on their employer’s farm.  With only a horse and cart, trips to Mukinbudin were rare. They went to the nearest rail siding Lake Brown where there were several wheat lumpers’ camps.   There was one store, one bakery, one butcher and a hall.
Joe and his brothers worked in the area clearing roads, tractor driving, fencing and general farm work.  Joe and one of his brothers, Fred took up virgin land.  They cleared a small area and Emus invaded and destroyed their first crop.
Joe was a keen soccer player and represented Wilgoyne playing in the same competition as Dudley Squire from Mukinbudin.  He rode a Harley motor bike.  His last job was at Nungarin before he enlisted.
Joe Sevier married a girl from Adelaide shortly before going overseas.

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