HOLMWOOD Family
24 March 1902 – 30 July 1982
25 September 1890 – 17 May 1968
Origin Birmingham, England
Accompanying Family Daughter Irene Marie Dickinson (nee Holmwood)
First settled in Kentdale via Denmark, WA
Original Occupation Electrician
Occupation in Australia Farmer (Pioneer)
DEMOSTHENES
Departure Port Tilbury, England
Arrival Year 1924
Albany
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Frederick John Holmwood moved his family into Denmark in 1936 where he worked for the local Co-op. A few years later, along with three other men, he started the St John Ambulance Service for the Denmark area. The Ambulance Building in Denmark is now named after him.
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