TINCOMBE, Edmund & William
19 February 1899 – 28 February 1976
26 May 1896 – 2 May 1962
Origin Plymouth, England
First settled in Mandiga, WA
Original Occupation Painter/Clerk
Occupation in Australia Insurance agent/ Secretary of RSL
LARGS BAY
Departure Port Southampton
Arrival Year 1922
Fremantle
87 panel
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Arrived from England under War Settlement Scheme and began clearing land for farming at Witchcliffe WA. They transferred later and became pioneers of Peel Estate for 8 years. This was recently acknowledged by the naming of a street Tincombe in Settlers Hills suburb. 1929 Depression forced them to abandon farming future. Both served in WWI and WWII.
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