WHITELEY, Edith Evelyn
5 July 1890 – 26 July 1971
Origin Threlkeld, Cumberland, England
First settled in Cottesloe, WA
Original Occupation Teacher (Secondary school)
Occupation in Australia Teacher (Secondary school)
LARGS BAY
Departure Port Tilbury docks
Arrival Year 1923
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She taught English in Hendon County Secondary School, London and at the end of WWI was engaged to Lt EJ Whitaker who did not leave the RAOC until 1922. He migrated to WA in Sept 1922. She followed and was married in St Georges Cathedral, Perth She started to teach at PLC. Later Kobeelya at Katanning then to Sydney in 1958.
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