Biography

Donald Owen was a '7-month baby', so born two months prematurely. His parents were married in 1911 at Katanning (Marriage Registration 37/1911, Katanning). The child was buried on Wyuna Estate at West Wagin, Arthur River, by EA Kavanagh, H Darling and W Mann. The infant's parents were married in 1911 (Marriage Registration 37/1911, Katanning) and had a prematurely born son, James, who died 1 August 1911, aged 3 hours and Keith William who was born and died in 1913. Both of these children are remembered in this website. John Dill Gavin was a contractor at the Wyuna Estate. He died in 1924 and Grace Emma married a Mr Edward J Fox in 1927.