Biography

Herbert Charles Thwaites was brought to Moodiarrup from Perth in the latter part of 1875 by a teamster in the employ of John Dearle. His parents were somewhere in the colony having previously worked as a steward and servant on board the "Georgette", a steamship plying the coast of WA. On 18 March 1876, Herbert went to draw water from a well at Moodiarrup. Whilst there, he tried to take a bird's nest from a corner of the well. He fell in and was drowned. An inquest was held at Moodiarrup on 21 March 1876. The jury came to the verdict of accidental drowning. He was buried at Moodiarrup at the same site as John Dearle's first wife, Emma.