| David Morgan Higgon 1942 and Deanna Mabel Galbraith 1945 | |||
| Married 16/8/1963 Kalgoorlie W.A. | |||
| David remarried to Helen Phillippa Williams 26/01/2000 Ferndale W.A. | |||
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Descendants of this family are eligible to become members of the Swan River Pioneers 1829-1838 group |
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Siblings, 7th generation West Australian |
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| Higgon | Anthony Lee | 1962 Kalgoorlie | |
| Higgon | Kerri Ann | 1964 Kalgoorlie | |
| Higgon | Wendy Michelle | 1965 Kalgoorlie | |
| Higgon | Naomi Margaret | 1967 Kondinin | |
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ALWAYS REMEMBER If we don’t ask, we will never know and if we don’t record what we do know, our descendants will wish we had!! |
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David ......................... David and Deanna ................ David, Deanna, Anthony 21, Kerri, Wendy ........... Anthony ............. Kerri |
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Compiled by David Morgan Higgon, Midland Western Australia 2006 |
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David had a tumultuous childhood culminating in being sent to Clontarf. At the age of 13 he run away from Clontarf in 1956 with Alan McBain and hitch hiked to Adelaide, where they parted company. David continued towards Melbourne but being caught by police at Bordertown S.A. The S.A. authorities sent him back to Perth on the transcontinental train. On arriving back in Perth he met his mother and had turned 14 and went bush to become a station hand/stockmen from 1956, working on stations such as Nerren Nerren, Meka, Mt. Wittenoom, Gabyon, Nangetty, Narndee, Wydgee, Credo, Pinnacles. Worked underground at Kalgoorlie on the Great Boulder all shafts, where he lost a finger and Lake View shaft for 6 years. In 1967 after nearly being killed on the 2900 ft level of the Main shaft Great Boulder mine he went to work on a farm at Bendering near Kondinin for Jimmy Pond and stayed there for 2 years. Leased a plantation at Carnarvon for 4 years 1969-73 and then joined the Prison Service. Prison served in Karnet 1974-77, Fremantle 1978-79, Canning Vale 1980-89, Greenough 1990-91, Wyndham 1992 and Broome 1993-96 Prisons. In 2001 went to work at the Port Hedland hospital as a orderly. For short periods worked at Pope Engineering in the heat treating Morley, Cement Aids Perth, Geraldton Fishing Co-op, Wimpy Willis transport at Yalgoo and dairy farms at Nth Dandalup, Yarloop and Wagerup. He played football with Boulder City reserves and became an umpire at Kondinin after breaking a collarbone playing at Corrigin, playing cricket for Bendering he doubled his average in the two years from 3 to 6, is also a good chess and bridge player, started the Hills Little Athletic club at Mundijong and was a member of the State and Kwinana Little Athletics Centre committee for 4 years. He was also very active in the Prison Officers Union for many years. A good photographer having photos published on front covers of magazines. He also adapted to computers in 1990 like a fish in water, finding them a great tool. Received written and verbal commendations and Awarded the National Medal for service in 1988
David Morgan Higgon 1942
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