Leonard Ewens
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Leonard Ewens V.R.D., A.U.A., F.C.A. | |
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| Mayor of Walkerville | |
| In office 4 July 1964 – 5 July 1969 | |
| Preceded by | Lance Milne |
| Succeeded by | Edwin Scales |
| Alderman of the Walkerville Council | |
| In office 20 October 1958 – 4 July 1970 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Leonard Thomas Ewens 11 April 1910 Unley, South Australia |
| Died | July 1981 (aged 71) Adelaide, Australia |
| Spouse | Margaret Dawson (m. 1932; his death 1981) |
Leonard Thomas Ewens CBE (11 April 1910 – July 1981)[1][2] was a local councillor in the Town of Walkerville in Adelaide, South Australia.[3]
Ewens completed a Diploma II in Commerce at the University of Adelaide in December 1929.[4] He married Margaret Norah Dawson in February 1932.[5] Ewens served in the Australian military during WWII.[6] He enlisted in August 1940 and was discharged in January 1946.
Prior to joining the council, Ewens worked as a chartered accountant.[7] Ewens was elected to the Walkerville Council for the Medindie Ward in July 1958 (declared elected October 1958) in a supplementary election.[8]
He was mayor of the Town of Walkerville from his election in July 1964[9] to July 1969, when he retired and the 1969 council elections occured.[10] After losing the Medindie Ward, Ewens was later elected in a supplementary election to govern the Gilbert Ward for one term (1969-70).[11] He did not re-contest the ward in the 1970 elections.
Ewens was later appointed a member of the Board of Management of the State Bank of South Australia.[12] Ewens died in July 1981 and was buried in the North Road Cemetery in Nailsworth, South Australia.[13]
References
- ^ RootsWeb ancestral records (L.T. Ewens)
- ^ Savill Death Tributes - E
- ^ Matthews, Penny (1986), South Australia, the civic record, 1836-1986, Wakefield Press, ISBN 978-0-949268-82-2
- ^ Adelaide News - University Results, 2 December 1929
- ^ [1] Adelaide News - Social Notes, 4 February 1932
- ^ Australian Virtual War Memorial - Ewens, Leonard Thomas
- ^ South Australian Government Gazette, 20 October 1955
- ^ South Australian Government Gazette, 30 October 1958
- ^ South Australian Government Gazette, 8 April 1965
- ^ South Australian Government Gazette, 17 April 1969
- ^ South Australian Government Gazette, 19 June 1969
- ^ South Australian Government Gazette, 5 November 1970
- ^ Findagrave - LEONARD THOMAS EWENS
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