Skilled bushman, Jock Chiverton remembered

Updated October 18 2018 - 12:54am, first published 12:30am
Jock Chiverton was born in Rockhampton on August 4, 1922, and passed away in Dalby on August 17, 2018. When life was tough he would remark - “Whinging won’t grow me a new leg”. Photo supplied.
Jock Chiverton was born in Rockhampton on August 4, 1922, and passed away in Dalby on August 17, 2018. When life was tough he would remark - “Whinging won’t grow me a new leg”. Photo supplied.

Samuel (Jock) Chiverton was born at Rockhampton on August 4, 1922.  He left school at 13 and secured employment on a dairy farm at Inglewood, earning ten shillings ($1) a week and his keep.

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