Latham Augustus Withall

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(1853 – 16 January 1925) was a British architect who practised in

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from 1876 to 1888. His middle name is frequently rendered as "August". He served a five-year apprenticeship with Thomas Chatfield Clarke

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. He arrived in Adelaide, South Australia sometime before 1876, and by August 1878 was proprietor of the Royal Hotel,

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. While in Adelaide he was in partnership with Ernest H. Bayer 1879–1884, then with their draftsman Alfred Wells. Work with Wells included the Adelaide Arcade and Thebarton Town Hall in 1885, and the

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in 1886. After Withall and his family returned to England in 1888, Wells and the firm designed the new (1892) Stock Exchange Building, and the Angas and Allen Campbell Buildings of the Adelaide Children's Hospital. Withall was the architect of the Fox and Anchor, a

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at 115

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, Farringdon, London, built in 1898. Sometime before 1905 he left Suffolk (

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, Surrey?) for

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, Western Australia, where he began working as a construction engineer for the Water Supply Department. In 1915 he volunteered for service with the First AIF, and returned to England, where he worked as architectural superintendent of the Australian military hospitals in

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with the rank of Captain, service for which he was accorded an

in the

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. He died in London.

Family

Withall married Louisa Margaret Reed in Adelaide on 18 April 1876. Their children included: *Adelaide Withall (26 January 1877 – ) married Archie W. Woodyatt in Reigate on 10 October 1901 *Richard Henry Withall (10 May 1879 – ) awarded

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*Letitia Withall (30 August 1881 – ) *Osborn Withall (27 January 1884 – 1972) returned to South Australia, married Lily Augusta Hall ( – 1976) of

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on 28 March 1911, lived at "Challana",

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*Latham Withall (10 August 1886 – 23 March 1971) returned to Australia, living in Jolimont, later East Melbourne; married Mabel Pearson; enlisted with the 1st AIF November 1917, promoted S/Sgt with Ordnance Corps; was director of Associated Chambers of Manufactures of Australia.

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