Fred Levitt BARRETT

Born 7 September 1899 in Wilmington, South Australia ^[55]
Son of Walter BARRETT and Ellen Mary BROWN ^[55]
Married Ethel Ida Pearl ARTHUR on 31 October 1923 at the Methodist Church in Melrose, South Australia ^[55]
Farmer in Wilmington, then Georgetown and later in Caltowie in South Australia^[212]
In 1932 he and his brother left South Australia in two T model Ford trucks and drove to Three Springs, Western Australia ^[212]
The road over consisted almost solely of two dirt wheel ruts, and was made difficult as the trucks were overloaded ^[212]
Both trucks were loaded with as much of their furniture and possessions as they could take ^[212]
Shortly after arrival in the Three Springs district his wife and children travelled from South Australia to Western Australia by train ^[212]
Sharefarmer in Arrino 1932-1937 ^{[6] [19] [212]}
In 1937 his wife and children returned to South Australia so his wife could look after her brother ^[212]
While they were in South Australia he went gold prospecting around Mount Magnet ^[212]
After his wife and children returned in 1939 they resided in the Three Springs townsite ^[212]
Charcoal Burner 1941-1944 and Motor Engineer & Blacksmith 1947-1960 in Three Springs ^{[6] [19] [60]}
Member of the Three Springs Rifle Club in 1936 and 1937 ^{[5: 19-Jun-1936, 9-Apr-1937]}
Attended and competed at the Official Opening of the Three Springs Rifle Club's rifle range on Thursday 23 July 1936 ^{[5: 31-Jul-1936]}
Private W71812 in Three Springs' local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War ^[16]
His premises in Slaughter Street, Three Springs were telephone number Three Springs-251 ^[60]
After his son had completed his apprenticeship he took over the Motor Engineering business in Three Springs ^[212]
When his son took over the business he and his wife left Three Springs and shifted to a farm in Rockingham ^[212]
After selling their farm in Rockingham they shifted into the Rockingham townsite ^[212]
Father of Jean, Walter, Adelaide and Maisie ^[212]
Died 15 July 1984 ^[212]

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