Frederick Allen CHANDLER

Born 13 April 1900 in Donnybrook, Western Australia ^[16]
Son of Samuel Allen CHANDLER and Selina Ellen CHAPMAN ^[15]
Grew up in Donnybrook, where his father was a farmer ^[6]
On 27 July 1922 purchased from the Midland Railway Company 836 acres of virgin land in Carnamah for 19/- an acre ^[27]
The 836 acres was Lot M1084 of Victoria Location 1938 and cost a total of £794/19/6, payable by instalments over 15 years ^[27]
During the same month his cousin Basil Vernon CHAPMAN purchased the adjacent Lot M1085 ^[27]
Farmer in Carnamah in 1922 and 1923 ^{[27] [44]}
Sold his partially paid off farm in Carnamah to his cousin Joseph CHAPMAN on 13 March 1924 ^[27]
Married Catherine Haley MELL in Perth in 1927 ^[66]
In 1942, when he enlisted in the Australian Army's Volunteer Defence Corps, he was living in Kentdale ^[16]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Calista ^[2]
Died 20 July 1977; ashes scattered to the wind at the Fremantle Cemetery in the Perth suburb of Palmyra ^[2]

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