"Fred" Frederick NAIRN

Married Ellen MCGLASHAN in 1887 in Victoria, Australia ^[54]
Railway Stationmaster for the Midland Railway Company in Gingin, Western Australia 1903-1906 ^[50]
His family exhibited in the Gingin Methodist Church's Annual Exhibition in Gingin on Wednesday 14 September 1904 ^{[39: 28-Sep-1904]}
     He won 1st prize for Stamps, his wife 1st for Scones and his son Fred 1st for Word Competition and 2nd prize for Hen eggs ^[39]
Packets of Robur Tea contained a ticket guaranteeing the contents were pure tea and that the stated weight was correct ^{[39: 28-Oct-1905]}
     Sending in the tickets entered you in a monthly cash draw and in October 1905 he won one of the lesser prizes of 2/6 cash ^[39]
Resided on Keymer Street in the Perth suburb of Belmont Park from 1906 until 1910 ^{[50] [225: 24-Mar-1908]}
     In 1907 he was a Poultry Farmer and in 1910 was working as a Labourer ^{[39:11-Dec-1907] [50]}
He gave evidence at the trial of his Belmont neighbour John A. MOORE, who was charged with murder, in 1908 ^{[225: 24-Mar-1908]}
     MOORE was charged with murdering his partner Delia CLARKE, known as Mrs MOORE, but claimed he acted in self defence ^[225]
     His neighbour was found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to ten years imprisonment with hard labour ^{[120: 4-Apr-1908]}
Railway Fettler in Watheroo, Western Australia 1910-1916 ^{[19] [50]}
Railway Fettler in Coorow, Western Australia 1916-1924 ^{[6] [19]}
His son Alexander, who was a telegraph linesman in Melbourne, enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in 1915 ^{[30: item 7989749]}
    Alex served in the 46th Battalion during the First World War until being wounded and dying of wounds in France on 8 April 1917 ^[30]
Donated 5/- to the appeal for William B. and Sarah J. HAMMOND of Wannamal who lost their house in a fire in 1919 ^{[10: 23-May-1919]}
His son Frederick passed away at the age of 31 years on 26 July 1923 in Moreland, Victoria, Australia ^{[120: 2-Aug-1923]}
Father of Alexander, Christina and Frederick Thomas ^{[30: item 7989749] [54]}

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