"Jack" James Chadwell CHAVE

Born 9 October 1897 in Wellington, Somerset, England ^{[16] [21]}
Son of James Chadwell CHAVE and Eliza Ann TOTTLE ^{[20] [21]}
He was a great grandson of William GADD who served in the Battle of Waterloo in Belgium in 1815 ^[P496]
Baptised at at the Church of Saint John the Baptist in Wellington on 16 December 1897 [456]
In 1901 was living with his parents and brothers Fred and William on Mantle Street in Wellington, Somerset, England ^[20]
When the 1911 census was taken he was a boarding student at Devon Country School in West Buckland, Devonshire, England ^[20]
Private 30041 in the British Army's 1/4th Battalion of the 4th King's Shropshire Light Infantry during the First World War ^{[217] [442]}
His last address in England was at 10 Rookery Terrace in Wellington, Somerset, England ^[203]
Departed from London, England on the steamship Berrima on 28 December 1922 bound for Fremantle, Western Australia ^[203]
After a voyage of just over a month he arrived in Fremantle on the Berrima on 3 February 1923 ^[338]
He was in the Carnamah district by 1924 ^{[86: 27-Sep-1924]}
Farmhand at Winchester, South Carnamah 1927-1935 and Farmer in Carnamah 1936-1939 ^{[19] [50]}
His horse Northmore ran in the Veterans' and Returned Soldiers' races at the Picnic Race Meeting in Carnamah in 1924 ^{[86: 27-Sep-1924]}
Received £2 in Vermin Bonuses from the Carnamah District Road Board in February 1934 for killing four foxes ^{[300: page 42]}
Attended the Party at the home of William & Susan PETHICK on Petan Farm in Winchester on Saturday 14 July 1934 ^{[5: 20-Jul-1934]}
Came 2nd in the Walk Trot & Gallop in the Ring Events of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 30 August 1934 ^{[5: 7-Sep-1934]}
At the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1935 he came 2nd in the Walk Trot & Gallop for the second time ^{[5: 13-Sep-1935]}
Attended the funeral of Miss "May" Mary L. LANG of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 26 November 1935 ^{[5: 29-Nov-1935]}
Won the Hurry Scurry horse race at the Saint Patrick's Day Sports Meeting in Three Springs on Tuesday 17 March 1936 ^{[5: 20-Mar-1936]}
Married "May" Irene May ARMSTRONG on Monday 17 August 1936 at Saint Alban's Church in Mount Lawley, Perth ^{[5: 21-Aug-1936]}
His best man at his wedding was "Len" Leonard R. CORSE, Commercial Traveller of 27 Ventnor Avenue in West Perth ^{[5] [50]}
Attended the funeral of Mrs Florence PRICE of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on Tuesday 1 September 1936 ^{[5: 4-Sep-1936]}
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society in 1937 and 1938 ^[13]
Won 1st prize for Jersey Heifer under two years in the Cattle section of the Carnamah Agricultural Show in 1937 ^{[5: 17-Sep-1937]}
Member of the Carnamah Sub-Branch of the Returned Soldiers League in 1939 and 1940 ^[52]
Left Carnamah in early 1940 to take over a farm in Toodyay ^{[5: 19-Jan-1940]}
Farmer in Rosa Glen near Margaret River 1942-1950 ^{[16] [39: 17-Nov-1950] [50]}
Won 1st prize for Pure Bred Guernsey Bull in the Cattle section at the Margaret River Agricultural Show on in 1946 ^{[39: 4-Dec-1946]}
In November 1950 he advertised that he was wanting a "man or strong lad for hay making and bailing" at Rosa Glen ^{[39: 17-Nov-1950]}
He received a building permit for the erection of a new house in Serpentine in February 1952 ^{[417: 6-Mar-1952]}
Licensee of the Grass Valley Hotel at Grass Valley, between Northam and Meckering, in 1953 and 1954 ^{[454: 10-Apr-1953, 2-Jul-1954]}
Farmer in Serpentine for a number of years, from as early as 1958 until at least 1980 ^[50]
Resided of late at Delerane on the South West Highway in Serpentine ^{[80: 31-Oct-1986]}
Father of "Jim" James Chadwell CHAVE Jnr ^{[50] [455]}
Died 11 May 1986; buried at the Pinjarra Cemetery in Pinjarra, Western Australia (Anglican, G3, Plot 102) ^{[80: 31-Oct-1986] [455]}

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