"Jim" Robert James McBride EVANS

Born 25 August 1906 in Glenelg, South Australia ^[55]
Son of Ernest Drummond EVANS and Alice Finnis MCBRIDE ^[55]
He and his brother Kenneth L. EVANS purchased 7,100 acres of farmland in Three Springs in March 1928 ^{[4: 17-Mar-1928]}
The 7,100 acres was purchased through WILLIAMS Bros of Northam for 50/- per acre from Frank E. ROBERTS ^{[4: 17-Mar-1928]}
Farmer near Five Gums in There Springs ^{[4: 2-Jun-1928] [19]}
Married Viola May STONE in Perth in 1932 ^[66]
Received 5th prize for Zone 1 in the Royal Agricultural Society's 50-acre Crop Competition in 1933 ^{[5: 22-Dec-1933]}
The local paper reported on 10 November 1933 that there was a parcel for "Evans Bros" at the Carnamah railway station ^{[5: 10-Nov-1933]}
He and Miss Gladys S. WYLIE of Carnamah travelled to Perth by car on Monday 9 March 1936 ^{[5: 13-Mar-1936]}
At the Reunion of South Australians in Carnamah on 26 September 1936 he and his wife won the Cigarette Race ^{[5: 2-Oct-1936]}
Attended the meeting in Three Springs about extending telephonic facilities to East Three Springs on 9 March 1937 ^{[5: 12-Mar-1937]}
Attended the Flock Inspection & Wool Demonstration at Wongyarra Farm in Carnamah on Saturday afternoon 28 August 1937 ^[5]
     Supported by George L. READING of Five Gums he thanked William A. T. SRAGENT and others for the afternoon ^{[5: 3-Sep-1937]}
Private W72110 in Three Springs' local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War ^[16]
Farmed in Three Springs until 1944 ^[6]
Later resided in Nannine ^[2]
Died 5 July 1955; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Gardens, Section G, Family Shrub, 2) ^[2]

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