William Benjamin GEDGE

Born in London, England ^[54]
Married Gertrude HARVEY in 1890 in Victoria, Australia ^[54]
After experience on railways in the Eastern States he worked for the Midland Railway Company in Western Australia ^{[31: 3-May-1912]}
Railway Employee in Carnamah, Western Australia in 1904 ^[19]
Railway Stationmaster / Officer in Charge of the Railway Station in Carnamah in 1905 and 1906 ^{[6] [50]}
Railway Stationmaster of the Railway Station in Coorow 1911-1914 ^{[19] [50]}
     Large quantities of goods arrived on trains for settlers in and near Coorow ^{[31: 3-May-1912]}
     He was "an old and competent officer" who was "also the local postmaster and apparently an encyclopedia as well" ^{[31: 3-May-1912]}
     In June 1911 the Education Department sent him an application form and information on sparsely populated district schools ^[215]
     It was the first correspondence about the establishment of the Coorow State School, which opened for the first time in 1912 ^[215]
Father of Vera May, Eva Perley and Sylvia Gertrude ^[54]

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