Gerald Hastings BEETSON

Born C.1890 ^[15]
Son of David Landale BEETSON and Sarah Grace MCLEOD ^[15]
He appears to have resided in Northampton with his parents, where his father worked as a Surveyor ^{[120: 15-Jan-1910]}
     Came third in the Sheffield Handicap race at the King's Birthday Athletic Sports in Northampton on 9 November 1906 ^{[31: 14-Nov-1906]}
     Won 1st for Cabbage and Beetroot exhibited at the first Floral & Industrial Exhibition in Northampton on 4 October 1907 ^{[86: 8-Oct-1907]}
     Member of the Northampton Cricket Club in 1907-1910 ^{[31: 9-Jan-1907, 14-Mar-1910]}
     He "looked quite the character in a naval officer's uniform" at the Fancy Dress Ball in Northampton on 29 May 1910 ^{[86: 7-May-1910]}
Won the Maiden Handicap race at the Sports & Christmas Tree at Mount Erin on Wednesday afternoon 22 December 1910 ^{[31: 7-Jan-1910]}
In 1910 and 1911 he did contract road forming work for the Upper Irwin Road Board, which was based in Mingenew ^{[9: 8-Dec-1911]}
     Cleared a road from the Railway Station in Coorow to Victoria Location 3341 for 1/9 per chain in October 1910 ^{[9: 30-Sep-1910]}
     He was contracted to clear for the Upper Irwin Road Board a road at Jun Jun in Coorow for 1/6 per chain in November 1910 ^{[9: 4-Nov-1910]}
     The Road Board cancelled the work at Jun Jun in February 1911 as the Lands Department hadn't surveyed the road ^{[9: 24-Feb-1911]}
     His tender of £1/19/- per chain for gravelling on Mullewa Road in Mingenew was accepted in August 1911 ^{[9: 4-Aug-1911]}
Sang "Love Me and the World is Mine" at the Concert & Dance at the schoolroom in Three Springs on 1 September 1910 ^{[9: 9-Sep-1910]}
Member of the Mingenew Cricket Club in 1911 and 1912 ^{[9: 13-Dec-1912] [31: 24-Mar-1911] [86: 19-Apr-1911]}
Competed in the Sheffield Handicap race at the Walkaway Sports held in Walkaway on Saint Patrick's Day in 1912 ^{[31: 11-Mar-1912]}
     He came third in the quarter mile race and his horse Percussion came third in the Second Hack Race ^{[86: 21-Mar-1912]}
Along with Dick HARRIS won the Adult Three-Legged Race at the inaugural Three Springs Day on 12 September 1912 ^{[86: 17-Sep-1912]}
Won the £8 Visitors' Handicap at the annual picnic of employees of the Midland Railway in Dongara on 9 November 1912 ^{[9: 15-Nov-1912]}
He came third in the Sheffield Handicap race at the sports held on the beach in Dongara on New Year's Day in 1913 ^{[39: 14-Jan-1913]}
Attended the Saint Patrick's Day Sports in Three Springs in 1913 and competed in the Sheffield Handicap race ^{[9: 14-Mar-1913]}
Competed in the sports organised by the Katanning branch of the Australian Natives Association at Katanning in January 1914 ^[225]
     He came second in the 440 Yards Handicap and after multiple heats, he came third in the final of the 75 Yards Sprint ^{[225: 28-Jan-1914]}
Married Ida Grace ROBERTS in Albany in 1925 ^[15]
Later resided in Rockingham ^[2]
Died 9 December 1962; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Crematorium Rose Gardens, Garden 3F, 94) ^[2]

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