"Bert" Herbert Harold BRIDGETT
Born 30 November 1902 in Kingsley Holt, Staffordshire, England [30: item 6506227]
Son of Edward Morton BRIDGETT and Sarah Ann CHATFIELD [15] [21]
When the 1911 census was taken he was living with his grandparents Thomas and Jane BRIDGETT in Kingsley Holt [20]
He was working as a Brass Moulder and boarding with a family at Ivydene in Kinglsey Holt, Staffordshire in 1921 [20]
Resided in Kingsley Holt until immigrating to Western Australia at the age of 25, intending to work as a Farmhand [338]
Departed London, England on the steamship Hobsons Bay and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 13 July 1928 [338]
Farmhand on Oak Farm in Baandee in 1931 [50]
Farmer in Carnamah in 1940 [6]
He farmed on or near the Inering Estate in Carnamah for several years, until leaving the district in February 1941 [5: 7-Feb-1941]
During his time in Carnamah he employed widow Mrs Mary Baker SALTER as a housekeeper [P520]
After leaving Carnamah he was employed as a Cement Worker and lived on Boulder Avenue in the Perth suburb of Belmont [30]
At a wedding a pastor suggested to Bert that as they'd been living together for some time, he and Mary should get married [P520]
Married Mary Baker SALTER nee FITCH in the Perth suburb of Subiaco on 1 January 1942 [15] [30: item 6506227]
Enlisted in the Australian Army on 15 January 1942 and underwent military training in Geraldton [30: item 6506227]
Corporal W121357 in the Australian Army's 19th Garrison Battalion Swanbourne during the Second World War [30]
At the end of his service he was described as 5 feet 10½ inches tall with grey eyes, brown hair and a medium complexion [30]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 3 May 1945 [30]
He and his wife resided at 5 Durham Street in the Perth suburb of Rivervale and later at 26 Selway Road in the suburb of Brentwood [50]
His occupation was listed as Labourer in 1949, 1954 and 1958, and Greenkeeper in 1963 and 1968 [50]
Died 4 November 1970; ashes interred at Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth (Crematorium Rose Gardens, Garden 17, 261) [2] [15]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Herbert Harold Bridgett' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 17 May 2026 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/herbert-harold-bridgett [reference list] |
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