Albert Fenton RAMSAY

Born 3 October 1887 in Tulloch, Perthshire, Scotland ^[28]
Son of "Jessie" Janet Guthrie RAMSAY, who worked as a dyer's ironer ^{[28] [30: item 30806788]}
He left home at the age of 14 and immigrated to Western Australia in about 1911 ^{[30: item 30806788]}
Teamster in Quairading, Western Australia in 1916 ^{[30: item 9735247]}
He applied to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force in March 1916 but was declared unfit for service ^{[225: 24-Mar-1916]}
Teamster working for Cecil A. PARKER on Meelyah Farm in Gunyidi, Western Australia in 1917 ^{[30: item 8026091]}
Despite his previous rejection due to being under-height, he successfully enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 27 June 1917 ^[30]
     He was described as 5 feet 1 inches tall, weighing 126 pounds with blue eyes, fair hair, fair complexion and a tattoo on his left arm [30]
     After training at Blackboy Hill he was appointed on 9 October 1917 to the 32nd Reinforcements of the 10th Light Horse ^[30]
     Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the HMAT A73 Commonwealth on 9 November 1917 ^[30]
     Private 3611 in the Australian Imperial Force's 10th Light Horse in Egypt during the First World War ^[30]
     Returned to Australia on the Oxfordshire, disembarking in Western Australia on 4 August 1919 ^[30]
     Discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 27 August 1919; received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal ^{[30: item 8026091]}
Partner of Mary Ann BROWN, with whom he had at least four children ^[15]
     Their daughter "Ellen" Mary Ellen was born in Dalwallinu in 1920 and their daughter Gertrude Jane in Gunyidi in 1921 ^{[15] [39: 25-Jun-1949]}
     They had a son James Andrew born in Gunyidi in 1923 and a daughter Katherine Pearl in the Perth suburb of Subiaco in 1925 ^[15]
Teamster on Meelyah Farm in Gunyidi in 1921 ^[50]
Farmer of Meelyah Farm in Gunyidi 1932-1935 ^{[19] [39: 7-May-1936]}
Attended the funeral of Coorow stationmaster William C. Cox at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth on 4 November 1937 ^{[5: 12-Nov-1937]}
Shifted to Mingenew in late 1935 ^{[39: 7-May-1936]}
Labourer and Farmer in Mingenew 1935-1941 ^{[6] [39: 7-May-1936]}
He and his partner appear to have parted ways, as she had two children with Thomas Samuel ROUSE in the early 1940s ^[15]
Unaware of the seriousness of the offence, he provided Kenneth R. BYNDER with two bottles on wine on 2 May 1936 ^{[39: 7-May-1936]}
     Kenneth was an Aboriginal man and at the time, under the Aborigines Act, it was illegal to provide Aboriginal people with alcohol ^[39]
     At the Police Court in Mingenew on 6 May 1936 he was charged the minimum penalty of £20 or two months imprisonment ^[39]
     Kenneth, who had previous convictions and had resisted arrest, was sentenced to three months imprisonment ^[39]
Farmhand for Frank R. FREEMAN on the Mendal Estate in Mullewa from August to December 1947 ^{[30: item 30806788]}
He wrote to the Repatriation Commission on 7 October 1947 requesting a war service pension ^[30]
     They requested his birth certification or the names of his parents, neither of which he could provide aside from his mother's name ^[30]
     After his particulars were confirmed by the Registrar General in Edinburgh, he was granted a fortnightly pension of £3/15/- ^[30]
In about March of 1948 he moved from Mullewa to Mingenew, where his address was care of Thomas ROUSE ^{[30: item 30806788]}
Resided in Mingenew in 1948 and 1949 ^{[30: item 30806788] [176]}
Died 19 June 1949 in Mingenew; buried at Mingenew Cemetery in Mingenew, Western Australia ^{[15] [176]}

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