GILHAM, FREDERICK A. CR.
1934 - 19403 x B/W photographic portrait prints of F. A. Gilham. a) Image shows a clean shaven mature man, with wavy slicked back hair. He is wearing a checked jacket with wide lapels, a striped shirt and matching tie. Printed beneath [ GILHAM 1934-35]. b) Similar to A) image shows Gilham cleanshaven and unsmiling, he has slicked back hair and is wearing a dark pinstriped jacket, white collared shirt and striped tie. Printed beneath [GILHAM 1939-40]. c) A broad-faced youngish man with neat dark hair, he is wearing a white shirt and striped tie with a dark waistcoat and jacket. (Believed to be 1938-39)
Frederick (Fred) Arthur Joseph Gilham was one of five children of Frederick and Minnie Gilham who arrived from England in 1908 to farm at Bencubbin.
From there Gilham 'joined up' and he fought in WWI at the Battle of the Somme. He was wounded and on his return he met and married Ellen (Nell) Lavinia Jennings in Fremantle in 1919. Nell had moved with her parents from Victoria to Kalgoorlie and then to Fremantle. A professional pianist she played at the 'flicks', where she met Fred. The couple had two children: Merle (b.1924) and Robert Arthur (b.1922).
Gilham was a Claremont Councillor from 1934-1941.
Gilham rented a dairy from Nobel Mounsey at 45/47 Claremont Crescent where they then resided. The dairy was sold just before pasteurisation was introduced and the family moved to Webster Street Nedlands. Frederick Gilham became the owner of Western Motors, importers of Volkswagons, after WWII.
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