CERTIFICATE FOR SAFE WORKING CLASSES - RAILWAY AND TRAMWAYS INSTITUTE
1916Flat, rectangular piece of stiff paper, yellowed by age and has text as shown below and an oval image depicting a steam train and passenger coaches. Makers text is dark blue and is surrounded by a rectangular framing border. Text on front [The W.A. Railways & Tramways Institute / SAFE WORKING CLASSES. / This is to Certify that Albert Drawbridge / on 1st November 1916 pased a Theoretical / Examination in Staff and Ticket / Electric Staff / Absolute Block / Interlocking Signalling / J.W.Shaw / Examiner / C.B.Ban / President. / Chas.M.Gibbons / General Secretary. / Perth. 20th Nov 1916]. Makers mark along bottom edge of certificate.
Albert Drawbridge was born on the 23 April 1893 in the town of Tonbridge in the County of Kent, United Kingdom. By c1916 Albert had moved to Australia and was working for the Western Australian Government Railway. In 1925 he married Laura Vincent in the Collie area where they had a daughter in 1927. Albert worked his way up from Porter to Assistant Station Master between 1916 and 1920. He spent the nest 25 years working at either an assistant station master or station master at a number of rural stations including Gnowangerup, Mt Barker and Brunswick.
In 1948 he was appointed to the position of Station Master at Armadale, a position he held until his retirement in 1958. During his time living in Armadale Albert, unsuccessfully ran for council and was a member of the Armadale lodge for the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes who met at their hall on Forrest Road. Albert died in 1966 age 73. Laura had passed away three years earlier.
This certificate was presented to Albert Drawbridge by the WA Railways and Tramways Institute in Perth in 1916 when he was doing his training to work for the Western Australian Government Railway.
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This object is part of a collection of that is associated with the history of rail within the City of Armadale. The arrival of the railway to the City of Armadale in 1889 saw the district change from one that was isolated from Perth due to distance (approx 30km from Perth) and a poorly maintained road. to one that had quick access via the train line. The train line meant not only the rapid transport of people but also of mail, news, ice and goods into and out of the district.
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