In September
1888 the railway line was opened to Tooradin needing personnel to operate the
station and maintain the lines. Some on the list below began in Clyde as
railway employees and were later promoted to Station Master.
Name
|
Year
|
Position
|
William Sawyer
|
1893
|
Station Master
|
J McDowall
|
1896
|
Station Master
|
George Wm. Griffiths
|
1896
|
Station Manager
|
Abraham Cook
|
1899-1900
|
Station Master
|
William Henry Davenport
|
1903-05
|
Station Master
|
Thomas Costello
|
1903
|
Station Master
|
W. T. Lee
|
1907
|
Station Master
|
Robert b. Meikle
|
1908
|
Railway Employee
|
John McGregor
|
1908-09
|
Station Master
|
Richard James
|
1911 -12
|
Station Master
|
Louis Theodore Schmidt
|
1912
|
Assistant Station Master
|
? Green
|
Railway Employee
|
|
Andrew W McFeeter
|
1911
|
Railway Employee
|
Charles Neumann
|
1913
|
Station Master
|
Leo Reginald Winnell
|
1914
|
Railway Employee
|
F. A O'Donnell
|
1918
|
Station Master
|
Albert I. Robert
|
1919
|
Station Master
|
Percy J Zenner
|
1920
|
Station Master
|
Mr Boyce
|
1920
|
Assistant Station Master
|
Geoffrey Lewis Duncan
|
1922
|
Assistant Station Master
|
Walter Donaldson
|
1922
|
Engine Driver
|
William H Marr
|
1923-1930
|
Station Master
|
James Payne
|
1923
|
Railway Employee
|
Richard Hart
|
1923
|
Linesman
|
George Coombs
|
1923-1925
|
Station Master
|
? Anderson
|
1924
|
Station Master - returned soldier
|
J/F? MCCormack
|
-1925
|
Assistant Station Master 15 months
|
C Only
|
1925 Nov
|
Assistant Station Master
|
Michael J Kelly
|
1924
|
Station Master
|
Gilbert/Harry Shelton
|
1927-31
|
Railway Employee
|
George C R Onley
|
1927
|
Railway Employee
|
William H. Marr
|
1928
|
Station Master
|
David J Hayes
|
1928- 30
|
Railway Employee
|
Kenneth S Matthews
|
1930-1933
|
Assistant Station Master
|
James Meaney
|
1930-1933
|
Station Master
|
Albert Wenn
|
1928-31
|
Railway Employee
|
George E Spencer
|
1933
|
Railway Employee
|
William J Woodhouse
|
1933
|
Railway Porter
|
Wally Evans
|
1933
|
Station Staff
|
C Hammond
|
1934
|
Station Master?
|
Alan G Wenn
|
1939
|
Railway Employee
|
Alexander R Hamilton
|
1940
|
Railway Employee
|
Stewart W Rae
|
1940
|
Railway Employee
|
George Marsh
|
1940
|
Engine Driver
|
Frederick Haar
|
1941
|
Railway Employee
|
David Craig
|
1943
|
Railway Employee
|
William Garrett
|
1946
|
Railway Employee
|
Phillip D Pound
|
1949
|
Railway Employee
|
Kellet ?
|
1951
|
Railway Employee
|
William Boyle
|
1951
|
Railway Employee
|
James W Rourke
|
1952
|
Railway Employee
|
Alan R Teague
|
1953
|
Assistant Station Master
|
Hutchinson
|
1954
|
Railway Employee
|
Alan Collins
|
1954
|
Railway Employee
|
Robert G Stuart
|
1954
|
Railway Employee
|
Martin Butler
|
1956
|
Railway Employee
|
James Delbridge
|
1957
|
Assistant Station Master
|
Hans Rady
|
1957
|
Railway Employee
|
Norman Mapleson
|
1961
|
Railway Employee
|
J Bruni
|
1963
|
Railway Employee
|
Mrs Marie Stuart
|
Station Master
|
Referring to TROVE newspaper accounts, the Primary School Roll,
correspondents, and "A Clyde History" (1978) we've put together this
list of many who lived in Clyde and worked on the Great Southern Railway from
1893 to 1981.
Sources
1. Online (TROVE) Newspapers: The Age The Argus,The Dandenong Journal, South Bourke and Mornington Journal,
2. Geo Wm Giffiths South Bourke and Mornington Journal 30 Sep 1896
3. Primary School Rolls, 118 and 3664
4. A Clyde History
5. Electoral Rolls, 1903, 1909, 1912
6. Municpal Directories, 1893, 1899
7. Editors' knowledge
Sources
1. Online (TROVE) Newspapers: The Age The Argus,The Dandenong Journal, South Bourke and Mornington Journal,
2. Geo Wm Giffiths South Bourke and Mornington Journal 30 Sep 1896
3. Primary School Rolls, 118 and 3664
4. A Clyde History
5. Electoral Rolls, 1903, 1909, 1912
6. Municpal Directories, 1893, 1899
7. Editors' knowledge
