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MARTHA MAY MOVED TO KORUMBURRA AT THE AGE OF 8 YEARS WHEN HER FATHER PURCHASED A
PROPERTY IN 1903. SHE AND HER BROTHER AND SISTERS ATTENDED KORUMBURRA SOUTH PRIMARY
SCHOOL. THE FAMILY ALSO ATTENDED CHURCH AND DANCES HELD AT THE SCHOOL. AFTER WWI
MARTHA MET AND MARRIED TOM BEAMISH, WHO APPLIED FOR AND WAS GRANTED A BLOCK AS
PART OF THE LANGHAM ESTATE. THIS WAS SUBDIVIDED BY THE SOLDIER SETTLEMENT COMMISION
AND WAS DIVIDED INTO THREE BLOCKS. THEIR BLOCK WAS 106 ACRES, THE FRONT OF WHICH WAS
MOSTLY SCRUB AND THE BACK VERY TUSSOCKY. IT WAS NECESSARY TO BUILD A HOUSE, AS WELL
AS CLEAR THE LAND TO MILK ENOUGH COWS TO PAY THEIR DEBTS. MARTHA WAS ALSO THE
ORGANIST FOR THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. IT WAS EXTREMELY RARE TO GO INTO TOWN(ABOUT
ONCE IN SIX MONTHS) AND MOST OF THEIR REQUIREMENTS WERE SENT OUT ON THE CREAM WAGON.
FOR MANY YEARS THE ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORT WAS A HORSE AND JINKER. AT A LATER STAGE
TOM LEARNT TO DRIVE A T MODEL FORD IN THE PADDOCK AMONGST THE SCRUB. IN LATER YEARS
MARTHA AND TOM SOLD THE FARM AND MOVED CLOSER TO TOWN WHERE THEY PURCHASED
PROPERTY IN BENA STREET. HERE THEY RAN A SMALL HERD OF COWS AND CONTINUED MILKING
BUT ON A MUCH SMALLER SCALE. THEY LATER SOLD THE PROPERTY AND PURCHASED A HOUSE
CLOSE TO THE KURUMBURRA RAILWAY STATION. IT WAS HERE THAT TOM DIED. MARTHA THEN
MOVED TO CARNEGIE AND LIVED FOR A WHILE WITH INA AND CLAUDE HAYDEN, BEFORE MOVING TO
HOSTELS IN MURUMBEENA, CAULFIELD AND CARINYA LODGE KORUMBURRA.
SHE WAS CREMATED AND HER ASHES PLACED IN A MEMORIAL WALL AT KURUMBURRA
CEMETERY. 14
On 4 Oct 1922 when MARTHA MAY was 27, she married HAROLD HOPE (TOM) BEAMISH 14, son of
HENRY BEAMISH & MARY FITZGIBBON, in KORUMBURRA SOUTH, VICTORIA. Born on 10 Jun 1890 in
NEERIM SOUTH, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. HAROLD HOPE (TOM) died in KORUMBURRA, VICTORIA, on 5
Aug 1968; he was 78. Occupation: FARMER.
ENLISTED IN THE ARMY 1/9/1915 AT MURWILLUMBAH, NEW SOUTH WALES AT THE AGE OF 23. HE
ARRIVED AT GALLIPOLI ON THE 21ST OF MAY 1915 APPROXIMATELY FOUR WEEKS AFTER THE
LANDING. WAS WOUNDED AT GALLIPOLI AND PASCHENDALE. DISEMBARKED AT MARSAILLES
JUNE 11TH 1916. BY OCTOBER 14TH 1917 HE HAD BEEN WOUNDED AGAIN AT COSHAM AND WAS
ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL IN ALEXANDRIA. HE WAS SHIPPED HOME AND ARRIVED IN APRIL OF
1919 ON THE KASHMIR. HE WAS DISCHARGED ON JULY 8, 1919, AND RECEIVED THE 1914/15 STAR
NUMBER 927, BRITISH WAR MEDAL NUMBER 9847, VICTORY MEDAL NUMBER 9758.
HE PURCHASED 106 ACRES IN KONGWAK ON NOVEMBER 24, 1920.
HE WAS CREMATED 7TH OF AUGUST, 1968, AND HIS ASHES PLACED IN THE MEMORIAL WALL AT
KORUMBURRA CEMETERY.
They had the following children:
865 i. JAMES (1923-)
866 ii. INA MAY (1925-1993)
867 iii. VIOLET MARY (1927-)
868 iv. RUBY OLIVE (1932-)
869 v. JEAN ELIZABETH (1939-)
555. BIRCHAEL JAMES HERBERT CHAFFEY (GEORGE HERBERT 6, JOHN 5, BENJAMIN 4, JOHN 3,
BENJAMIN 2, RICHARD 1). Born on 9 Feb 1897 in RIPLEY, VICTORIA. BIRCHAEL JAMES HERBERT died
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