Bertram Frank Hussey

Frank Hussey was born on 26 April 1908 in Toodyay to Dr Bertram Hussey and his wife. Dr Hussey died some time before 1936.

He attended Guildford Grammar School 1920--1923 and then Duntroon (when it was in Melbourne), graduating the latter in 1927.

In the lead-up to WW2 he was seconded from the Army to oversee the construction of the railway on Rottnest (from Kingston Barracks to Oliver Hill).

On Tuesday 3 March 1936 he married Hilda McCue (of Rockdale NSW ) in the hotel on Rottnest. They were married in the Music Room. Captain K. Hall was the chairman at the reception. Hilda cut the cake with Frank's military sword.

He rose to the rank of Brigadier during WW2, and was discharged from the Army in 1958.

After the war, he married Lilian Rae Wilson. Together they lived in Kununurra, where from 1960 to '63 he was an engineer (2IC) on the Ord River Diversion Dam.

Frank died on 11 May 1985 at Hollywood Hospital in Perth.

In November 2003 a new railcar on the tourist railway on Rottnest was named Captain Hussey in his honour. An information notice at the Settlement railway station read as follows: