Rahmann, Victor Arthur Orlando (1887-1987)
posted by Scott Andrew Bird
Victor Rahmann, generally known as Arthur, was born 1887 in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia. In 1909 he built a house in Alice St, Maryborough. By 1910 he had become a blacksmith, working for the Queensland Railways. In 1912 he joined the Masons. During WWI he was responsible for training soldiers.
Arthur married May Pedersen and together they had three children; Victor, Gladys Myrtle and Dulcie May. May died much earlier than Arthur, in 1963.
After the war he was best known as a cricketer, and was shocked at the introduction of the One Day International - the 'pyjama game'.
Arthur moved into a Brisbane apartment provided by the Masons around 1978/79.
Arthur passed away in 1987, having scored one more century for the record books.
Arthur Rahmann, May Pedersen and Kevin Bird. Taken at the Bird family home in Merrylands, New South Wales.
Arthur is shown here proudly wearing his Masons 70 year badge. (Photo © Darrel Bird, Oct 1982).
Sources
Birth certificate for Gladys Myrtle Rahmann.
Recollections of Darrel Bird and Heather Sterling.
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