Editing Arthur Fadden (section)

===Childhood===
Fadden was born in [[Ingham, Queensland|Ingham]], [[Queensland]], on 13 April 1894. He was the eldest of ten children – seven sons and three daughters – born to Annie (née Moorhead) and Richard John Fadden. His parents were both born in Ireland, his mother in [[County Tyrone]] and his father in [[County Galway]]. Fadden moved to [[Walkerston, Queensland|Walkerston]] at a young age, where his father was officer-in-charge of the local police station.{{sfn|Arklay|2014|p=1}} He had a "typical country childhood", but suffered the deaths of three of his younger siblings in separate accidents. Fadden received his only formal education at the Walkerston State School, except for a brief period at [[Te Kowai, Queensland|Te Kowai]] while his usual school was being renovated. His first jobs included collecting [[Dermolepida albohirtum|cane beetles]] and performing [[sound effects]] at the local cinema. Fadden left school at the age of 15 and began working as a "billy boy" (odd-job man) on a cane-cutting gang at [[Pleystowe, Queensland|Pleystowe]].{{sfn|Arklay|2014|p=2}} He later secured an indoor job as an office boy at the [[Pleystowe Sugar Mill]], where his colleagues include two future [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] MPs – [[Maurice Hynes]] and [[George Martens]].{{sfn|Arklay|2014|p=3}} In his spare time, he developed an interest in the theatre, both as a performer and treasurer of the local company.{{sfn|Arklay|2014|p=4}}