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Son of Alfred Stanley CHEADLE and Margaret nee LOUTIT

He was chairman of directors, Bennett & Fisher, and was champion amateur golfer from age 16

MR. T. S. CHEADLE
Bennett & Fisher Expert
Few men in tile wool trade of this State are more popular and capable than Mr. Thomas Stanley Cheadle, head of the wool department and a director of Bennett and Fisher Limited. He has an all-round knowledge of the  wool trade, and has been one of its outstanding personalities for many years. Mr. Cheadle has a keen eye for wool, and his judgment and valuations have been rarely at fault. Born in Adelaide and educated at St. Peter's College, Mr. Cheadle spent one year gaining experience on Nilpena Station in the Far North, and for a short period was in the shipping department of George Wills & Co., Limited. He then went to New South Wales and joined the staff of John Vicars & Co. at Marrickville Woollen Mills, where he worked in all departments from scouring, sorting, and combing to spinning. Desiring to gain experience in the Continental wool trade, Mr. Cheadle went to France in 1907, and for the next 12 months was with Gosset & Co., wool merchants, of Rheims. Upon his return to Australia he became second wool valuer on the Sydney staff of Dalgety & Co., Limited, remaining there for five years, but in 1913 he came to Adelaide to take up a position as wool valuer with the same company.
From 1915 to 1918 he served at the war as a member of the Royal Field Artillery. When he returned to Adelaide Mr. Cheadle joined the firm of Cheadle, Crase & Co., wool and skin brokers and stock and station agents. A year later, however, this firm amalgamated with Bennett & Fisher, Limited, and since that time Mr. Cheadle has been the manager of its wool department and a director of the company. Mr. Cheadle, who has been actively associated with the Adelaide Woolbrokers' Association for many years, is acting chairman of the organisation owing to the illness of Mr. Horsley Chapman. Golf is the chief recreation of Mr. Cheadle, and in this sport he is recognised as a champion. Since 1903 he has won the championship of the State seven times and at present is champion of the Royal Adelaide Golf Club.