Frank found employment with SA Rail,he was stationed at Angaston and eventually he became a porter on the SA to WA train. In 1920 the family moved back to Golden Grove to help his brother Stan at Hillcott Farm (C.Tilley interview @ TTG Library) although Phyllis Marsson can remember it as helping John Henry at harvest time on Greenwith Farm. A fruit and vegetable round is also mentioned in family papers. Frank went to work for Phoebe Banks at her Cudlee Creek orchard as a farmhand/gardener until he retired and shifted from Golden Grove to Athelstone. Frank was the first Secretary of the Golden Grove Show and continued to fill this position for many years.