A birth registration was found for John R C Ponting: Mother's Maiden Surname: Miller; Date of Registration: Oct Nov Dec 1946; Registration district: Southwark; Volume Number: 5d; Page Number: 827.

In 1959, John Ponting, 13, arrived at Sydney, Australia, in a group of Fairbridge children from Knockholt, Kent, England, en route to Fairbridge Farm School, Molong, Australia.