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WATSON, Elizabeth

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Identity

Gender: F

Also known as

Born: 12 December 1921, England

Died: 12 March 1940

Surviving

Migration

Organisation: Fairbridge Homes

Institution

Ship: ORONSAY

Arrival: September 1932

Destination: Australia

Placement

Family

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Spouse

Siblings

Service

WW1

WW2

Notes

In 1932, E. Watson, 12, arrived at Fremantle, Australia, in a group of 36 children from the Child Emigration Society, Strand, London, England. Elizabeth was placed in Shakespeare Cottage at the Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra, Australia.

Elizabeth Watson died March 12, 1940, at the age of 18. She is buried at Fairbridge Cemetery. The cemetery is located a couple of kilometres past the farm and beyond the second gravel pit. Containing some 24 graves, this is a very secluded and peaceful resting place. The cemetery is well tended.
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