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WHEELER, Eric

Migration

Organisation: Barnardos

Institution

Ship: BALRANALD

Arrival: 8 July 1930

Destination: Australia

Placement: Fairbridge Farm School

Family

Father

Mother

Siblings

Service

WW1

WW2

Identity

Gender: M

Also known as

Born: 25 September 1919, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England

Died: 4 March 1942, MISSING ON SS YARRA

Surviving

Notes

ERIC WHEELER WAS BORN IN BIRMINGHAM AND HIS MOTHER IS LISTED IN FAIRBRIDGE FARM RECORDS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA AS FRANCES WHEELER. ERIC LISTED IS DAD ON HIS MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE AS ROBERT JOHN WHEELER BUT I DO NOT KNOW IF THAT IS ACCURATE AS I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND A BIRTH CERTIFICATE.
ERIC WAS SENT OUT TO AUSTRALIA AGED 10 ARRIVING IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA JULY 1930. ERIC BELIEVED HE HAD A SISTER AND I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO TRACE HIS HISTORY IE WHAT HOME HE WAS IN BEFORE BEING SENT TO AUSTRLAIA, WHY HE WAS PLACED THERE ETC ETC.

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