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.




