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Record #27145

Name :: : Edwin BARGES (1916 - 1942)
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Date of Birth: : 12 Sep 1916 Notes : Source: WWII record
Marriage (1): : 1940 Spouse/Notes : Kathleen Elizabeth MEHAFFY (Chatswood NSW, reg 8931)
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 18 Jan 1942 Notes : Source: WWII Nominal Roll

Abode (1) : Place of BirthSpain, San Fernandos

From WWII enlistment

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : Jul 1930
Country: : Australia
Ship: : Balranald
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesEdwin Barges arrived in Australia in a group of 53 Barnardo children from Stepney Causeway, London, accompanied by Matron Hodgetts and Mr John Gregg. One boy was put ashore at Colombo with a septic leg and another (William RALPH) stayed in Western Australia; 51 went on to Sydney.

The boys were aged from nine to 17 years. The older lads were to be sent on to farms, and the younger ones to school at Mowbray Park, Picton. (Source: NLA Trove newspapers)

Most likely this man who served in WWII - KIA aged 28 (NAA RecordSearch):
BARGES EDWIN : Service Number - N377945 : Date of birth - 12 Sep 1916 : Place of birth - SAN FERNANDOS SPAIN : Place of enlistment - YASS NSW : Next of Kin - BARGES KATHLEEN

CWGC site states he was son of Henry and Andrea Katherine Barges; husband of Kathleen Elizabeth Barges, of Yass, New South Wales. His wife Kathleen did not remarry and died in 1999 aged 85.

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
27145	BARGES, Edwin	1916	ES_, , San Fernandos	Jul 1930 : Balranald	AUS	Barnardos

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