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Record #4435

Name :: : David Norman CLEMENTS (1943 - )
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 24 Feb 1943
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Worcestershire, Worcester

Royal Infirmary

Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : Apr 1955
Country: : Australia
Ship: : Iberia
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesDavid was baptised St. Pauls, Botley, Oxford, England, in January 1947. He also attended Sunday school there.

Parents: Edward Coates and Margaret Rose Clements (born 1922). She was an unmarried mother during WWII. Her parents disowned her and her child was put into care. Edward Coates was a Sergeant in the RASC during WWII and stationed at the Crystal Palace, Guilford and Brookwook. He was sent overseas in late 1942 when Rose was 6 months pregnant.

Prior to his admission to Barnardos, David Clements lived with his mother at 11 Elms Road, Botley. They boarded in this house with a Mr. and Mrs. Groves. Rose worked at a place called Hunt and Broadhurst in Botley (for three years).

In 1946 or 1947, David stayed with a Mrs Cox, (foster mother) in Cambridge Street, Oxford, England.

David attended Botley Council school for one year, probably in 1948 or 1949. The headmaster was a Mr. L.C. Harbour and his class teacher was a Miss Crimston.

David went to a convalescent home for three months before it closed down.

A Miss Caley of Oxford City Moral Welfare Association, 7 Onsey Lane, Oxford made the application for David to be put into care.

David's daughter, Belinda Hazzledine, shared an excerpt of information received through Barnardos:

"The grandmother had nothing good to say about the mother, and refused to help her in anyway accusing her of being a liar and a thief"

1949:

"The mother shows up in a very poor light and does not appear to be worth helping, but I feel we must take into account the needs of the candidate. He has had many homes and is repressed on account of the unnatural conditions under which he is living. He is now six, and I would like to proposed that we take him when we have room ... We should tell the mother's Welfare Officer of our decision and explain that we have agreed to take the candidate in order to get him away from his present unsatisfactory environment"

In 1954, David attended St. Lukes Primary School, Cookham Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England.

In a letter received by his mother in May, 1954:

'From time to time we are able to send parties of boys and girls from our Homes to New South Wales, Australia. We are preparing a further party which we hope will be sailing in a few months time and I am writing to ask if you will allow your son .. the opportunity of going with this party. This hardly needs to remind you of the tremendous opportunities available to young people in Australia, especially when they have the experience and influence of these Homes behind them: children who we have sent out get on remarkable well and we are anxious for David to have the same opportunity....

David knows of this proposal and shows interest in it, and you may rest assured that before sending him we would give him a complete picture of his new country and a clear idea of the life to which he would be going. I appreciate that this is a big decision for you to make, but I would urge you to give every consideration to the opportunity being offered to your son....'

From reports of visits to David as a boarded out child, he was placed in several homes prior to his emigration to Australia:

May 5, 1950: Mrs Kimpton 414 Lordship Lane, Tottenham;

January 18, 1951: Mrs Hodgkinson, 13 Sasisbury Place;

January 15, 1954: School report by J. Mace, St Kukes School, Maidenhead;

'New Lodge', Windsor Forest, Windsor, Berkshire; Superintendent, Mr. G. C. Mace;

The Village Home, Barkingside, Iford, Essex

Mrs Bradwell of 1 Astwick Ave, Hatfield (inquired after his emigration.)

In 1955, David N. Clements, 12, arrived in Sydney, Australia, along with a group of Barnardo boys.

ContributorsCreated : 2008-10-21 18:26:30 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-19 19:25:29 /

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
6550	AINGER, Florence	1886	ENG, WOR	Jul 1900 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
6477	AINGER, Pollie	1889	ENG, WOR	Jul 1900 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
9614	ALLARD, Leonard William	1897	ENG, WOR, Peopleton	Aug 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
6258	ALLARD, William Charles	1901	ENG, WOR, Pinvin	Aug 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
4703	ALLEN, Thomas Henry	1899	ENG, WOR, Kings Norton	May 1907 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
12871	ALLEN, Walter Harry	1883	ENG, WOR, Kidderminster	Jun 1895 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
3804	AMES, Frank	1894	ENG, WOR, Redditch	Jun 1906 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
3805	AMES, Henry	1896	ENG, WOR, Redditch	Jun 1906 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
3803	AMES, Lizzie	1893	ENG, WOR, Redditch	Jun 1906 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
3806	AMES, Sarah	1890	ENG, WOR, Redditch	Jun 1906 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
8757	ANSLOW, Ruth	1885	ENG, WOR, Stourbridge	Jul 1897 : Assyrian	CAN	Middlemore
4015	ATTWOOD, Beatrice May	1897	ENG, WOR, Worcester	Jun 1911 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
4016	ATTWOOD, Louisa	1899	ENG, WOR, Worcester	Jun 1911 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
19071	BAKER, Annie	1886	ENG, WOR, Dudley	Aug 1901 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
12018	BIRD, Eliza	1865	ENG, WOR, Bromsgrove	Jun 1874 : Sarmatian	CAN	Maria Rye
12019	BIRD, Jane	1868	ENG, WOR, Bromsgrove	Jun 1874 : Sarmatian	CAN	Maria Rye
4148	CALDWELL, Samuel Cecil Horace	1884	ENG, WOR, Droitwich	Apr 1900 : Dominion	CAN	MacPherson Homes
2843	CASEY, Edward	1905	ENG, WOR, Redditch	Jun 1909 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
2844	CASEY, George	1903	ENG, WOR, Redditch	Jun 1909 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
14845	CHARLES, William Thomas	1879	ENG, WOR, Worcester	Apr 1894 : Sarnia	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
12585	CHISHOLM, Herbert J	1897	ENG, WOR, Worcester	May 1908 : Carthaginian	CAN	Middlemore
4602	CLAYTON, Prudence	1906	ENG, WOR, Kings Norton	Mar 1921 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
4435	CLEMENTS, David Norman	1943	ENG, WOR, Worcester	Apr 1955 : Iberia	AUS	Barnardos
11980	CRANE, Rose Annie	1900	ENG, WOR, Evesham	Jun 1913 : Corinthian	CAN	Barnardos
14626	DOGGETT, John	1872	ENG, WOR, Stourbridge	Aug 1887 : - Unknown -	CAN	Middlemore
26328	DRINKWATER, Beresford Douglas	1918	ENG, WOR, Evesham, Offenham	Aug 1932 : Oronsay	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
26253	DRINKWATER, Donald Ivan	1925	ENG, WOR, Evesham	Jan 1937 : Oronsay	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
27091	DUNN, Kathleen Mary	1918	ENG, WOR, Kings Norton	Jun 1929 : Largs Bay	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
27202	FISHER, Samuel Gordon	1923	ENG, WOR, Dudley	May 1933 : Otranto	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
10235	GILLARD, Kate	1889	ENG, WOR, Dudley	May 1898 : Siberian	CAN	Middlemore
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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