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Record #11602

Name :: : John CONLIFFE (1931 - 2006)
Father: :
Mother: :

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 1931
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : Jan 2006

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Staffordshire, Stoke on Trent

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialAustralia

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 22 Sep 1947
Country: : Australia
Ship: : Asturias
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Christian Brothers

Notes[POSSIBLE MATCH] A birth registration was found for John S Conliffe: Mother's Maiden Surname: Hall; Date of Registration: Apr May Jun 1931; Registration district: Stoke T; Registration county: Staffordshire; Volume Number: 6b; Page Number: 185. Parents: Joseph S. Conliffe and Bessie Hall, married 1930, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England.

In 1947, John Conliffe, 14, arrived at Fremantle, Australia, with a group of child migrants en route to the Christian Brothers and Little Sisters of the Poor Homes.

He was remembered by other Christian Brother child migrants from Bindoon in 2006:

Rest in Peace John Coniffe

Sadly, John Coniffe (ex-Bindoon) passed away in January of this year. His funeral in Kalgoorlie was reportedly attended by a busload of local mourners and was supported by the Christian Brothers and the local Little Sisters of the Poor. Former schoolmates Eddie Butler and Laurie Humphreys reminisced: "John was known at Bindoon as 'Hop-a-long' as he was a good horseman and always in the saddle working alongside the late Brother sullivan. On the days we played cricket against the local bindoon cricket team John nearly always got us out of trouble wit hhis ability with the bat, there wasn't much of him but he always hit a six or two."

In 2004 John travelled back to Bindoon on a bus trip organised by Sr Flo O'Sullivan and Mr Gordon Grant. About 20 Old Boys joined with Br Kevin Ryan and former CBERS Committee members Dr Debbi Rosser and Mr George Horton to pay tribute to those who are buried at Bindoon, to view the memorial statue dedicated to child migrants and to take a tour of the working farm.

In april this year John's ashes were taken back to Bindoon, again arranged by Sr Flo, with a group of John's friends.

Yvonne Radzevicius kindly provided this report:

As he was part of the child migrant family, a few of us were only too happy to accompany sister Flo O'Sullivan to Bindoon to lay John's ashes to rest. Although this was indeed a sad occasion i twas made all the more comforting by the companionship of Patrick Cannon, Anthony and Catherine Brennan, Graham Galea, Eddie Cogan, Peter Bent, Norman Yeates, Gordon Grant, Yvonne Radzevicius and our capable driver Sister Pep.

Sister Flo had arranged a beautiful plaque and in a peaceful corner of the one place John recognised as his childhood Australian home, we had a simple prayer service and sang his favourite song: "My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean."

ContributorsCreated : 2010-05-02 19:29:23 / From original database

Last Updated : 2010-05-02 19:48:57 /

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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 30 Entries

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
12326	ANSTRUTHER, James	1930	ENG,	Aug 1938 : Strathaird	AUS	Christian Brothers
12293	APPOLONIN, William	1931	ENG,	Aug 1938 : Strathaird	AUS	Christian Brothers
25295	BARTLETT, Derek John	1931	ENG,	Mar 1939 : Strathnaver	AUS	Christian Brothers
25296	BARTLETT, Roderick Leroux	1931	GBJ,	Mar 1939 : Strathnaver	AUS	Christian Brothers
20942	BATTY, John Bernard	1924	ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees	Aug 1938 : Otranto	AUS	Christian Brothers
20940	BATTY, Lawrence Francis	1927	ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees	Aug 1938 : Otranto	AUS	Christian Brothers
25297	BISSAKER, James	1926	ENG,	Mar 1939 : Strathnaver	AUS	Christian Brothers
25298	BOWEY, Joseph Austin	1930	ENG,	Mar 1939 : Strathnaver	AUS	Christian Brothers
26900	BRUNARD, Charles	1930	ENG,	Mar 1939 : Strathnaver	AUS	Christian Brothers
12312	BURT, Frederick William	1930	ENG,	Aug 1938 : Strathaird	AUS	Christian Brothers
20930	BYRNE, R	1929	ENG,	Aug 1938 : Otranto	AUS	Christian Brothers
20954	CLARKE, D	1928	ENG,	Aug 1938 : Otranto	AUS	Christian Brothers
26901	CLEMENTS, Denis	1933	ENG,	Mar 1939 : Strathnaver	AUS	Christian Brothers
25308	CLEMENTS, Ernest William	1927	ENG, LND, Woolwich	Aug 1938 : Strathaird	AUS	Christian Brothers
20915	CLEMENTS, R P	1931	ENG,	Aug 1938 : Otranto	AUS	Christian Brothers
20943	COGGINS, John Michael	1927	ENG,	Aug 1938 : Otranto	AUS	Christian Brothers
20931	COLEMAN, J F	1927	ENG,	Aug 1938 : Otranto	AUS	Christian Brothers
11602	CONLIFFE, John	1931	ENG, STS, Stoke on Trent	Sep 1947 : Asturias	AUS	Christian Brothers
20932	CONNOLLY, W	1929	ENG,	Aug 1938 : Otranto	AUS	Christian Brothers
26902	CONNOR, John	1927	DK_,	Mar 1939 : Strathnaver	AUS	Christian Brothers
12314	CONNORS, John	1928	ENG,	Aug 1938 : Strathaird	AUS	Christian Brothers
25309	COSTICK, Patrick James	1927	ENG, SOM, Williton, Luxborough	Aug 1938 : Strathaird	AUS	Christian Brothers
20917	COVELL, Patrick Michael Brian	1931	ENG, LND, Lambeth	Aug 1938 : Otranto	AUS	Christian Brothers
26903	COX, Thomas	1932	ENG,	Mar 1939 : Strathnaver	AUS	Christian Brothers
26904	COX, Wilfrid	1929	ENG,	Mar 1939 : Strathnaver	AUS	Christian Brothers
26905	DAWSON, Alister	1929	SCT,	Mar 1939 : Strathnaver	AUS	Christian Brothers
26906	DELANY, Peter	1928	ENG,	Mar 1939 : Strathnaver	AUS	Christian Brothers
26907	DONOGHUE, Peter	1932	ENG,	Mar 1939 : Strathnaver	AUS	Christian Brothers
20953	DONOVAN, P	1928	ENG,	Aug 1938 : Otranto	AUS	Christian Brothers
12294	DOWNING, Kenneth D	1925	ENG,	Aug 1938 : Strathaird	AUS	Christian Brothers
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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