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Record #12325
Name :
: Stanley Cyril WITTS (1928 - 1968)


Father
: George WITTS
Mother
: Annie PALMER
BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1928

Marriage (1)
:
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
: 25 May 1968   Notes : Source: Ozburials
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Berkshire, Reading
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialAustralia, Western Australia, Katanning
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 9 Aug 1938
Country
: Australia

Ship
: Strathaird

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
: Nazareth House (Stoke Bishop)

Agency
: Christian Brothers
NotesA birth registration was found for Stanley C Witts: Mother's Maiden Surname: Palmer; Date of Registration: Apr May Jun 1928; Registration district: Reading; Registration county: Hampshire, Berkshire; Volume Number: 2c; Page Number: 601.

Stanley's mother died from tuberculosis two months after his birth, leaving four children under five.

The family sent the two eldest boys to a monastic home to be brought up and the other two girls to a convent. From that day, the girls never saw their brothers or father again.

In 1938, S. C. Witts, 10, arrived at Fremantle, Australia, in a group of Catholic boys from Nazareth House, Stoke Bishop.

Stanley lived in Clontarf from 1938-1942; then Tardun (from 1942-1945); then back again to Clontarf (from 1945-1946); then to Bindoon (from 1946-1947). He joined the Railways in Katanning and lived in the Railway Barracks until his death in 1968, aged 40.

His niece, Marie Murnane, asks anyone who may have known Stanley to contact her so that she might be able to give at least some more information to her mother. Write her at **

** E-mail address removed in accordance with RootsChat policy. 
ContributorsCreated : 2010-06-30 14:21:50 / From original database

Additional Contributions from : mollipops1

Last Updated : 2015-09-02 23:05:43 / alanmack

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12326 ANSTRUTHER, James1930ENG,     Aug 1938 : Strathaird AUS Christian Brothers  
12293 APPOLONIN, William1931ENG,     Aug 1938 : Strathaird AUS Christian Brothers  
25295 BARTLETT, Derek John1931ENG,     Mar 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Christian Brothers  
25296 BARTLETT, Roderick Leroux1931GBJ,     Mar 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Christian Brothers  
20942 BATTY, John Bernard1924ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees Aug 1938 : Otranto AUS Christian Brothers  
20940 BATTY, Lawrence Francis1927ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees Aug 1938 : Otranto AUS Christian Brothers  
25297 BISSAKER, James1926ENG,     Mar 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Christian Brothers  
25298 BOWEY, Joseph Austin1930ENG,     Mar 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Christian Brothers  
26900 BRUNARD, Charles1930ENG,     Mar 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Christian Brothers  
12312 BURT, Frederick William1930ENG,     Aug 1938 : Strathaird AUS Christian Brothers  
20930 BYRNE, R1929ENG,     Aug 1938 : Otranto AUS Christian Brothers  
20954 CLARKE, D1928ENG,     Aug 1938 : Otranto AUS Christian Brothers  
26901 CLEMENTS, Denis1933ENG,     Mar 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Christian Brothers  
25308 CLEMENTS, Ernest William1927ENG, LND, Woolwich Aug 1938 : Strathaird AUS Christian Brothers  
20915 CLEMENTS, R P1931ENG,     Aug 1938 : Otranto AUS Christian Brothers  
20943 COGGINS, John Michael1927ENG,     Aug 1938 : Otranto AUS Christian Brothers  
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20932 CONNOLLY, W1929ENG,     Aug 1938 : Otranto AUS Christian Brothers  
26902 CONNOR, John1927DK_,     Mar 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Christian Brothers  
12314 CONNORS, John1928ENG,     Aug 1938 : Strathaird AUS Christian Brothers  
25309 COSTICK, Patrick James1927ENG, SOM, Williton, Luxborough Aug 1938 : Strathaird AUS Christian Brothers  
20917 COVELL, Patrick Michael Brian1931ENG, LND, Lambeth Aug 1938 : Otranto AUS Christian Brothers  
26903 COX, Thomas1932ENG,     Mar 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Christian Brothers  
26904 COX, Wilfrid1929ENG,     Mar 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Christian Brothers  
26905 DAWSON, Alister1929SCT,     Mar 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Christian Brothers  
26906 DELANY, Peter1928ENG,     Mar 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Christian Brothers  
26907 DONOGHUE, Peter1932ENG,     Mar 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Christian Brothers  
20953 DONOVAN, P1928ENG,     Aug 1938 : Otranto AUS Christian Brothers  
12294 DOWNING, Kenneth D1925ENG,     Aug 1938 : Strathaird AUS Christian Brothers  
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