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Record #5428
Name :
: Leslie PHENNA (1923 - 2012)
  aka : Leslie George
  aka : Leonard
  aka : Len


Father
:
Mother
:
BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 17 Nov 1923   Notes : Source: Fairbridge Kids

Marriage (1)
: 1945   Spouse/Notes : Pattie May YOUNG (Perth district, reg 669 as Leonard G)
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
: 19 Dec 2012   Notes : Source: MCB WA
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, London, Lambeth

Dec qtr 1923, 1d 391, mmn GREY (FreeBMD)
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialAustralia, Western Australia
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: May 1932
Country
: Australia

Ship
: Jervis Bay

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Fairbridge Homes
NotesLeslie Phenna, 8, arrived in Fremantle from Southampton, one of 40 children bound for Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra, Western Australia. Last known address in UK given on passenger list is Child Emigration Society, 115 Strand, WC2.

A newspaper article from Western Australia reported on July 21, 1975:

"Poor Boy to President

A poor boy from London, who came to WA between the wars, is the new State president of the Returned Services League.

He is Mr L. Phenna (51), of Yokine, the managing secretary of the West Australian council of State School Organisations.

He came to WA from Lambeth, London, when he was seven.

"I'm a Fairbridge Farm boy and proud of it," Mr Phenna said in the weekend.

At Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra, children from underprivileged families were trained to farm in Australia.

Mr Phenna went from farming to soldiering in the 10th Light Horse, where, he recalls, his first troop commander was the present Lord Mayor of Perth, Mr Ernest Lee-Steere.

Later, he served with the 2nd AIF in the Middle East and then in Papua New Guinea, Korea and Malaya.

He was elected president in a straight contest with the chairman of the State branch's finance committee, Mr L. J. Turner.

Mr Turner became senior vice-president and Mr C. Briggs junior vice-president."

Leslie died in 2012 aged 89. His wife Pattie (Patty) died in 2004 aged 77. 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-03-03 11:49:54 / From original database

Additional Contributions from : mollipops1

Last Updated : 2009-03-03 11:54:24 /

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8780 ANNETTS, Raymond Douglas1917ENG, LND, Lambeth Mar 1928 : Benalla AUS Fairbridge Homes  
5413 ANSELL, Maurice George1926ENG, OXF, Banbury Nov 1938 : Themistocles AUS Fairbridge Homes  
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25271 ARTHUR, Frederick1913ENG, SRY, Kingston Feb 1924 : Euripides AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27391 ARTHUR, James Lafferty1940ENG,     Jan 1949 : Ormonde AUS Fairbridge Homes  
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