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Record #5449
Name :
: George Henry ELLIOTT (1928 - 1998)


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 21 Jan 1928   Notes : Source: Fairbridge Kids

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 13 Jul 1998
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Devon, Plympton
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialAustralia, Western Australia
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: Oct 1935
Country
: Australia

Ship
: Otranto

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Fairbridge Homes
NotesA birth registration was found for George H Elliott: Mother's Maiden Surname: Elliott; Date of Registration: Jan Feb Mar 1928; Registration district: Plympton; Registration county: Devon/Cornwall/Seilly; Volume Number: 5b; Page Number: 274.

In 1935, George Elliott, 7, arrived at Fremantle, Australia in Party No. 37 which left England on board the Otranto in August 1935 with 21 children from the Child Emigration Society, Savoy House, Strand, London, England en route to the Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra, Australia. He was placed in Lawley Cottage.

According to the Fairbridge Kids site ({website}fairbridgekids.org), George Elliott is one of the the most enduring and well known personalities ever at Fairbridge having spent virtually his whole life there. George arrived as a migrant child amongst Party Number 37 on 1st October 1935 and remained at Fairbridge (with a few small gaps) until his passing in 1997

Little is known of George's early days apart from the fact that he was a Lawley boy. Conversely almost everyone who was at Fairbridge from the mid-1950s to closure would remember George the man, a laconic rather laid-back figure who enjoyed a beer, a cigarette, and took good care of his farmyard charges - the pigs and poultry. He was multi-skilled farmer who even turned his hand to dishing out hair-cuts for all the boys. A favorite passion of George?s was fishing and never let an opportunity to visit Shark Bay, a place close to his heart, pass him by.

George married Lois, in the late 1950s and they lived in the dairyman?s cottage close to the farm. They later moved to Oxford when their original residence became unstable. Upon closure of the farm in 1981, George and Lois were retained as Village caretakers and moved into the old Head Master's cottage (re-shingled 'Elliott?s Nest') down near the school.

Lois Elliott still lives in Elliott's Nest, actively attends all the OFA Farm functions and is there as a welcoming beacon for Old Fairbridgians visiting the Farm.

George H. Elliott died July 13, 1997. He is remembered on the Fairbridge Memorial Wall. 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-03-06 10:19:23 / From original database

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Last Updated : 2009-03-06 10:36:55 /

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