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Record #21134
Name :
: Percy MCGRATH (1902 - 1979)
  aka : Percy FAIRHEAD


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 26 Dec 1902   Notes : Source: Fairbridge Kids

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 9 Dec 1979   Notes : Source: Fairbridge Kids
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, London
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialAustralia, Western Australia
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: Jan 1913
Country
: Australia

Ship
: Australind

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Fairbridge Homes
NotesOn December 5 1912, Percy McGrath, 10, departed for Australia on board the Australind.

Percy Fairhead was born on December 26, 1902, in London, England, the son of John Fairhead and Selina McGrath. He had an older brother, William, and two younger sisters, Ellen and Rose. He arrived in Australia courtesy of the Islington Board of Guardians and must have been admitted to their care sometime between April of 1911 when the
census was taken and December of 1912 when he left England. Percy told a very sad story about the day his parents gave him and his brother, William, some pieces of bread, telling them to go out for a while. When Percy and William returned, their parents had gone and never returned. The two boys were taken to the Islington Workhouse by an unnamed individual.

He appears to have lived and worked as a farmhand in Western Australia, in and around the city of Perth. In 1943, he can be found at Newdegate, working as a farm laborer. It is here that he appears to have enlisted in the 10th Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps on 31 March 1942.

He died on December 9, 1979 and was buried in an unmarked grave in Wongan Hills, Western Australia. There is no mention in the township records of any family members.'

Source: Fairbridge Kids "Unspeakable Blessings" (Angela Sherry, 2013) 
ContributorsCreated : 2013-01-06 04:51:09 / From original database

Additional Contributions from : mollipops1

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
21131 CURD, Richard E1902ENG, SSX, Rye Jan 1913 : Australind AUS Fairbridge Homes  
21136 DOIDGE, Albert1902ENG, MDX, Islington Jan 1913 : Australind AUS Fairbridge Homes  
21132 JACOBS, Edward1902ENG, LND Jan 1913 : Australind AUS Fairbridge Homes  
21135 JENKINS, Frederick Edward1903ENG, MDX, Islington Jan 1913 : Australind AUS Fairbridge Homes  
5448 KEANE, Arthur Joseph1899ENG, SSX, Petersfield Jan 1913 : Australind AUS Fairbridge Homes  
21133 LODGE, Arthur1901ENG, LND, Stoke Newington Jan 1913 : Australind AUS Fairbridge Homes  
21134 MCGRATH, Percy1902ENG, LND Jan 1913 : Australind AUS Fairbridge Homes  
21138 WICKHAM, Ernest Albert1905ENG, LND Jan 1913 : Australind AUS Fairbridge Homes  
21139 WICKHAM, John Birdsey1903ENG, LND Jan 1913 : Australind AUS Fairbridge Homes  
21140 WICKHAM, Walter Francis1901ENG, LND Jan 1913 : Australind AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26987 WICKHAM, William John1899ENG, LND Jan 1913 : Australind AUS Fairbridge Homes  
21141 WILKINS, Albert Leonard Lloyd1904ENG, KEN, Dartford Jan 1913 : Australind AUS Fairbridge Homes  
21137 WILKINSON, William Blackburn1901ENG, MDX, Islington Jan 1913 : Australind AUS Fairbridge Homes