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Record #23872
Name :
: Eric WHEELER (1919 - 1942)


Father
:
Mother
:
BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 25 Sep 1919

Marriage (1)
: 1940   Spouse/Notes : Dorothy Irene MILLER in Victoria (reg no.1785)
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
: 4 Mar 1942   Notes : Missing on SS Yarra
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Warwickshire, Birmingham
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 8 Jul 1930
Country
: Australia

Ship
: Balranald

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Fairbridge Homes
NotesEric Wheeler was born in Birmingham and his mother is listed in Fairbridge Farm records in Western Australia as Frances Wheeler. Eric listed is dad on his marriage certificate as Robert John Wheeler but I do not know if that is accurate as I have not been able to find a birth certificate.

Eric was sent out to Australia aged 10 arriving in Western Australia July 1930. Eric believed he had a sister and I would love to be able to trace his history, i.e. what home he was in before being sent to Australia, why he was placed there, etc., etc.

Eric enlisted (NAA RecordSearch) and next of kin was his wife Dorothy Irene or North Carlton in Victoria, though initially it is given as The Principal, Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra WA:
WHEELER ERIC : Service Number - 23729 : Date of birth - 25 Sep 1919 : Place of birth - BIRMINGHAM ENGLAND : Place of enlistment - FREMANTLE : Next of Kin - WHEELER DOROTHY
He served as a stoker on the HMAS Yarra: {website}ww2roll.gov.au/Veteran.aspx?serviceId=N&veteranId=1181266 - the ship failed to return after going to Java. 
ContributorsCreated : 2014-02-03 22:26:17 / From original database

Additional Contributions from : alanmack , mollipops1

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
5493 ACOL, John1920ENG, LND, Hampstead Nov 1932 : Balranald AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27143 ALEXANDER, John  Jul 1930 : Balranald AUS Barnardos  
27136 ANDREWS, Edward Maurice1918ENG, CAM, Cambridge Jul 1930 : Balranald AUS Barnardos  
27144 ATWILL, Jeffrey1919ENG, LND, Camberwell Jul 1930 : Balranald AUS Barnardos  
27145 BARGES, Edwin1916ES_,    , San Fernandos Jul 1930 : Balranald AUS Barnardos  
4732 BARRACLOUGH, George Edward1920ENG, YKS, Scarborough Jul 1930 : Balranald AUS Barnardos  
27122 BEAUDOIRE, Charles Alexander1917ENG, MDX, Islington Jul 1930 : Balranald AUS Barnardos  
26863 BEAVEN, Joan1924ENG, WIL, Salisbury Nov 1932 : Balranald AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26862 BEAVEN, Margaret Annie May1922ENG, WIL, Salisbury Nov 1932 : Balranald AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27100 BENNETT, Joyce Clara1919ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jul 1930 : Balranald AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27147 BENNETT, Reginald  Jul 1930 : Balranald AUS Barnardos  
27228 BENSON, Eugene1925ENG,     Nov 1935 : Balranald AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27101 BISHOP, Albert William Leslie1920ENG, BDF, Luton Jul 1930 : Balranald AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27212 BOURNE, Marjorie1923ENG, LIN, Caistor Nov 1935 : Balranald AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27102 BOWLES, Gordon Roy1919ENG, LND, Chelsea Jul 1930 : Balranald AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12230 BROOKS, Williams1922ENG,     Nov 1932 : Balranald AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27146 BROOMFIELD, Harold J1917ENG,     Jul 1930 : Balranald AUS Barnardos  
26864 BROWN, Eric John1923ENG,     Nov 1932 : Balranald AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26865 BURCH, Mary Joyce1924ENG, LND, Greenwich Nov 1932 : Balranald AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12231 BURCHELL, Reginald Thomas1920ENG, WAR, Kings Norton Nov 1932 : Balranald AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12232 BURCHELL, Ronald1922ENG, WAR, Birmingham Nov 1932 : Balranald AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12233 BURNS, Matthew1921ENG,     Nov 1932 : Balranald AUS Fairbridge Homes kcoventry  
27134 CARR, George Richard1920ENG,     Jul 1930 : Balranald AUS Barnardos  
12234 CARTER, Roy1925ENG, SOM, Bath Nov 1932 : Balranald AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27149 CARTWRIGHT, Edward J  Jul 1930 : Balranald AUS Barnardos  
27103 CLAYSON, Percy Norman Robert1919ENG,     Jul 1930 : Balranald AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27229 CLEARY, Norman Stephen1925ENG, YKS, Doncaster Nov 1935 : Balranald AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27148 COLE, Albert Reginald1914ENG,     Jul 1930 : Balranald AUS Barnardos  
26866 COLEMAN, Dorothy Jean1925ENG, OXF, Banbury Nov 1932 : Balranald AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27135 COLEMAN, Frank Edward1920ENG, SSX, Hastings Jul 1930 : Balranald AUS Barnardos  
IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
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