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Record #27242
Name :
: Douglas PONSONBY (1921 - )
  aka : Douglas Henry Talbot


Father
:
Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 23 Dec 1921   Notes : Source: Fairbridge Kids; WWII record

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
:
Abode (1) : Place of BirthSouth Africa, Potchefstroom
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: Nov 1935
Country
: Australia

Ship
: Balranald

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Fairbridge Homes
NotesDouglas Ponsonby, 13, arrived in Fremantle from London in November 1935 in a group of 23 children bound for Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra, Western Australia.

He served in WWII (NAA RecordSearch):
PONSONBY DOUGLAS HENRY TALBOT : Service Number - 29988 : Date of birth - 23 Dec 1921 : Place of birth - POTCHFSROOM : Place of enlistment - PERTH WA : Next of Kin - PONSONBY OLIVE

Christening found on Rootsweb:
Christian name: Douglas Henry Talbot
Parents Christian Names: Henry Pemberton & Elsie Kathleen
Parents Surname: PONSONBY
Abode: 200 Potgieter St. Potchefstroom
Quality, Trade or Profession: Farmer
Sponsers or Witnesses: Douglas Gordon PONSONBY - Frederick Talbot PONSONBY - Anne Margaret Christina PONSONBY
By Whom the ceremony was Performed: W. KERR 
ContributorsCreated : 2017-05-06 08:05:52 / 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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