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Record #25431
Name :
: Francis Wilfred BROWNE (1919 - 2015)


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 29 Nov 1919   Notes : Sources: Fairbridge Kids; WWII enlistment NAA

Marriage (1)
: 1943   Spouse/Notes : Mary DAVIS (Perth, reg 1890)
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
: 17 May 2015   Notes : Source: Burial record, MCB WA
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Lancashire, Preston

Possible birth reg as Wilfred F BROWN Dec qtr 1919, Preston, mmn TRAFFORD, 8e 870
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialAustralia, Western Australia
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: Oct 1930
Country
: Australia

Ship
: Barrabool

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Fairbridge Homes
NotesFrancis was one of eight children who arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia from Liverpool aboard 'Barrabool', bound for Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra. He was 10 years old.

He served in WWII (source: NAA RecordSearch):
BROWNE FRANCIS WILFRED : Service Number - WX41553 : Date of birth - 29 Nov 1919 : Place of birth - PRESTON ENGLAND : Place of enlistment - MADDINGTON WA : Next of Kin - BROWNE MARY

He died aged 95 and is interred at Karrakatta Cemetery (Roman Catholic, ZA4158) with wife Mary Estelle BROWNE, who died on 26 May 2013, aged 90. 
ContributorsCreated : 2015-08-27 05:14:52 / mollipops1

Last Updated : 2016-07-01 11:42:35 / mollipops1

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26974 ALEXANDER, Reginald Gordon1917ENG, LAN, West Derby Jan 1928 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
25136 ANDERSON, Muriel Helen1921ENG, ESS, West Ham Oct 1930 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
5494 ANDERSON, Robert1918ENG, LND, Lambeth Oct 1930 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
25268 BLAKE, James Sidney1919ENG, LND, Wandsworth Oct 1930 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
25269 BLAKE, William Victor1921ENG, LND, Wandsworth Oct 1930 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
25431 BROWNE, Francis Wilfred1919ENG, LAN, Preston Oct 1930 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26322 BUCKLAND, George William1918ENG, LND, Lambeth Jan 1928 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26975 CLOFULIA, Leslie1916ENG, LAN, West Derby Jan 1928 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26976 DOBSON, Harold1916ENG, LAN, West Derby Jan 1928 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26977 DOUBLE, James1918ENG, LND, Kensington Jan 1928 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26979 FARRER, Geoffrey Dietrich Keen 1913ENG, LND, Holborn Jan 1928 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26978 FARRER, Humphrey Bertram1916ENG, LND, Lambeth Jan 1928 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26892 FLETCHER, Desmond Carlton1922ENG, STS, Silverdale Oct 1930 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
5429 GEARY, William Crocker1920ENG,     Jan 1928 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26893 HYATT, Irma Joan1922ENG, LND, Hammersmith Oct 1930 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26980 JACKSON, Frederick1917ENG,     Jan 1928 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26985 MILNE, Walter1916ENG, HAM, Portsmouth Jan 1928 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26981 MURRELL, Alfred John1916ENG, LND, Southwark Jan 1928 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26982 O'DELL, James Clifton1917ENG, KEN, Elham, Folkestone Jan 1928 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26894 OSBORNE, John1918ENG,     Oct 1930 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26983 POWELL, Bertie1919ENG, LND Jan 1928 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26984 SMILES, Frederick William1916ENG, ESS, West Ham Jan 1928 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes