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Record #26983
Name :
: Bertie POWELL (1919 - 2000)
  aka : Bert


Father
:
Mother
:
BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 2 Feb 1919   Notes : Source: Fairbridge Kids; WWII record

Marriage (1)
: 1949   Spouse/Notes : Lorna May SKINNER (Perth district, reg 2086),
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
: 7 Oct 2000   Notes : Source: MCB WA
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, London

From WWII enlistment; birth reg not found
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialAustralia, Western Australia
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: Jan 1928
Country
: Australia

Ship
: Barrabool

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Fairbridge Homes
NotesBertie, aged 8, was one of a small party of boys bound for Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra, Western Australia.

He enlisted in WWII - Corporal (NAA RecordSearch):
POWELL BERT : Service Number - VX52586 : Date of birth - 02 Feb 1919 : Place of birth - SOUTH LONDON ENGLAND : Place of enlistment - ROYAL PARK VIC : Next of Kin - WATSON CANNON

He died aged 81 in 2000 and is memorialised at Karrakatta Cemetery, WA with his wife Lorna, who died in 1980 aged 54. 
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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
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