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Record #23559
Name :
: Peter Ronald REDFERN (1918 - 1951)
  aka : Peter Roland


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 16 Jan 1918   Notes : Source: Fairbridge Kids

Marriage (1)
: 1942   Spouse/Notes : Ruth Guneriussen (Perth, reg 2699)
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
: 5 Oct 1951   Notes : Source: MCB WA
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, London, Marylebone

Mar qtr, 1a 564, mmn REDFERN
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialAustralia, Western Australia
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: Mar 1928
Country
: Australia

Ship
: Benalla

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Fairbridge Homes
NotesOn 9th February 1928, Peter R Redfern, 10, departed for Australia on board SS Benalla, his previous address was given as The Child Emigration Society, Savoy House, Strand, W C 2. He was placed at Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra, Western Australia.

He served in WWII (Source: NAA RecordSearch):
REDFERN PETER : Service Number - WX11300 : Date of birth - 16 Jan 1918 : Place of birth - LONDON ENGLAND : Place of enlistment - CLAREMONT WA : Next of Kin - REDFERN RUTH

He died in 1951 aged 33 as a pillion passenger in a motorcycle accident near Pinjarra. At the time he was living in Waroona with is wife Ruth and five children. He was interred at Karrakatta Cemetery, Salvation Army section.

Ruth remarried in 1952 and died in 1988. 
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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
23646 ANDERSON, Douglas1916ENG,     Oct 1925 : Benalla AUS Barnardos  
8780 ANNETTS, Raymond Douglas1917ENG, LND, Lambeth Mar 1928 : Benalla AUS Fairbridge Homes  
23647 BADHAM, Francis1911ENG,     Oct 1925 : Benalla AUS Barnardos  
23648 BARKER, Thomas1911ENG,     Oct 1925 : Benalla AUS Barnardos  
23649 BARLOW, Henry1911ENG,     Oct 1925 : Benalla AUS Barnardos  
23650 BARROW, George1909ENG,     Oct 1925 : Benalla AUS Barnardos  
23651 BARTLETT, George H J1910ENG,     Oct 1925 : Benalla AUS Barnardos  
23652 BIZZELL, George L1911ENG,     Oct 1925 : Benalla AUS Barnardos  
5535 BOUCHER, Harold 1915ENG, STS, Wolverhampton Mar 1928 : Benalla AUS Fairbridge Homes  
23653 BOUGHTON, Arthur1909ENG,     Oct 1925 : Benalla AUS Barnardos  
23539 BRACE, William Charles1916ENG, BKM, Aylsbury Mar 1928 : Benalla AUS Fairbridge Homes  
23654 BRIDGER, Alfred Thomas1911ENG,     Oct 1925 : Benalla AUS Barnardos  
23540 BRUINES, Frederick1915ENG, YKS Mar 1928 : Benalla AUS Fairbridge Homes  
23655 BURROWS, Leslie J1911ENG,     Oct 1925 : Benalla AUS Barnardos  
23656 BUTTERFIELD, Frederick W1912ENG, LND, Lambeth Oct 1925 : Benalla AUS Barnardos  
23657 CAPPER, Charles L1910ENG,     Oct 1925 : Benalla AUS Barnardos  
23658 CARTER, Harry1909ENG,     Oct 1925 : Benalla AUS Barnardos  
23541 CHIPCHASE, Robert1916ENG, YKS, Guisborough Mar 1928 : Benalla AUS Fairbridge Homes  
23542 COPLEY, George Edward1917ENG, YKS, Dewsbury Mar 1928 : Benalla AUS Fairbridge Homes  
23543 CRAMP, Arthur Victor1916ENG, SSX, Hastings Mar 1928 : Benalla AUS Fairbridge Homes  
23659 DABORN, Thomas C1908ENG,     Oct 1925 : Benalla AUS Barnardos  
23660 DANN, William H1909ENG,     Oct 1925 : Benalla AUS Barnardos  
23661 DYKE, Frederick C1909ENG,     Oct 1925 : Benalla AUS Barnardos  
23544 ELLIOTT, John Frederick1914ENG,     Mar 1928 : Benalla AUS Fairbridge Homes  
23545 FORRESTER, John Whyte1917ENG, HAM, Brading, Isle of Wight Mar 1928 : Benalla AUS Fairbridge Homes  
24301 FOWLER, Clement A1909 Oct 1925 : Benalla AUS Barnardos  
24302 FROST, Fred W1910 Oct 1925 : Benalla AUS Barnardos  
24303 GOFF, Ernest E1909 Oct 1925 : Benalla AUS Barnardos  
11924 GWYER, Edward George1911ENG,     Oct 1925 : Benalla AUS Barnardos  
23546 HALL, Eric1920ENG,     Mar 1928 : Benalla AUS Fairbridge Homes  
IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
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