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Record #26275
Name :
: Basil Farmer GARRETT (1919 - 1941)


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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 18 Dec 1919   Notes : Source: Fairbridge Kids; FreeBMD

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: Nov 1941   Notes : Killed aboard HMAS Sydney
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Middlesex, Brentford

Dec qtr 1919, 3a 232, mmn GARRETT
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialAustralia, At sea
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: Apr 1930
Country
: Australia

Ship
: Jervis Bay

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Fairbridge Homes
NotesBasil was among a party of 16 boys aboard Jervis Bay, placed at Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra, Western Australia.

He was an Able Seaman in the Royal Australian Navy in WWII:
GARRETT BASIL FARMER : Service Number - 23255 : Date of birth - 18 Dec 1919 : Place of birth - HANWELL ENGLAND : Place of enlistment - FREMANTLE : Next of Kin - WATSON WALTER

GARRETT Basil Farmer - 23255 RAN; Year of death - 1941; Cemetery - Plymouth Naval, UK

On 19 November 1941, HMAS Sydney, a light cruiser of the Royal Australian Navy with an impressive record of war service, was lost following a battle with the German raider HSK Kormoran in the Indian Ocean off the Western Australian coast. The loss of the Sydney with its full war complement of 645 remains Australia’s worst naval disaster. 
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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
25139 ANKCORN, Emma Dorothy1922ENG, WAR, Birmingham Feb 1934 : Jervis Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12261 BARLOW, Maurice 1921ENG, WAR, Birmingham May 1932 : Jervis Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12245 BARTLAM, Elsie Frances1921ENG, WAR, Birmingham May 1932 : Jervis Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26270 BARTLETT, Harold Jack1916ENG, LND, Marylebone Apr 1930 : Jervis Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12246 BEATTIE, Jane1922ENG,     May 1932 : Jervis Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26840 BEDWELL, Walter1923ENG, LND, Lambeth Feb 1934 : Jervis Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12262 BERMINGHAM, William 1919ENG, WAR, Birmingham May 1932 : Jervis Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26841 BLOOM, Reginald Daniel1921ENG, LND, Paddington Feb 1934 : Jervis Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26271 BRIGGS, Carl Frederick1919ENG, STS, Kings Norton Apr 1930 : Jervis Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26272 BROWN, Horace1920ENG, SSX, Hastings Apr 1930 : Jervis Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12263 BURNETT, Albert1918ENG, LND, Hackney May 1932 : Jervis Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes Bernie19  
12264 BURNETT, Wilson1920ENG, MDX, Brentford May 1932 : Jervis Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes Bernie19  
26842 CAMERON, Mary Edith1925 Feb 1934 : Jervis Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12265 CHUARD, Douglas1921ENG, KEN, Eltham May 1932 : Jervis Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12266 CLARK, John1925CAN,     May 1932 : Jervis Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12267 COOK, Frederick1924ENG,     May 1932 : Jervis Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26843 DAWSON, David1927ENG, DUR, Houghton le Spring Feb 1934 : Jervis Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26844 DAWSON, Thomas Henry1921ENG, DUR, Houghton le Spring Feb 1934 : Jervis Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26273 DEARLOVE, Kenneth1921ENG, BRK, Reading Apr 1930 : Jervis Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12247 DERVIN, Lily1923IRL,     May 1932 : Jervis Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12268 DESORMES, John1921ENG, KEN, Tonbridge May 1932 : Jervis Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26845 DRYDEN, William Thomas1924ENG, NBL, Tynemouth Feb 1934 : Jervis Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26274 DYER, George Edward1915ENG, LND, Wandsworth, Putney Apr 1930 : Jervis Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12248 EARL, Margaret1923ENG, WAR, Aston May 1932 : Jervis Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
5439 FACER, Leslie Joseph Randall1921ENG,     May 1932 : Jervis Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26846 FACER, Marjorie Irene Randall1922ENG, LAN, Chorlton Feb 1934 : Jervis Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12269 FOWLER, William1920ENG, NTH, Wellingborough May 1932 : Jervis Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26275 GARRETT, Basil Farmer1919ENG, MDX, Brentford Apr 1930 : Jervis Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26276 GODSELL, Leslie George1916ENG, GLS, Cheltenham Apr 1930 : Jervis Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26283 HADLOW, Sidney John1914ENG, SSX, Uckfield Apr 1930 : Jervis Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
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