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Record #5428
Name :
: Leslie PHENNA (1923 - 2012)
  aka : Leslie George
  aka : Leonard
  aka : Len


Father
:
Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 17 Nov 1923   Notes : Source: Fairbridge Kids

Marriage (1)
: 1945   Spouse/Notes : Pattie May YOUNG (Perth district, reg 669 as Leonard G)
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
: 19 Dec 2012   Notes : Source: MCB WA
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, London, Lambeth

Dec qtr 1923, 1d 391, mmn GREY (FreeBMD)
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialAustralia, Western Australia
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: May 1932
Country
: Australia

Ship
: Jervis Bay

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Fairbridge Homes
NotesLeslie Phenna, 8, arrived in Fremantle from Southampton, one of 40 children bound for Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra, Western Australia. Last known address in UK given on passenger list is Child Emigration Society, 115 Strand, WC2.

A newspaper article from Western Australia reported on July 21, 1975:

"Poor Boy to President

A poor boy from London, who came to WA between the wars, is the new State president of the Returned Services League.

He is Mr L. Phenna (51), of Yokine, the managing secretary of the West Australian council of State School Organisations.

He came to WA from Lambeth, London, when he was seven.

"I'm a Fairbridge Farm boy and proud of it," Mr Phenna said in the weekend.

At Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra, children from underprivileged families were trained to farm in Australia.

Mr Phenna went from farming to soldiering in the 10th Light Horse, where, he recalls, his first troop commander was the present Lord Mayor of Perth, Mr Ernest Lee-Steere.

Later, he served with the 2nd AIF in the Middle East and then in Papua New Guinea, Korea and Malaya.

He was elected president in a straight contest with the chairman of the State branch's finance committee, Mr L. J. Turner.

Mr Turner became senior vice-president and Mr C. Briggs junior vice-president."

Leslie died in 2012 aged 89. His wife Pattie (Patty) died in 2004 aged 77. 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-03-03 11:49:54 / From original database

Additional Contributions from : mollipops1

Last Updated : 2009-03-03 11:54:24 /

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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  
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