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Record #26819
Name :
: Albert THORNBOROUGH (1922 - 2013)


Father
: Albert THORNBOROUGH
Mother
: Evelyn HINES-RANDALL
BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 14 Mar 1922   Notes : Source: Fairbridge Kids; WWII record

Marriage (1)
: 1949   Spouse/Notes : Olive May WILSON, Perth district reg 608 (divorced 1952)
Marriage (2)
: 1954   Spouse/Notes : M. E. ISHERWOOD, Perth district reg 2539

Date of Death
: 27 Jul 2013   Notes : Source: MCB WA
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Warwickshire, Birmingham

Birth reg Jun qtr 1922, 6d 491, mmn HINES-RANDALL
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: Oct 1934
Country
: Australia

Ship
: Moreton Bay

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Fairbridge Homes
NotesAlbert was one of 30 children aged 6 to 13 who arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia from Southampton aboard 'Moreton Bay' in October 1934, bound for Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra. He was 12 years old.

Albert travelled with his sisters, Evelyn (10) and Olive (6). A brother, John, arrived in Nov 1938.

He served in WWII (Source: NAA RecordSearch):
THORNBOROUGH ALBERT : Service Number - WX15033 : Date of birth - 14 Mar 1922 : Place of birth - BIRMINGHAM ENGLAND : Place of enlistment - CLAREMONT WA : Next of Kin - RANDALL DOROTHY

Albert died in 2013 aged 91 and is buried at Midland Cemetery (G203). 
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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
26796 BAILEY, Joan Marie1924ENG,     Oct 1934 : Moreton Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
4428 BELL, Kathleen Louisa1922ENG, STS, West Bromich Oct 1934 : Moreton Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27268 CARPENTER, Bernard Arthur1924ENG, LND, Marylebone Jul 1935 : Moreton Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27262 CHURCHWARD, Barbara Winifred1923ENG, LND, Camberwell Jul 1935 : Moreton Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26797 CLARK, Thomas1926 Oct 1934 : Moreton Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27263 CLARKE, Walter Alfred1925ENG, HAM, Portsmouth Jul 1935 : Moreton Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26798 CLEWS, George Wilfred1922ENG, WAR, Birmingham Oct 1934 : Moreton Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27264 COLLINS, Edward Clinton1925GBG,     Jul 1935 : Moreton Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27265 COLLINS, Sydney Frank1926 Jul 1935 : Moreton Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27266 DUGMORE, Nellie1922ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jul 1935 : Moreton Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26799 EVERIX, George1924ENG, WAR, ?Birmingham Oct 1934 : Moreton Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26800 FACER, Dorothy Myrtle Randall1923ENG, LAN, Chorlton Oct 1934 : Moreton Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26801 FOSTER, Arthur1923ENG,     Oct 1934 : Moreton Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26802 FOULKES, John Walton1923ENG, WAR, Aston Oct 1934 : Moreton Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26803 FOULKES, Walter Llewellyn1925ENG, LAN, W. Derby Oct 1934 : Moreton Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27267 HARRIS, Irene Joan1923ENG, DEV, Exeter Jul 1935 : Moreton Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26804 HERBERT, Thomas Philip1923ENG, WAR, Kings Norton Oct 1934 : Moreton Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27270 HOLMES, Dorothy Winifred1923ENG, HAM, Southampton Jul 1935 : Moreton Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27269 HOLMES, Gladys Mary1924ENG, HAM, South Stoneham Jul 1935 : Moreton Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26805 HOLMES, Wilfred1925ENG, KEN Oct 1934 : Moreton Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27271 HORNBY, Irene May1923ENG, YKS, Driffield Jul 1935 : Moreton Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27272 JAY, Leslie William1927ENG, CAM, Cambridge Jul 1935 : Moreton Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26808 LESTER, Cecil1923ENG, LIN, Horncastle Oct 1934 : Moreton Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26806 LESTER, Edward1921ENG, NFK Oct 1934 : Moreton Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26807 LESTER, Ralph1925ENG, LIN, Horncastle Oct 1934 : Moreton Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26809 LEWIS, Reginald Raymond1921ENG, HEF, Bromyard, Ledbury Oct 1934 : Moreton Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
5403 LEYLAND, George1924ENG,     Oct 1934 : Moreton Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26810 LINES, William John Henry1922ENG, WAR, Coventry Oct 1934 : Moreton Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27273 LORIMER, Peter Anderson1928 Jul 1935 : Moreton Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27274 MAYHEW, Roy1923ENG, ESS, Epping Jul 1935 : Moreton Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
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