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Record #26253
Name :
: Donald Ivan DRINKWATER (1925 - )
  aka : Donald Ivor


Father
: Harry William DRINKWATER
Mother
: Laura HEMING
BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 26 Jun 1925   Notes : Source: Fairbridge Homes; FreeBMD

Marriage (1)
: 1950   Spouse/Notes : Dolores SHERIDAN (Perth, reg 3013)
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
:
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Worcestershire, Evesham

Birth reg Sep qtr 1925, 6c 267, mother's maiden name HEMING
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialAustralia, Western Australia
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: Jan 1937
Country
: Australia

Ship
: Oronsay

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Fairbridge Homes
NotesDonald was one of 31 children aged between 4 and 13 arriving from London to Fremantle, bound for Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra, Western Australia. He was 11 years old.

His brother Beresford Douglas arrived aboard Oronsay in 1932 and another brother Basil arrived aboard Otranto in 1933.

He was a Leading Aircraftman in the RAAF in WWII (Source: NAA RecordSearch) also also signed up for the volunteer army corps:
DRINKWATER Donald Ivor : Service Number - A51013 : Date of Birth - 24/06/1925 : Place of Birth - Evesham, ENGLAND : Conflict - WW2
DRINKWATER DONALD IVOR : Service Number - W84972 : Date of birth - 24 Jun 1924 : Place of birth - EVASHAM ENGLAND : Place of enlistment - WANDERING WA : Next of Kin – Unknown

His wife Dolores died 29 Jan 1970, aged 39 (Karrakatta RC PB83). 
ContributorsCreated : 2015-09-25 06:23:41 / mollipops1

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Last Updated : 2016-06-25 06:15:35 / mollipops1

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
25138 ANKCORN, Dennis George1925ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jan 1937 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26396 ATKINSON, Violet Edith1922ENG, LAN, Barrow in Furness Jul 1931 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26243 BAIN, George McLean1931SCT, ABD Jan 1937 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26244 BAIN, Keith Strachan1924SCT, ABD Jan 1937 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26245 BAIN, William1928 Jan 1937 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26320 BARR, Hilda1922 Aug 1934 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26246 BAYLEY, Jack1929 Jan 1937 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26247 BELL, Doreen1924ENG, NBL, Newcastle upon Tyne Jan 1937 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26248 BELL, Harriet1923ENG, NBL, Newcastle upon Tyne Jan 1937 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26284 BLAKE, Annie1924 Aug 1934 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26321 BLAKE, Robert1926 Aug 1932 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26285 BOXLEY, Daphne Norma Mercedes1922ENG, HRT, Ware Aug 1934 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26286 BRADFORD, Philip John1923ENG, CAM, Cambridge Aug 1934 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26287 BROUGHTON, John1923ENG, YKS, Middlesbro, Grangetown Aug 1934 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26871 BRUCE, George Raffan1924ENG, DUR, South Shields Jan 1937 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
25960 BUCKLEY, Roy Charles1923ENG,     Aug 1932 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26323 CHAPMAN, John Thomas1920ENG, DUR, Gateshead Aug 1932 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26324 CHAPMAN, Joseph1923ENG, NBL Aug 1932 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26249 CHATFIELD, Ronald1928ENG, SSX, Cuckfield Jan 1937 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26250 CHERRY, John1926 Jan 1937 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26399 COLLARD, Stanley Henry Thomas1918ENG, KEN, Canterbury Jul 1931 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26325 CONSTABLE, Christina Pearl Scott1924ENG, DUR, Durham Aug 1932 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26400 COUCH, Margery1924 Jul 1931 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26288 COX, Horace1927ENG, DBY, Chesterfield Aug 1934 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes clairste  
26289 COX, Irene1927ENG, DBY, Chesterfield Aug 1934 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26401 CREWE, Arthur1922ENG, YKS, Wakefield Jul 1931 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26326 CROFT, John1920ENG, DUR, Hartlepool Aug 1932 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26290 DARTON, Reginald Charles1921ENG, LND, West Ham, Woodford Aug 1934 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26291 DAWSON, Millicent1923ENG, DUR, Houghton le Spring Aug 1934 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26251 DICK, Alfred Lindsay1926SCT, MLN, Edinburgh Jan 1937 : Oronsay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
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