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Record #5419
Name :
: David BUCK (1927 - )


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 19 Jan 1927   Notes : Source: Fairbridge Kids

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, London, St Pancras

Mar qtr 1927, 1b 59, mmn BUCK (FreeBMD)
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: May 1933
Country
: Australia

Ship
: Otranto

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Fairbridge Homes
NotesBorn in Cobham, Surrey, Mstr David Buck, 6, arrived aboard the P & O ship Otranto on May 30, 1933 from London, in a party of more than 50 boys and girls bound for Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra, Western Australia.

Rhodes Cottage at Pinjarra's Fairbridge Farm became his home, and he remembers the cottage mothers with affection and gratitude, especially Hilda Fraser, who served the school for 20 years.

"Life may have been a bit rough," he admitted. He slept in a dormitory where half one wall was chicken wire and started each day with a cold shower.

"But we were well fed. It was the Depression, remember, and we had security. ..."

In 1934, aged only 6-1/2, David was the "baby" of Rhodes and one of its most popular residents. He was never ostracised; his popularity was always assured by the arrival of a parcel of the latest English comics sent by his mother and if you upset him you didn't get to read them.

As a meek Fairbridge youngster David is remembered for his initiative in taking on all-comers with a straw broom outside one of the Farm's toilets he was made to clean. He would march up and down with the broom as if he was guarding his castle, until his cottage mother caught him.

David Buck, who retired as Director of WA Education was a past president of the Old Fairbridgians and a director of Fairbridge (WA). He was a lecturer in maths education at Nedlands campus of WACAE, after many years as teacher and advisory teach in schools all over Western Australia. 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-03-02 20:18:09 / From original database

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Last Updated : 2009-03-14 14:18:44 /

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23615 APPLEFORD, Harry 1921ENG, BRK, Reading May 1933 : Otranto AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26637 BAILEY, May1923 Jan 1935 : Otranto AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27186 BAMFORD, Elizabeth1922ENG, WAR, Aston May 1933 : Otranto AUS Fairbridge Homes  
23616 BAMFORD, Robert1923ENG, KEN, Elham May 1933 : Otranto AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27187 BAMFORD, Vera1919ENG, WAR, Aston May 1933 : Otranto AUS Fairbridge Homes  
20968 BARNES, Norman1924ENG, WAR, Coventry Oct 1935 : Otranto AUS Fairbridge Homes  
20959 BARNES, Peggy1926ENG, WAR, Coventry Oct 1935 : Otranto AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27188 BARR, Eliza1920ENG, ESS, Lexden May 1933 : Otranto AUS Fairbridge Homes  
20942 BATTY, John Bernard1924ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees Aug 1938 : Otranto AUS Christian Brothers  
20940 BATTY, Lawrence Francis1927ENG, DUR, Stockton on Tees Aug 1938 : Otranto AUS Christian Brothers  
25959 BAXTER, Frederick Charles1920ENG, MDX, Hendon Jan 1935 : Otranto AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27189 BINNALL, Pauline1921ENG, LND, Paddington May 1933 : Otranto AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27190 BLACKFORD, Gwendoline1921ENG, WAR, Birmingham May 1933 : Otranto AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27191 BROWN, Hazel1921ENG, MDX, Edmonton May 1933 : Otranto AUS Fairbridge Homes  
5419 BUCK, David1927ENG, LND, St Pancras May 1933 : Otranto AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27192 BURNS, Minnie1920 May 1933 : Otranto AUS Fairbridge Homes  
23617 BURTON, Albert Edward1922ENG, BKM, Aylesbury May 1933 : Otranto AUS Fairbridge Homes  
23618 BUTLER, Harry1922ENG, LND May 1933 : Otranto AUS Fairbridge Homes Amylee Amy-lee McCain  
26623 BUTLER, Joyce Harriet1924ENG, LND, Paddington Jan 1935 : Otranto AUS Fairbridge Homes Amylee Amy-lee McCain  
26622 BUTLER, Lilian M1922ENG, LND, Paddington Jan 1935 : Otranto AUS Fairbridge Homes Amylee Amy-lee McCain  
20930 BYRNE, R1929ENG,     Aug 1938 : Otranto AUS Christian Brothers  
27193 CANLIN, Dorothy1924 May 1933 : Otranto AUS Fairbridge Homes  
20954 CLARKE, D1928ENG,     Aug 1938 : Otranto AUS Christian Brothers  
20915 CLEMENTS, R P1931ENG,     Aug 1938 : Otranto AUS Christian Brothers  
27194 COCKS, David1922ENG, LND, Wandsworth May 1933 : Otranto AUS Fairbridge Homes  
20943 COGGINS, John Michael1927ENG,     Aug 1938 : Otranto AUS Christian Brothers  
20931 COLEMAN, J F1927ENG,     Aug 1938 : Otranto AUS Christian Brothers  
20932 CONNOLLY, W1929ENG,     Aug 1938 : Otranto AUS Christian Brothers  
20960 COOPER, Mollie1919ENG, STS, Tamworth Oct 1935 : Otranto AUS Fairbridge Homes  
20917 COVELL, Patrick Michael Brian1931ENG, LND, Lambeth Aug 1938 : Otranto AUS Christian Brothers  
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