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Record #12325
Name :
: Stanley Cyril WITTS (1928 - 1968)


Father
: George WITTS
Mother
: Annie PALMER
BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1928

Marriage (1)
:
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
: 25 May 1968   Notes : Source: Ozburials
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Berkshire, Reading
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialAustralia, Western Australia, Katanning
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 9 Aug 1938
Country
: Australia

Ship
: Strathaird

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
: Nazareth House (Stoke Bishop)

Agency
: Christian Brothers
NotesA birth registration was found for Stanley C Witts: Mother's Maiden Surname: Palmer; Date of Registration: Apr May Jun 1928; Registration district: Reading; Registration county: Hampshire, Berkshire; Volume Number: 2c; Page Number: 601.

Stanley's mother died from tuberculosis two months after his birth, leaving four children under five.

The family sent the two eldest boys to a monastic home to be brought up and the other two girls to a convent. From that day, the girls never saw their brothers or father again.

In 1938, S. C. Witts, 10, arrived at Fremantle, Australia, in a group of Catholic boys from Nazareth House, Stoke Bishop.

Stanley lived in Clontarf from 1938-1942; then Tardun (from 1942-1945); then back again to Clontarf (from 1945-1946); then to Bindoon (from 1946-1947). He joined the Railways in Katanning and lived in the Railway Barracks until his death in 1968, aged 40.

His niece, Marie Murnane, asks anyone who may have known Stanley to contact her so that she might be able to give at least some more information to her mother. Write her at **

** E-mail address removed in accordance with RootsChat policy. 
ContributorsCreated : 2010-06-30 14:21:50 / From original database

Additional Contributions from : mollipops1

Last Updated : 2015-09-02 23:05:43 / alanmack

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12326 ANSTRUTHER, James1930ENG,     Aug 1938 : Strathaird AUS Christian Brothers  
12293 APPOLONIN, William1931ENG,     Aug 1938 : Strathaird AUS Christian Brothers  
27309 BLACKWELL, Keith Michael1932ENG,     Jun 1939 : Strathaird AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27310 BLACKWELL, Maurice1927ENG,     Jun 1939 : Strathaird AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27311 BRIDGES, Betty Marion Russell1927ENG,     Jun 1939 : Strathaird AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27312 BRIDGES, Charles Alwyn Russell1929ENG,     Jun 1939 : Strathaird AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12312 BURT, Frederick William1930ENG,     Aug 1938 : Strathaird AUS Christian Brothers  
25308 CLEMENTS, Ernest William1927ENG, LND, Woolwich Aug 1938 : Strathaird AUS Christian Brothers  
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27314 COLLING, Margaret1929ENG, DUR, Houghton le Spring Jun 1939 : Strathaird AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12314 CONNORS, John1928ENG,     Aug 1938 : Strathaird AUS Christian Brothers  
25309 COSTICK, Patrick James1927ENG, SOM, Williton, Luxborough Aug 1938 : Strathaird AUS Christian Brothers  
27315 DIXON, Sheila Margaret1926ENG, DUR, Chester-le-Street Jun 1939 : Strathaird AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12294 DOWNING, Kenneth D1925ENG,     Aug 1938 : Strathaird AUS Christian Brothers  
5510 ELLIMAN, Christopher1948ENG, YKS, Cleveland Dec 1959 : Strathaird AUS Fairbridge Homes  
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12315 FRENCH, John J1929ENG,     Aug 1938 : Strathaird AUS Christian Brothers  
9261 GRIGSON, Peter1927ENG, LND, Pancras Aug 1938 : Strathaird AUS Christian Brothers  
12295 HANDLEY, Richard1929ENG,     Aug 1938 : Strathaird AUS Christian Brothers  
9257 HANNIGAN, Michael1929ENG,     Aug 1938 : Strathaird AUS Christian Brothers  
12303 HAYDON, Raymond Thomas1926ENG,     Aug 1938 : Strathaird AUS Christian Brothers  
12320 HEATON, Anthony1927ENG,     Aug 1938 : Strathaird AUS Christian Brothers  
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12296 HIGHCOCK, Ivor1930ENG,     Aug 1938 : Strathaird AUS Christian Brothers  
5415 HILL, David1946ENG,     May 1959 : Strathaird AUS Fairbridge Homes  
5417 HILL, Dudley1944ENG,     May 1959 : Strathaird AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12316 HILL, John Henry1929ENG,     Aug 1938 : Strathaird AUS Christian Brothers  
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