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Record #5416
Name :
: Richard HILL (1946 - )


Father
:
Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 20 Jun 1946

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: May 1959
Country
: Australia

Ship
: Strathaird

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Fairbridge Homes
NotesIn 1959 Richard Hill's mother, Kathleen, a poverty-stricken single mother who tried to raise four boys on a domestic servant's income, reluctantly decided to send her three sons, Malcolm, Richard and David, to Fairbridge Farm School in New South Wales where, she was led to believe, they would have a good education and a better life.

Hill and his twin brother, David, were the last of Kathleen Hill's five boys. The twins were born in 1946. They never knew for sure the identity of their father and were living in poverty with their mum and half-brother Dudley on a council estate outside Eastbourne when two "ladies from the Fairbridge Society" came calling one day in 1959.

Kathleen decided to make the sacrifice of surrendering her boys to a better future and soon the trio was on the P&O luxury liner Strathaird bound for Pyrmont's pier 13. She arrived in Australia two years later and in late 1961 her boys left Molong to join her in Sydney.

Richard Hill became a high-profile banker and lives in Sydney, Australia. 
ContributorsCreated : 2009-03-02 16:16:02 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-03-03 09:38:56 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
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  
27313 COLLING, June1932ENG,     Jun 1939 : Strathaird AUS Fairbridge Homes  
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  
5509 ELLIMAN, Michael1951ENG, YKS, Cleveland Dec 1959 : Strathaird AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27317 FOLEY, Patrick James1928ENG, HAM, Farnham, Aldershot Jun 1939 : Strathaird AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27316 FOLEY, Victor1925IRL, ANT, Belfast Jun 1939 : Strathaird AUS Fairbridge Homes  
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  
27332 HENDERSON, Margaret Rattray1929 Jun 1939 : Strathaird AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27318 HENNIGHAN, Richard1929ENG,     Jun 1939 : Strathaird AUS Fairbridge Homes  
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  
IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
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