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Record #26933
Name :
: William BIGRIGG (1926 - 2000)


Father
: William BIGRIGG
Mother
: Mabel BRADSHAW (formerly WHITEHOUSE)
BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 10 Sep 1926   Notes : Source: Obituary, Old Fairbridgians Assoc.

Marriage (1)
: 1954   Spouse/Notes : R E PACKHAM, Molong NSW (reg 26678)
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
: 9 Dec 2000   Notes : Source: Obituary, Old Fairbridgians Assoc.
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Yorkshire, Wakefield

Dec qtr, 9c 42, mmn BRADSHAW
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialAustralia, New South Wales, Molong
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: Aug 1939
Country
: Australia

Ship
: Strathnaver

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Fairbridge Homes
NotesWilliam was placed at Fairbridge Farm School, Molong, New South Wales, with his brother Roland and four other boys.

He travelled in a party of 15 boys and 14 girls who went to Australia under the Fairbridge Farm scheme by the liner Strathnaver. 11 of them disembarked at Fremantle to go to the farm school at Pinjarra, with the remainder travelling on to Melbourne and Sydney (Source: NLA Trove Newspaper).

Another brother, Herbert (b. 1931) came to Molong in June 1939.

William's ashes are in interred in the Columbrian Wall in Molong. 
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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
26934 BIGRIGG, Roland1928ENG, YKS, Whitehaven Aug 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26933 BIGRIGG, William1926ENG, YKS, Wakefield Aug 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Fairbridge Homes