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Record #27378
Name :
: Peter Rowland BROOKER (1932 - 1971)


Father
:
Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 1932 (approx.)

Marriage (1)
: 1956   Spouse/Notes : Gaye MIDLANE (Manly, NSW, reg 23191)
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
: 23 Feb 1971   Notes : Source: Ryerson Index
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialAustralia, New South Wales
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: Jan 1949
Country
: Australia

Ship
: Ormonde

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Big Brother Movement
NotesPeter R. Brooker, 16, arrived in Sydney in 1949 aboard Ormonde in a group of 25 other boys and young men as part of the Big Brother Movement. Those with farming experience were sent straight to farms in country NSW, while others went to a Big Brother training school in Liverpool for two months before being sent to farms to work.

Peter died in 1971 aged 38, late of Parramatta. 
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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
14079 BROOKER, Albert1887ENG,     Jul 1900 : Tunisian CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
7957 BROOKER, Alice 1851ENG,     Jun 1869 : Austrian CAN Maria Rye  
25958 BROOKER, Lily Primrose1918ENG, LND, Camberwell Nov 1929 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
8400 BROOKER, Margaret1901ENG,     Sep 1915 : Corsican CAN Barnardos  
27378 BROOKER, Peter Rowland1932ENG,     Jan 1949 : Ormonde AUS Big Brother Movement  
17419 BROOKER, Stephen Walter1897ENG, ESS, Brentwood May 1907 : Dominion CAN Barnardos