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Record #4435
Name :
: David Norman CLEMENTS (1943 - )


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Date of Birth
: 24 Feb 1943

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Worcestershire, Worcester

Royal Infirmary
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: Apr 1955
Country
: Australia

Ship
: Iberia

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Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesDavid was baptised St. Pauls, Botley, Oxford, England, in January 1947. He also attended Sunday school there.

Parents: Edward Coates and Margaret Rose Clements (born 1922). She was an unmarried mother during WWII. Her parents disowned her and her child was put into care. Edward Coates was a Sergeant in the RASC during WWII and stationed at the Crystal Palace, Guilford and Brookwook. He was sent overseas in late 1942 when Rose was 6 months pregnant.

Prior to his admission to Barnardos, David Clements lived with his mother at 11 Elms Road, Botley. They boarded in this house with a Mr. and Mrs. Groves. Rose worked at a place called Hunt and Broadhurst in Botley (for three years).

In 1946 or 1947, David stayed with a Mrs Cox, (foster mother) in Cambridge Street, Oxford, England.

David attended Botley Council school for one year, probably in 1948 or 1949. The headmaster was a Mr. L.C. Harbour and his class teacher was a Miss Crimston.

David went to a convalescent home for three months before it closed down.

A Miss Caley of Oxford City Moral Welfare Association, 7 Onsey Lane, Oxford made the application for David to be put into care.

David's daughter, Belinda Hazzledine, shared an excerpt of information received through Barnardos:

"The grandmother had nothing good to say about the mother, and refused to help her in anyway accusing her of being a liar and a thief"

1949:

"The mother shows up in a very poor light and does not appear to be worth helping, but I feel we must take into account the needs of the candidate. He has had many homes and is repressed on account of the unnatural conditions under which he is living. He is now six, and I would like to proposed that we take him when we have room ... We should tell the mother's Welfare Officer of our decision and explain that we have agreed to take the candidate in order to get him away from his present unsatisfactory environment"

In 1954, David attended St. Lukes Primary School, Cookham Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, England.

In a letter received by his mother in May, 1954:

'From time to time we are able to send parties of boys and girls from our Homes to New South Wales, Australia. We are preparing a further party which we hope will be sailing in a few months time and I am writing to ask if you will allow your son .. the opportunity of going with this party. This hardly needs to remind you of the tremendous opportunities available to young people in Australia, especially when they have the experience and influence of these Homes behind them: children who we have sent out get on remarkable well and we are anxious for David to have the same opportunity....

David knows of this proposal and shows interest in it, and you may rest assured that before sending him we would give him a complete picture of his new country and a clear idea of the life to which he would be going. I appreciate that this is a big decision for you to make, but I would urge you to give every consideration to the opportunity being offered to your son....'

From reports of visits to David as a boarded out child, he was placed in several homes prior to his emigration to Australia:

May 5, 1950: Mrs Kimpton 414 Lordship Lane, Tottenham;

January 18, 1951: Mrs Hodgkinson, 13 Sasisbury Place;

January 15, 1954: School report by J. Mace, St Kukes School, Maidenhead;

'New Lodge', Windsor Forest, Windsor, Berkshire; Superintendent, Mr. G. C. Mace;

The Village Home, Barkingside, Iford, Essex

Mrs Bradwell of 1 Astwick Ave, Hatfield (inquired after his emigration.)

In 1955, David N. Clements, 12, arrived in Sydney, Australia, along with a group of Barnardo boys. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-10-21 18:26:30 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-01-19 19:25:29 /

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14016 CLEMENTS, Alice1889ENG,     Sep 1901 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
23154 CLEMENTS, Arthur1898ENG,     Apr 1911 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
9023 CLEMENTS, Charlotte1895ENG, GLS, Bristol Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
4435 CLEMENTS, David Norman1943ENG, WOR, Worcester Apr 1955 : Iberia AUS Barnardos  
26901 CLEMENTS, Denis1933ENG,     Mar 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Christian Brothers  
25308 CLEMENTS, Ernest William1927ENG, LND, Woolwich Aug 1938 : Strathaird AUS Christian Brothers  
14400 CLEMENTS, Frederick1882ENG,     Jun 1895 : Mongolian CAN Unknown Catholic Group  
8776 CLEMENTS, George1909ENG,    , Croydon Apr 1925 : Montclare CAN Barnardos  
4801 CLEMENTS, George Herbert1897ENG, HRT Aug 1907 : Tunisian CAN MacPherson Homes  
26174 CLEMENTS, Henry1894ENG,     Mar 1903 : Canada CAN Barnardos  
5673 CLEMENTS, James1898IRL,     May 1911 : Tunisian CAN Louisa Birt  
16389 CLEMENTS, Norah1897ENG, GLS, Soundwell, Bristol Jun 1912 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos sutlyn  
2687 CLEMENTS, Peter1878ENG, LAN, Preston May 1896 : Parisian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
20915 CLEMENTS, R P1931ENG,     Aug 1938 : Otranto AUS Christian Brothers  
8079 CLEMENTS, Richard Aynsley1909ENG,    , Bishop's Stortford Jul 1922 : Montrose CAN MacPherson Homes  
14084 CLEMENTS, Sydney1886ENG,     Jul 1900 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
20597 CLEMENTS, Thomas Edwin1894 Apr 1905 : Kensington CAN Barnardos  
14102 CLEMENTS, William1888ENG,     Jul 1899 : Lake Huron CAN Barnardos  
23056 CLEMENTS, William1891ENG,     Apr 1909 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys