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Record #12095
Name :
: Albert Percival CORDON (1917 - 1976)


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 23 Dec 1917   Notes : Source: Fairbridge Kids; WWII record

Marriage (1)
: 1943   Spouse/Notes : Joyce Muriel AYERS, Swan District (reg 147) (div'd 1945)
Marriage (2)
: 1949

Date of Death
: 17 Jul 1976   Notes : Source: MCB WA
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Warwickshire, Coventry

Jan qtr (1918), mmn CORDON
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialAustralia, Western Australia, Northampton
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: May 1928
Country
: Australia

Ship
: Ballarat

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
: Barnardos

Agency
: Fairbridge Homes
NotesResidence in UK given as Child Emigration Society, Savoy House, Strand, W C.

Albert was placed at Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra. He was one of 160 to arrive aboard 'Ballarat' in 1928; 115 went to Fairbridge WA, the remainder on to Sydney.

On October 16 1942, Albert Percival Cordon enlisted in the Australian Army at Guildford, WA

Enlistment (Source NAA RecordSearch):
CORDON ALBERT PERCIVAL : Service Number WX34029 : Date of birth 23 Dec 1918 : Place of birth COVENTRY ENGLAND : Place of enlistment GUILDFORD WA : Next of Kin CORDON JOYCE.

He was discharged on 12 October 1944 at 109 Convalescent Depot

Albert married Joyce Muriel AYERS (1921-2006) in Western Australia 1943 (reg 147, Swan district). They divorced in 1945; he remarried in 1949.

The death of Albert Percival Cordon (17 July 1976) was registered in Northampton, Western Australia aged 56, mothers name given as Edith M.

Updated 08.09.15 from mollipops1  
ContributorsCreated : 2010-06-27 13:51:47 / From original database

Additional Contributions from : mollipops1

Last Updated : 2015-09-08 13:40:42 / alanmack

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
12095 CORDON, Albert Percival1917ENG, WAR, Coventry May 1928 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes