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Record #26979
Name :
: Geoffrey Dietrich Keen FARRER (1913 - 1995)


Father
: Guy FARRER
Mother
: Eveline SCHONING
BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 25 May 1913   Notes : Source: Fairbridge Kids; WWII record

Marriage (1)
: 1945   Spouse/Notes : Ida Dorothy ARMITAGE (Perth district, reg 1136),
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
: 4 Oct 1995   Notes : Source: MCB WA
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, London, Holborn

Jun qtr, 1b 1217, mmn SCHONING (FreeBMD)
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialAustralia, Western Australia
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: Jan 1928
Country
: Australia

Ship
: Barrabool

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Fairbridge Homes
NotesGuy H FARRER and Eveline D S SCHONING married in Camberwell district of London in 1912 (Sept qtr, 1d 2019). They had 7 children: Geoffrey 1913, Evelyn 1915, Humphrey 1917, Norah 1918, Dudley 1922 and Ursula 1924.

Geoffrey, aged 14, was one of a small party of boys bound for Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra, Western Australia.

His brother Humphrey, aged 11, arrived with him.

Geoffrey enlisted in WWII (NAA RecordSearch):
FARRER GEOFFREY DIRTRICH KERN : Service Number - W75020 : Date of birth - 25 May 1913 : Place of birth - LONDON ENGLAND : Place of enlistment - ROEBOURNE WA : Next of Kin - FARRER GUY

Geoffrey died in 1995 in Western Australia aged 82, interred at Karrakatta Cemetery (Anglican ZS382). His wife Ida died in 2009 aged 96.

Guy FARRER died in Battersea London in 1955 aged 74; Eveline died in Wandsworth in 1968 aged 80. 
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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
26979 FARRER, Geoffrey Dietrich Keen 1913ENG, LND, Holborn Jan 1928 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26978 FARRER, Humphrey Bertram1916ENG, LND, Lambeth Jan 1928 : Barrabool AUS Fairbridge Homes