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Record #26805
Name :
: Wilfred HOLMES (1925 - 1986)


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 3 May 1925   Notes : Source: Fairbridge Kids; WWII record

Marriage (1)
: 1948   Spouse/Notes : Bertha H ROBERTS, Perth district reg 1768
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
: 12 Oct 1986   Notes : Source: MCB WA
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Kent

Birth reg not found.
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialAustralia, Western Australia
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: Oct 1934
Country
: Australia

Ship
: Moreton Bay

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Fairbridge Homes
NotesWilfred was one of 30 children aged 6 to 13 who arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia from Southampton aboard 'Moreton Bay' in October 1934, bound for Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra. He was 9 years old.

He served in WWII (Source: NAA RecordSearch):
HOLMES WILFRED : Service Number - WX500205 : Date of birth - 03 May 1925 : Place of birth - KENT ENGLAND : Place of enlistment - KARRAKATTA WA : Next of Kin - Unknown

Wilfred died in 1986 aged 61 and is memorialised at Karrakatta Garden of Remembrance MC 12/21; his wife Bertha b. 1923. 
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6476 HOLMES, Alan 1900ENG,     May 1909 : Corsican CAN Barnardos  
6177 HOLMES, Annie1877ENG,     May 1892 : Mongolian CAN Maria Rye  
22822 HOLMES, Bertha1889IRL,     May 1906 : Tunisian CAN Smyly Homes of Dublin  
23399 HOLMES, Catherine1893ENG,     Jun 1906 : Virginian CAN Louisa Birt  
16962 HOLMES, Cecil1895ENG, LDN, London Jul 1905 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
24355 HOLMES, Christopher1853 May 1870 : Peruvian CAN Annie MacPherson Homes  
27270 HOLMES, Dorothy Winifred1923ENG, HAM, Southampton Jul 1935 : Moreton Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
4218 HOLMES, Eva1884ENG, DEV, Plymouth Jun 1896 : Corean CAN Middlemore  
13805 HOLMES, Gilbert F.1894ENG,     Oct 1904 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
27269 HOLMES, Gladys Mary1924ENG, HAM, South Stoneham Jul 1935 : Moreton Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
3873 HOLMES, Harry1899ENG,     Jun 1910 : Sicilian CAN Barnardos  
20069 HOLMES, John1869ENG,     Jun 1886 : Lake Superior CAN Barnardos  
24966 HOLMES, John1898 Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
9389 HOLMES, Matthew Henry1894ENG,     Oct 1904 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
4219 HOLMES, Rebecca1885ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1896 : Corean CAN Middlemore  
20083 HOLMES, Robert1874ENG,     Jun 1886 : Lake Superior CAN Barnardos  
14031 HOLMES, Sidney1887ENG,     Jul 1901 : Numidian CAN Barnardos  
4217 HOLMES, Thurza (Thyrza)1882ENG, WAR, Birmingham Jun 1896 : Corean CAN Middlemore  
11110 HOLMES, Walter 1895ENG,     May 1907 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
22690 HOLMES, Walter1895ENG,     May 1907 : Empress of Britain CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
26805 HOLMES, Wilfred1925ENG, KEN Oct 1934 : Moreton Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
18130 HOLMES, William1874ENG,     May 1887 : Parisian CAN Waifs & Strays