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Record #27024
Name :
: Maurice Wilfred HUNTER (1918 - )


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 11 Jul 1918   Notes : Source: Fairbridge Kids; WWII record

Marriage (1)
: 1942   Spouse/Notes : Sylvia TREMLETT (Perth district, reg 1225)
Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Norfolk, Yarmouth

Sep qtr, 4b 22, mmn HUNTER (FreeBMD)
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: Mar 1926
Country
: Australia

Ship
: Berrima

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Fairbridge Homes
NotesMastr M.W. Hunter, 7, 9, departed London for Australia on board the Berrima in a group of 14 boys bound for Fairbridge Farm, Pinjarra, Western Australia.

He served in WWII (NAA RecordSearch):
HUNTER MAURICE WILFRED : Service Number - WX12997 : Date of birth - 11 Jul 1918 : Place of birth - STIRLING SCOTLAND : Place of enlistment - CLAREMONT WA : Next of Kin - WATSON CANON

Note place of birth does not match birth reg found in Norfolk; passenger list also stated he was born in England. It is possible Maurice was told he was born in Scotland.

Maurice married a fellow Fairbridgian. She remarried after his death to a Mr Bristow. 
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