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Record #12107
Name :
: Richard HUTCHINSON (1919 - 1941)


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 5 Apr 1919   Notes : Source: Fairbridge Kids; WWII record

Marriage (1)
:   Spouse/Notes : Dorothy
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
: 20 Nov 1941   Notes : Source: WWII Nominal Roll
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Yorkshire, Leeds

Jun qtr, 9b 409, mmn HUTCHINSON
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: May 1928
Country
: Australia

Ship
: Ballarat

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
: Barnardos

Agency
: Fairbridge Homes
NotesResidence in UK given as Child Emigration Society, Savoy House, Strand, W C 2.

Richard arrived aged 9 and was placed at Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra, Western Australia. He was one of 160 children who came to Australia aboard ‘Ballarat’ in 1928. 115 went to Fairbridge WA, the remainder on to Sydney.

He served in WWII (Navy) (Source: NAA RecordSearch)
HUTCHINSON RICHARD : Service Number - 23382 : Date of birth - 05 Apr 1919 : Place of birth - YORKSHIRE ENGLAND : Place of enlistment - FREMANTLE : Next of Kin - ROMARI DOROTHY

CWG shows he died aged 22 aboard HMAS Sydney, husband of Dorothy M. Hutchinson, of Collingwood, Victoria, Australia.

Memorialised at Plymouth Naval Memorial. 
ContributorsCreated : 2010-06-27 14:07:38 / From original database

Additional Contributions from : mollipops1

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12238 HUTCHINSON, Phillip S1922ENG,     Nov 1932 : Balranald AUS Fairbridge Homes  
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