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Record #26936
Name :
: Desmond KERR


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: (unknown)

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of Birth
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: Aug 1939
Country
: Australia

Ship
: Strathnaver

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Fairbridge Homes
NotesDesmond was placed at Fairbridge Farm School, Molong, New South Wales.

He travelled with a party of 15 boys and 14 girls who went to Australia under the Fairbridge Farm scheme by the liner Strathnaver. 11 of them disembarked at Fremantle to go to the farm school at Pinjarra, with the remainder travelling on to Melbourne and Sydney (Source: NLA Trove Newspaper). 
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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
16459 KERR, Andrew Reid1897SCT, LKS, Glasgow Apr 1910 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
4664 KERR, Bernard1940ENG,     Sep 1947 : Asturias AUS Catholic Episcopal Migration & Welfare Assoc.  
26936 KERR, Desmond  Aug 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26512 KERR, George1892ENG,     Mar 1906 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
16460 KERR, George Douglas1900SCT, LKS, Glasgow Apr 1911 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
25352 KERR, Katie1886SCT,     Jun 1897 : Sarmatian CAN Quarriers  
3902 KERR, Margaret Jane1889IRL,    , Ballystrudder, Islandmagee Jun 1901 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
27341 KERR, Margaret Rose1938 Dec 1947 : Asturias AUS Catholic Episcopal Migration & Welfare Assoc.  
3903 KERR, Mary Anne1891IRL,    , Ballystrudder, Islandmagee Jun 1901 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
9411 KERR, William H1889ENG,     Oct 1900 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos