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Record #27411
Name :
: Michael LAING (1932 - )


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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: Q1 1932 (approx.)   Notes : Source: FreeBMD

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Kent, Thanet

Mar qtr 1932, 2a 1735, mm HOBSON (FreeBMD)
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: Jan 1949
Country
: Australia

Ship
: Ormonde

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Big Brother Movement
NotesMichael LAING, 16, arrived in Sydney in 1949 aboard Ormonde in a group of 25 boys and young men as part of the Big Brother Movement. Those with farming experience were sent straight to farms in country NSW, while others went to a Big Brother training school in Liverpool for two months before being sent to farms to work. 
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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
20412 LAING, Guy1893ENG,     Oct 1903 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
20167 LAING, Herbert ENG,     May 1911 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
27411 LAING, Michael1932ENG, KEN, Thanet Jan 1949 : Ormonde AUS Big Brother Movement  
22109 LAING, Nelson1897ENG,     Oct 1903 : Dominion CAN Barnardos