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Record #25541
Name :
: Doris May PRESCOTT (1914 - 2010)


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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 27 Apr 1914   Notes : Source: Fairbridge Kids

Marriage (1)
: 1931   Spouse/Notes : Charles Benjamin CROUCH (Katanning, reg 22)
Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 29 Nov 2010   Notes : Source: Burial record, MCB WA
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Gloucestershire, Bristol

Jun qtr (6a 15), mother's maiden name PRESCOTT
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialAustralia, Western Australia
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: Feb 1924
Country
: Australia

Ship
: Euripides

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
: Barnardos

Agency
: Fairbridge Homes
NotesDoris was one of 48 boys and 51 girls from Barnardos Homes in the UK aboard Euripides, bound for the Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra, Western Australia. She married in 1931 and died in 2010 aged 96. Her husband Charles died 29 Aug 1991 aged 88. Both are memorialised at Karrakatta Cemetery (MC17/174). 
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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
26782 PRESCOTT, Bertha1923 Dec 1934 : Baradine AUS Fairbridge Homes  
25541 PRESCOTT, Doris May1914ENG, GLS, Bristol Feb 1924 : Euripides AUS Fairbridge Homes  
6213 PRESCOTT, Martha1880ENG,     May 1892 : Mongolian CAN Maria Rye