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Record #12124
Name :
: Douglas Ronald SAYERS (1921 - )


Father
: Thomas SAYERS
Mother
: Lillie CHARD
BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 20 Apr 1921   Notes : Source: Fairbridge Kids

Marriage (1)
: 1956   Spouse/Notes : Joyce WILLIAMS (Fremantle district, reg 174)
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
:
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Kent, Bromley

Jun qtr, 2a 1062, mmn CHARD
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: May 1928
Country
: Australia

Ship
: Ballarat

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

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

Douglas arrived aged 6 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 arrived with his brother Jack, aged 8. Their older brothers Thomas (b. 1914) and George (b. 1916) had arrived at Fairbridge in 1926. 
ContributorsCreated : 2010-06-28 12:21:43 / From original database

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
12124 SAYERS, Douglas Ronald1921ENG, KEN, Bromley May 1928 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
6196 SAYERS, Eunice1883ENG,     May 1892 : Mongolian CAN Maria Rye  
27030 SAYERS, George1916ENG, KEN, Bromley Mar 1926 : Berrima AUS Fairbridge Homes  
12125 SAYERS, Jack1919ENG, KEN, Bromley May 1928 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes  
27029 SAYERS, Thomas Vincent1914ENG, KEN, Bromley Mar 1926 : Berrima AUS Fairbridge Homes