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Record #26818
Name :
: Graham John TRIGG (1926 - 2014)
  aka : Grahame John


Father
:
Mother
: Violet Beatrice HEARN
BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 30 Jul 1926   Notes : Source: Fairbridge Kids

Marriage (1)
: 1953   Spouse/Notes : Daphne Frances MENZIES (Perth district, reg 1763)
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
: 17 Mar 2014   Notes : Source: MCB WA
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Essex, Braintree

Birth reg Sep qtr 1926, 4a 1399, mmn HEARN
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialAustralia, Western Australia
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: Oct 1934
Country
: Australia

Ship
: Moreton Bay

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Fairbridge Homes
NotesGraham was one of 30 children aged 6 to 13 who arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia from Southampton aboard 'Moreton Bay' in October 1934, bound for Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra. He was 8 years old.

Graham's brother Stanley Bernard TRIGG b. 1/9/1922 was also a Fairbridgian (arrived 15/5/1934 aboard 'Ballarat').

He served in WWII (Source: NAA RecordSearch):
TRIGG GRAHAM JOHN : Service Number - WX500658 : Date of birth - 30 Jul 1926 : Place of birth - SUSSEX ENG : Place of enlistment - KARRAKATTA WA : Next of Kin - THOMAS VIOLET [mother Violet Beatrice L TRIGG nee HEARN b. 1895 remarried in 1932 to Gordon F. THOMAS]

Graham John TRIGG died in 2014 aged 87 and is buried at Karrakatta Wesleyan IC223, with wife Daphne b. 1932, d. 9 Aug 2015 aged 82. 
ContributorsCreated : 2016-06-23 08:10:34 / mollipops1

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
15869 TRIGG, George Edward Ernest1889ENG, LDN, London Jul 1901 : Cambroman CAN Fegan Homes for Boys  
26818 TRIGG, Graham John1926ENG, ESS, Braintree Oct 1934 : Moreton Bay AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26825 TRIGG, Stanley Bernard1922ENG, SFK, Bosmere May 1934 : Ballarat AUS Fairbridge Homes