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Record #27226
Name :
: Douglas WILKINS (1920 - 1941)
  aka : Douglas Bernard


Father
: Maurice Owen WILKINS
Mother
: Olive May Eveline PANTON
BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 9 Apr 1920   Notes : Source: Fairbridge Kids

Marriage (1)
:
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
: 22 May 1941   Notes : Source: WWII Nominal Roll
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, London, Greenwich

Jun qtr 1920, 1d 2014, as Douglas B W PANTON, mmn PANTON (re-registered in Mar qtr 1933, Deptford district - parents did not marry until 1921)
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialGreece

Suda Bay War Cemetery, Greece
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: May 1933
Country
: Australia

Ship
: Otranto

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Fairbridge Homes
NotesOn 29th April 1933, Mstr D. Wilkins, 13, departed London for Australia on board SS Otranto, bound for Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra, Western Australia.

Eric enlisted in WWII in 1940 - reported MIA, presumed dead - POW, died of wounds in 1941, aged 21
(NAA RecordSearch and WWII Nominal Roll):
WILKINS DOUGLAS BERNARD : Service Number - WX2014 : Date of birth - 09 Apr 1918 : Place of birth - BLACKHEATH ENGLAND : Place of enlistment - NORTHAM WA : Next of Kin - MEERZA GRACE [sister, of Balham London; initially given as Maurice Owen Wilkins, father, of Potter's Bay Middlesex]

CWGC shows him as son of Maurice Owen Wilkins and Olive May Eveline Wilkins, of Shirley, Croydon, Surrey, England. 
ContributorsCreated : 2017-04-30 09:41:37 / mollipops1

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
6265 WILKINS, Albert1898ENG,     May 1910 : Corsican CAN Louisa Birt  
21141 WILKINS, Albert Leonard Lloyd1904ENG, KEN, Dartford Jan 1913 : Australind AUS Fairbridge Homes  
10176 WILKINS, Aloyisius1890ENG, HAM, Newport Sep 1901 : Parisian CAN Canadian Catholic Emigration Committee  
22219 WILKINS, Amelia Frances1905ENG,     Jun 1912 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
24890 WILKINS, Charles1901 Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
27226 WILKINS, Douglas1920ENG, LND, Greenwich May 1933 : Otranto AUS Fairbridge Homes  
4375 WILKINS, Edward Horace1900ENG, WOR, Kings Norton Oct 1914 : Missanabie CAN Unknown  
16882 WILKINS, George Reginald1898ENG,     Mar 1910 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
19036 WILKINS, Harold1908ENG,     Mar 1927 : Melita CAN Salvation Army  
12941 WILKINS, Lily1887ENG,     Jul 1899 : Montrose CAN Bristol Emigration Society  
4376 WILKINS, Nellie Harriet1901ENG, WOR, Kings Norton Oct 1914 : Missanabie CAN Unknown  
4368 WILKINS, Thomas1881ENG,     Mar 1893 : Labrador CAN Barnardos  
22220 WILKINS, Thomas Philip1907ENG,     Jun 1912 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
22221 WILKINS, William Henry1904ENG,     Jun 1912 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore