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Record #26426
Name :
: Walter Bevis ALLEN (1901 - 1981)


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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 11 Jul 1901   Notes : Source: Fairbridge Kids

Marriage (1)
: 1929   Spouse/Notes : Edith B BRANSBY (Perth, reg 344)
Marriage (2)
: 1940   Spouse/Notes : Hilda WHITWORTH (Perth, reg 1679)

Date of Death
: 1981   Notes : Source: Centennial Park
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Surrey, Kingston

Birth reg Sep qtr 1901, 2a 383 (FreeBMD)
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialAustralia, South Australia
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: Jul 1913
Country
: Australia

Ship
: Belgic

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
: Child Emigration Society

Agency
: Fairbridge Homes
NotesWalter was placed at Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra, Western Australia. He was one of a party of 22 orphaned boys aged under 12 sent to Australia under the auspices of the Child Emigration Society, organised by Rhodes scholars at Oxford (Source: NLA Trove Newspapers).

ALLEN WALTER BEVIS : Service Number - W6689 : Date of birth - 11 Jul 1901 : Place of birth - KINGSTON-ON-THAMES ENGLAND : Place of enlistment - MELVILLE WA : Next of Kin - ALLEN AMELIA [sister]

ALLEN WALTER BEVIS : Service Number - W30118 : Date of birth - 11 Jul 1901 : Place of birth - KINGSTON ON THAMES ENGLAND : Place of enlistment - PERTH WA : Next of Kin - WHITWORTH HILDA

Walter and Hilda divorced in 1951. He died in 1981, aged 80, and is buried at Centennial Park SA (Gen F, Path 27, 1095) with Phyllis Evelyn, who died 16 Aug 2002, aged 85. 
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