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Record #26852
Name :
: Reginald Arthur PRINCE (1922 - 1975)


Father
: Thomas G PRINCE
Mother
: Jane E JARVIS
BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 13 Jan 1922   Notes : Source: Fairbridge Kids

Marriage (1)
:
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
: 3 Nov 1975   Notes : Source: MCB WA
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, London, Lambeth

Birth reg Mar qtr 1922, 1d 743, mmn JARVIS
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialAustralia, Western Australia, Carnarvon
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: Feb 1934
Country
: Australia

Ship
: Jervis Bay

Placement Family
:
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
:

Agency
: Fairbridge Homes
NotesReginald was one of 23 children aged 8 to 13 who arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia from Southampton aboard 'Jervis Bay' in February 1934, bound for Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra. He was 12 years old.

He arrived with brother Ernest (12). Their mother Jane had died in 1926 aged 28.

Reginald served as a Private in the Australian Army in WWII (Source: NAA RecordSearch):
RINCE REGINALD ARTHUR : Service Number - W96856 : Date of birth - 13 Jan 1922 : Place of birth - LONDON ENGLAND : Place of enlistment - BRIDGETOWN WA : Next of Kin - PRINCE ERNEST

He died in 1975 aged 55 and is interred at Karrakatta Cemetery, Anglican PB184. 
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