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Immigration 1951
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Muriel Boyd
William
Miller Boyd
1950 UK
Marriage
Immigration,
1951
Yallourn, Vic
Galston
Fremantle
Perth Click here
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When did Bill, Muriel and Susan leave
England?
"Not soon enough", (Muriel) |
Bill, Muriel and baby Susan left England on the S.S. Maloja on 23rd
May, 1951.
They arrived in Melbourne, June, 1951. |
The
S.S. Maloja departed from Tilbury Dock, London on 23rd May 1951 for
Brisbane, Australia.
She arrived in Melbourne on 27th June 1951. Bill and Muriel on the Meloja – mixed crew?
Click on the
link below to go to a web site for more information about the S.S.
Meloja
http://www.ssmaloja.co.uk/ |
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In
.......... they stayed with a couple from
Wallasey. Ted Pugh had been a pay clerk for
engineering firms. He had built a
house and let them live on the back verandah as paying
guests. They stayed for 6 weeks then went to Petra
St with an old lady in East Freemantle. During this time
MUm, dad and we kids went to live with them for
........???? After a couple of years they moved
into state housing . Another recession killed off the
boiler makers union. They went to NZ (they also thought
about going home because things were getting
better at home. They stayed in NZ for 1 year. A ban had
been lifted from the boiler makers society in WA so they
decided to go back. When their ship stopped in Sydney
they were talked into staying at Galston by Mu
& Dad who, at that time, were living in a garage on 5
acres at 11 Knights Road, Galston. Bill went to
the Labour Exchange in Chatswood and got a job with a
van at Singer Sewing Machines as a sales person. He had
to drive back to Galston to ask Mu how to thread a
needle. After ??? months they decided they preferred
Perth to Sydney. Bill got a job with Singer in Perth. He
did well and monitoring fire
protection eg for company would sell fire protection as
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Below: message on the back of
the postcard from Port Said:
"Dear Bob & Glad, We are all doing fine folks. At the
moment we are in Port said. Swarms of 'bum boats' with
all kinds of bags etc. We are having the best of food,
cigs are cheap, so is drink. We are looing forward to
the trip through the canal. I am writing down everything
that goes on so that you will know all about it."
Bill, Mu & Baby |
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