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I am trying to locate my uncle Eric who went to live in Australia in the 1950's My mother is no longer with us and wanted to see if we could trace any family in Australia. He came from Yorkshire originally but when he left for Australia he was living with his mother Sarah Jane Bedford in Deal Kent. His father was called George and died 6 months before I was born in 1959

Hello Christine - welcome to the boards :-)

this would be better posted on "Find Living Relatives" and when you do repost, put "Australia" in your heading to attract fellow members from down under

Ann x

Passenger FAMILY NAME,
Given names Title Alternative FAMILY NAME,
Given names Ship/aircraft name
BEDFORD, Eric CAMERONIA

Port of embarkation
Port of disembarkation
Date of arrival
Glasgow Fremantle 19 Mar 1950

Barcode no
30149927

Just to confirm or eliminate, gives his address here as 91 Cowdray Square, Mill Hill Deal.

Name: Eric Bedford
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Birth Date: abt 1926
Departure Date: 14 Feb 1950
Port of Departure: Glasgow, Scotland
Destination Port: Fremantle, Australia
Ship Name: Cameronia
Search Ship Database: Search for the Cameronia in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database
Shipping line: P and O
Master: A Johnston

First name(s) ERIC
Last name BEDFORD
Gender Male
Age 24
Birth year 1926
Occupation TIMBERWORKER
Departure year 1950
Departure day 13
Departure month 2
Departure port GLASGOW
Destination port FREMANTLE
Destination FREMANTLE
State Western Australia
Country AUSTRALIA
Destination country AUSTRALIA
Ship name CAMERONIA
Ship master's first name A
Ship master's last name JOHNSTON
Shipping line P. & O.
City GLASGOW
Ship destination port SYDNEY
Ship destination country AUSTRALIA
Ship registered tonnage 16583.61
Number of passengers 1281
Record set Passenger Lists leaving UK 1890-1960
Category Travel & migration
Record collection Passenger lists
Collections from Australasia, Great

address in UK 91 Cowdray Square , Mill Hiil ,Deal Kent

Copy the info over to FLR and add Australia to the heading as Ann has suggested, but also check search trees there is one possible born Yorkshire if you haven't already contacted.

looks like he intended to go in 1949 too
First name(s) ERIC J
Last name BEDFORD
Gender Male
Age 22
Birth year 1927
Occupation TIMBER WKR
Departure year 1949
Departure day 19
Departure month 8
Departure port LONDON
Destination port FREMANTLE
Destination FREMANTLE
State Western Australia
Country AUSTRALIA
Destination country AUSTRALIA
Ship name RANCHI
Ship official number 148130
Ship master's first name A G
Ship master's last name JENKINS
Ship master's title CAPTAIN
Shipping line P. & O.
City LONDON

his address the was given a 15 Baker Street Uckfield Sussex

www.whitepages.com.au

Telephone listings, Australia.

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/living_relatives/thread/1349890
He was born 4Q 1925 so if living he is aged 89

What is 4 Q barnsley

His birth was registered during the months of Oct, Nov or Dec ie the 4th quarter of the year. As there were 6 weeks to register a birth, he could have been born as early as mid Aug. Details like that help to find, if appropriate, deaths

Barnsley was the registration district. The following link tells you all the towns/villages etc that make up the district
http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/barnsley.html

You do have 2 threads running about Eric, It would be best to delete this one and continue on the Living Relatives thread. This is to avoid different people duplicating research. Helpers tend to look at all the boards and co-operate with searches

4th Quarter of the year