EDWARDS, Annie Beatrice
13 August 1880 – 13 April 1953
Origin Singapore
Accompanying Family Charles Edwards, Clare Edwards, Patricia & Lucia Edwards, Kathleen & Walter Herbert
First settled in Swanbourne, WA
Original Occupation Music Teacher
Occupation in Australia Too Old, Retired-Cared for us Children (Had no mother-died at 23 yrs old leaving a 2yo & 6 week old baby)
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Departure Port Sumatra (Tjilajap)
Arrival Year 1942
Fremantle
150 panel
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Mother of C P Edwards. Grandmother of Patricia and Lucia, escaped from Singapore before Japanese invasion by launch with son and family. As we ran to Cliffords Pier, she took her Bible and cigarette holder, the only possessions we landed with at Fremantle.
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