HOLBROOK, Ernest John
Origin Eastville, County Gloucester, England
First settled in Fremantle, WA
Original Occupation Labourer, Soldier
Occupation in Australia Cook, Farmer, Soldier, Labourer
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Departure Port London, England
Arrival Year 1920
Fremantle
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Discharged from the British Army after WWI, Ernest came to Australia to start a new life. He met widow Rose Fowles, nee Kirkum, on the Orsova and they married. Together they were involved in Group Settlement in Serpentine and Margaret River but eventually returned to Fremantle. They had five children.
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My grand dad
Mon 14 Jan 2013
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