OCKELFORD Family

Born 16 March 1923
26 March 1919 – 27 April 1983

Origin Bexleyheath, Kent, England
Accompanying Family Pauline, Rosalind, Felicity, Mervyn & Stephen
First settled in Bassendean, WA
Original Occupation Mechanic
Occupation in Australia Mechanic

CASTEL FELICE

Departure Port Southampton
Arrival Year 1962

Fremantle

471 panel

Read their story

How exciting to be sailing to Melbourne Australia. Though Mum was so sick on the voyage we disembarked at Fremantle. Dad found work at Cockatoo Island. We settled in Bassendean. Australia has been very good to us. We have no regrets and are proud to call Australia our home.

Share

Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share this

Visitor Submitted Comments

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
Attach files to this comment
Changes made to the attachments are not permanent until you save this post. Files must be smaller than 10 MB and have one of the following extensions: jpg jpeg gif png bmp.