Born at Sea - Wales to Australia

[wivenhoe]

National Archives Australia WW1 enlistment
RICHARDS Percival : Service Number - 2748 : Place of Birth - Bendigo VIC : Place of Enlistment - Bendigo VIC : Next of Kin - (Wife) RICHARDS Ivy

At enlistment 7 Dec 1914  NOK  father James RICHARDS View St Bendigo (page 9 of 35)

At enlistment 26 Sep 1916  NOK  wife Ivy RICHARDS  163 View St Bendigo

Bendigo Advertiser 7 Oct 1916 p9
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/90741013?
Farewell to a Soldier.
About 20 couples attended the residence of Mrs RICHARDS in View Street on Tuesday evening to bid farewell to Private RICHARDS who left for Melbourne on Wednesday morning. Mr J HARRY presided .....a wristlet watch was presented to the guest by Mr J RICHARDS......

(hard to read....my transcription)

BDM VIC marriage
138/1915  RICHARDS Percy   marr.  STROTTON, Ivy Louise

death
24532/1973 RICHARDS Ivy Louise  parents  unknown / STROTTAN Unknown
born Bendigo died Box Hill  age 78

[Nettie]

Thank you for the link, Peter, I will follow it up and put Lockdown 5 to good use. Hope you're safe in your part of the world.

Hi Nettie.

I'm a latecomer to this query. I have done a check of the PROV (Public Records Office of Victoria) records of unassisted migrants and found the following that might help (see attachments). I'd guess that the 24 year-olds might be the parents of the infant. Insofar as the birth registration, I had the same problem with one of my ancestors who was born at sea on the way out. Her birth was registered at Durban, Natal (as it was known in those days) and she was baptised in the Methodist Chapel there. The arrival passenger list lists her as "Infant - British subject."  This could be a helpful place to look. Here's the PROV site link if you are interested:

https://prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/explore-topic/passenger-records-and-immigration/unassisted-passenger-lists

Peter

[Nettie]

Thanks,  Wivenhoe, for finding that for Percy. I might see if I can find his service record.