Thomas Oswald "Jim" WARNER [4625]

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THOMAS OSWALD WARNER was born on 4th March 1927 at the Crown street Hospital in Sydney NSW. His father was William Jospeh James Warner, Labourer aged 36 from Tamworth NSW and his mother was Henrietta Bussell aged 23 from Inverell NSW, (Municipality of Sydney). Address at the time of birth is given as 84 Cathedral Street, Sydney NSW. According to his birth certificate he had 2 sisters named Iris M aged 4 and Edna M aged 2 and 1 female deceased.
Thomas, also known as Jim was brought up in the Glebe Boy's Home, during the 1930's. He attended Hornsby High School and joined the Army on 7th May 1945 and was discharged on 19th March 1947. He never knew his parents and until he had to obtain a birth certificate did not even know he had three sisters.
Attempts are being made to search the records of the Glebe Home and the High School, in the hope some information about his past will come to light, as to where he lived and to whom he was fostered out to etc.
Following a letter in May 1997 to the NSW Department of Community Services, Locked Bag 28, Ashfield 2131 NSW, requesting information regarding the history for the Glebe Boys Home a reply came back with only the following medical record:-

22.11.1928 - Medical Attendance on the child
3.12.1928 - Scott's Emulsion ???
10.12.1928 - A/c for medicine purchased 12/6p
13.4.1929 - D. Guilford re child admitted to Ranwick Hosp.
29.4.1929 - D. Guilford re medical report
14.5.1929 - letter sent to Ettie Warner
10.6.1929 - letter returned unclaimed
2.7.1930 - D. Guilford temporary change of address to Katoomba for 3 weeks
7.8.1030 - D. Guilford reporting return from Katoomba
9.5.1933 - Transfer to Mrs. D. Wells
16.6.1933 - D. Wells railway pass required re holiday at Katoomba
21.6.1933 - D. Wells re holiday and railway passes
4.8.1933 - D. Wells re custody

The document has been rubber stamped - Child Welfare Dept. B4209 - 28 Jul 1936.
There is also a notation of D.B. 4.3.1927 - Prot. This would mean Date of Birth, Protestant.
A further letter was sent to Hornsby High School in May 1997 and the reply came back saying they had no record of any boys as the school has always been a Girls High School. They suggested trying Asquith Boys High School, Jersey St, Asquith, NSW 2077 or another one near Hornsby called Normanhurst Boys High School, Pennant Hills Road, Normanhurst, NSW 2076.

Jim married Susan Benedicta MURRAY-ALSTON [4624] [MRIN: 1587], daughter of Basil Evelyn MURRAY-ALSTON [4621] and Barbara Benedicta HARVEY [434], in Nov 1966 in Brisbane Queensland Aust. The marriage ended in divorce. (Susan Benedicta MURRAY-ALSTON [4624] was born on 13 Jul 1932 in 30 Graham Pk Rd, Gosforth, Northumberland, baptised on 27 Aug 1932 in All Saints, Gosforth, Northumberland and died on 5 Mar 2018 in South Morang Victoria AU.). The cause of her death was cancer.

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