Thanks Nigel - Fred Baptist sailed to Australia on the "Baradine" in 1923. He was 21 years of age (stated on his P.& O. passengers ticket No. 1304) and paid 33 pound.
He married Dora Lillian Nellie MITCHELL in Melbourne in June 1927. They had 13 children (none of whom can give any further details re his life before he came to Australia).
He died in Melbourne, 1982.
He always used the name Frederick James Baptist.
On his marriage cert. he (or the registrar) lists his parents as:
Father - Frederick James Baptist
Mother - Emma Eveleigh.
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