Summary

British Passport for Miss Constance Duffell valid from 23 August 1927 until 23 August 1932. This is the passport which Constance used when she migrated to Australia.

Constance Duffell was born in England in 1910. She migrated to Australia with her parents and brother on the 'Narkunda' in 1927 aged 17. During the voyage, Connie, as she was known, was accommodated with another girl (a stranger) on the lower deck while her mother, father and brother were on the upper deck together. Connie suffered seasickness until reaching Gibraltar.

Her father, Thomas Duffell was brought out to work at the Commonwealth Printing Branch as an engraver and transferrer; this was common apparently for workers to be imported as there was not enough local printing expertise at the time. In 1934 Connie married Archibald Gordon Maclaurin who had migrated from England in 1928 and worked at the Note Printing Branch. They had two children, Roger and Jocelyn and lived all their lives in the melbourne suburb of Essendon.

Physical Description

Blue card with gold stamped British coat of arms entitled 'British Passport. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland'; includes photo and cancellation stamp.

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