Ron Searle - Move To North America

Move To North America

After the war, Ron's father Alfred returned to the White Star Lines and was transferred to New York, United States. He moved his family to New York but succumbed shortly after contracting dengue fever while on mercy missions in the tropics. Ron was just over three years of age at the time. Alfred's death bed wish was that the family re-locate to Toronto, Canada where the family had relatives.

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