I assume that the kids did not have their own travel documents, but were listed on Mum's passport.
This seemed to be fairly common in the olden days, but I believe that nowadays this isn't always allowed anymore.
Hi Sylvia
Thanks for that... but why would the number on my father's incoming card be same number too - my mother's passport number? Surely it would be his passport number. Was that an official just making the paperwork simpler?
Sorry, I misunderstood and thought it was just mum and kids. To at least determine that it could be passport number, does the number format at least resemble your dad's passport number? If yes, I suppose immigration could have made a mistake and listed your father under your mum's passport number.
Otherwise, I wonder whether it could be something like a visa number or an emigration file number. If you still have your dad's passport, maybe that number is mentioned with the visa stamp.
I can see that in 1948 the UK was issuing passport numbers 842361 - 882640, so your number seems a bit low.
Hi Silvia - thanks again. I've seen a pic of my dad's passport which covers 1959-69 (am waiting for it to come out here to look at it properly) - but the number doesn't match meaning we might have all come out on a different document altogether - but mum always said we were on dad's documents and it does seem odd that all five of us are assigned the same number.
I was told some brits arrived with a form associated with the assisted passage scheme, and I was wondering what one of those looked like.
OK, I've found what it might have been - a "Document of Identity" to be surrendered on disembarkation. Museums Victoria has this sample https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/items/2043505
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