Hi Florence,
Looking at the arrival of the 'Hobsons Bay' in Brisbane in our online newspaper archives, we can see that 200 of the passengers were described as Dreadnought Boys. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98042839
Our National Archives provides great resources for the study of child migrants. It includes description of the Dreadnought Scheme. http://guides.naa.gov.au/good-british-stock/chapter3/dreadnought%20...
The Ancestry trees with his possible details include WW1 Australian, US Burial and other dates of birth. Using only the Staffordshire registration and baptisms gives a accurate date of birth.
Most Australian registrations of death include the parents full names, a quick search of the three Eastern States he is most likely to have gone to, Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria did not produce any results. This mainly due to the large number of William Briggs on the register, and without a middle name or known address, it is not possible to accurate match him as yet.
If a state of Australia can be accurately identified, then it would be worth posting everything you know in a State and/or national based Facebook group, eg: Genealogy in Australia or Victorian AU Family history https://www.facebook.com/groups/650071871717390/
Hope this helps. Let us know how you get on, and any further clues we can use to search state based libraries, archives and records offices.
Hi Amanda
Thank you for your interest
I will certainly try and hope that soon I may find something out
Thabk you once again
Florence
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