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GRIFFITHS, Thomas Edward 1926 BARADINE

At 21 decided to leave England and come to Australia alone. He knew no-one, but met people on the ship, lining up a job in WA. Went to the outback...

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GARRATT, George 1926 LARGS BAY

Served in World War II in 2/11 Battalion, Prisoner of War in Germany and captured in Crete. Settled in Bedfordale after the war. Married Joan...

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GRLJUSICH, Mate 1927 COMMISSAIRE RAMEL

Joined two uncles in Kalgoorlie & became a Machine Miner on the goldfields. Served in the Army in World War II. Shifted to Fremantle in 1944...

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GRLJUSICH, Mate 1927 COMMISSAIRE RAMEL

Married to Pere Rosandic in 1937. Fathered 6 children. WWII AIF Veteran. Established market garden in Spearwood.

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GRAHAM Family 1927 ORAMA

Parents, Thomas & Ada Graham arrived 13/12/1927 with 2 daughters, Jean & Doreen. Group Settlement No. 144. Left Marybrook in 1936 &...

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GIBSON, Mattie 1927 ESPERANCE BAY

Martha (Mattie) Gibson (2) was accompanied on the journey to Australia by her grandmother Agnes. They were to join Mattie's father, Alex, who had...

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GRIFFITHS, Florence Mabel 1927 ORVIETO

Factory worker. Bar maid/waitress Kalgoorlie. Munition worker Welshpool WWII. Sang on radio 6GF Kalgoorlie. In chorus Handel's Messiah Kalgoorlie...

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GARBUTT, Mary Ellen 1927 ORAMA

Mary Ellen immigrated with husband, William and nine children and endured the harshness of the failed Group Settlement Scheme. She ran a shop in...

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GARBUTT, Reginald Michael 1927 ORAMA

Reg Garbutt (b 13/11/1914-d 22/9/1974) An unsung hero of the Australian bush. Self-taught, he was a man of many talents and skills. A returned...

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GARBUTT, Teresa M 1927 ORAMA 33
GARBUTT, Thomas George 1927 ORAMA

Tom immigrated with his parents, William and Mary Ellen under the G.S.S. He attended school at Carbanup and it is not known if he married or had...

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GARBUTT, William 1927 ORAMA

WW1 veteran, William, wife Mary Ellen and nine children were victims of the failed Group Settlement Scheme. Mary's death forced him to work in the...

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GARBUTT, William James H 1927 ORAMA

Bill attended school and helped on his parent's Carbanup Dairy Farm until his mother suddenly died, then with his father and brother Reg, worked...

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GARBUTT, Albert Edward B 1927 ORAMA

A student at Carbanup until his mother died in 1933, Albert lived at Clontarf Boys Home until WW2 during which he served with the RAAF in New...

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GARBUTT, Hector Joseph 1927 ORAMA

Hector, twin of Josephine, immigrated as an infant with his parents under the Group Settlement Scheme. After his mother's death he was reared at...

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GARBUTT, Herbert Walter B 1927 ORAMA

Terry was a student at Carbanup near his parent's dairy farm until his mother's death in 1933. He was reared at Clontarf Boys Home until WW2...

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GARBUTT, Josephine Agnes 1927 ORAMA

An infant on arrival with Group Settlement. Parent's William and Mary Ellen, she was reared at St Joseph's Orphanage after her mother's death in...

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GARBUTT, Margaret Mary 1927 ORAMA

In memory of Margaret Garbutt. Her life story reads like a rich novel. She landed on this shore only to lose her childhood and start a new liffe...

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GADSDON, Thomas Joseph 1927 BALRANALD

Arrived at 21 alone, having started his working life as a Marconi telegraph boy at 14. His forebears were watermen on the Thames. Struggled...

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GALATI RANDO, Rosario 1927 PALERMO

First Galati Family member to arrive in Australia and then sponsored other Galati families that settled in Fremantle, Spearwood and Brunswick...

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GALLOWAY Family 1927 BALLARAT 56
GRAHAM, Harry 1927 BERRIMA 65
GOLDIE Family 1927 BENDIGO 77
GANGEMI, Pasquale 1927 CITTA DI GENOVA 97
GOUGH, Francis H T 1927 MORETON BAY

On arrival in WA, Frank spent time in the South West. Married Eileen Mulligan in 1935 & had three children (June, Alan & Alice), 8...

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GIGLIA, Leone 1927 PALERMO

Market gardening for the first 10 years, then married Mary Della Vedova and dairy farmed in Osborne Park for 3 years. Relocated and spent the next...

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GLENNIE, Joseph & Alison 1927 OSTERLEY

Settled in Manjimup with children, Isabella and James (Elizabeth born 1930). Came to Australia with Group Settlement Scheme, however no land was...

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GRAHAM, Matthew A 1927 BENDIGO

First job milking cows Bibra Lake/Jandakot area. Moved to Wickepin to work on farm then to Koorda as a carrier and PMG linesman. Moved to Albany...

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GRAHAM, Thomas & Helen 1927 ORAMA 138
GRAHAM, Charlotte May 1927 BENDIGO

Worked as domestic in Elliott's now St Hilda's College. Worked Merridan Hospital. Met and married Dennis Jackson, moved to Perth, Fremantle,...

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GARBIN, Visko 1927 OSTERLEY

Arrived 9 years before wife and family in order to provide for his family. He bought land and developed a market garden.

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GEORGE, Arthur Edward 1927 HOBSONS BAY

Mine Manager in the Goldfields involved in mining exploration until WWII. Joined 2/28 Battalion, 9th Division 1940. Served in Middle East &...

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GAFFNEY, Hugh 1927 BALLARAT 186
GOLDIE, Euphemia 1927 BENDIGO

The family were part of Group Settlement in the south-west of WA, which proved to be not very successful. Most girls in the family moved to...

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GIOFFRE, Antonio 1927 CITTA DI GENOVA

Antonio lived in Wokalup all his life, before moving to Belmont, WA in the 70's. He married Maria 12/11/25. He had 8 children, 7 born in Australia...

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GREENLAW, Robert & Mary Ann 1927 BENALLA

Robert and Mary Ann arrived with 4 sons: William Kingsley born 3/1/1907, Robert John born 31/1/1908, George Alexander born 29/9/1909 and Richard...

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GARBIN, Marin B 1927 ORAMA 264
GARSWOOD, Joe 1927 ORMONDE

Came to WA as a farm labourer and worked clearing land in the Kondinin/Corrigin area. Married Roma Brown in 1939. Joined the army in 1940. Served...

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GOJANOVICH, Frane 1927 COMMISSAIRE RAMEL

Frane worked as a woodcutter on the Woodline, Kurrawang. Married his fiancee Zorka Ban from Croatia in 1936. They later moved to Boulder. Worked...

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GARBELLINI, Giovanni 1927 ORVIETO

Refer to Barbetti Giacomo.

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GLUCINA, David I 1927 ORVIETO

Worked as timber cutter at Harvey then went to Wiluna looking for gold. Married Ljubica Sulenia 6/1/1940. Moved to Sandstone, Widgimooltha,...

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GLIOSCA, Michele 1927 REGINA D'ITALIA

Michele, one of the earliest arrivals from Acquaviva Collecrose, worked as a labourer and lived in Bentley. His daughters Antonietta and Teresina...

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GIANINI, Amedeo 1927 RE D'ITALIA

Worked in the gold mines in Kalgoorlie. Lived in Bullfinch and married in Balingup 30 April 1955. Settled in Bullfinch and then bought a house and...

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GILROY, Bernard, Mary, Henry 1928 EURIPIDES

Bernard Gilroy was a widower. He migrated to Western Australia in 1928 with his two small children, Mary Josephine 8yrs & Henry 6yrs. After...

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GHISALBERTI, Serafina E 1928 CITTA DI GENOVA

Lived in Bassendean for 50 years. 4 children and 17 grand children all living in Western Australia.

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GREENHOW, James Charlton 1928 ORONSAY

James Greenhow married Ruby Lockhart on 14/12/1937. Enlisted in AIF 2/43 Battalion 04/12/1940. Served in Palestine for 2 years. Was employed in...

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GATSOS, George L 1928 CEPHEE

Father of Alexandra, Diana, Magda, Leta, Irene & Steve. Step Father to Stavro.

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GRUBELICH, Ante 1928 CAPRERA

For a short time went to Arrino to clear land for farming. Returned to Spearwood, went fishing from Fremantle until 1938. His future wife arrived...

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GILLARD, Wilfred 1928 BALLARAT

Child migrant Wilfred arrived 1928 and spent several years at Fairbridge then worked around Donnybrook, Balingup and Yaringa Station. Married...

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GRAHAM, Joseph Fairlamb 1928 OSTERLEY

Went to Manjimup to work on Group Settlement farms & then forestry. Died in military hospital in Perth, Western Australia.

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