BARONE, Luigi
10 December 1892 – 8 November 1942
Origin Vasto, Italia
First settled in Itinerant worker. WA country towns. Settled Hamel 1937.
Original Occupation Contadino - farm worker
Occupation in Australia Labourer/farm worker potato grower
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Departure Port Napoli (Naples)
Arrival Year 1927
Fremantle
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Originally migrated to USA a total of four times. Worked as a waterboy on railways (New York to Buffalo) and as a brickie's labourer on Empire State Building (1920 - 1924). Married Michelina Monte Odorisio (Italy, 1913). Served in Italian Army WWI. Unable to return to USA, not a naturalised citizen. Migrated to “new Australia” instead. Family reunited 1939. Died of a stroke in 1942 - from effects of mustard gas during WWI.
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