COMITO, Cosimo Vincenzo
23 July 1931 – 2 January 2004
Origin Bivongi, Italy
First settled in Perth, WA
Original Occupation Farmhand
Occupation in Australia Welder
UGOLINO VIVALDI
Departure Port Messina
Arrival Year 1949
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Cosimo, the eldest of four, left his family in Italy and arrived in Australia as a teenager unable to speak English. He took work chopping wood in Lakewood, saving to bring the rest of his family to Australia. Cosimo married Francesca Panaia in 1958 and together they had three children.
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