DE CHIERA, Luigi

Origin Ursini, R.C, Italy
Accompanying Family NIL
First settled in Busselton, WA
Original Occupation Labourer
Occupation in Australia Landscape gardener

CAPRERA

Departure Port Messina, Sicily
Arrival Year 1926

Fremantle

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Luigi worked in Busselton and the Goldfields before moving to Mullimbimby NSW where he established a banana plantation. After WWII he returned to WA and established a market garden near Waroona. In 1948 on a visit to Italy he met and married Carmela Mercuri who he sponsored to Australia in 1955.

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