DYJAK, Franciszek
18 September 1926 – 13 June 2004
Origin Born Majdan in Poland - Lived in Lubin in Poland
Accompanying Family Nil
First settled in Northam Accommodation Centre, WA
Original Occupation Timber cutter in a saw mill
Occupation in Australia Poultry Farmer
ANNA SALEN
Departure Port Unknown
Arrival Year 1949
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Frank spent his childhood in Lublin on parents' farm. Aged six his father died of WWI injuries. At fourteen beginning of WWII he was separated from family to work in dairy factory in Germany. He endured great hardship throughout war and after arriving in Australia. Frank died in 2004, leaving his wife and seven children who miss him terribly.
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Hello I would like to make a correction to the history of Franciszek Dyjak. He was born and lived in Majdan Siniawski. He had a brother named John born in 1930 and sister Katazyna born in 1928. Both passed away already. When their father Antoni passed away due to a blood infection in 1932. Their step father Michał Krasnianin was not good to his step children. Francizek decided to move to voluntarily to German work because he was the oldest and he was always hungry and mistreated by his step father. In Germany he worked in Bavaria in milking farm. After the second war he decided to move as far as possible from Europe because he was afraid of the third nuclear war between the US and Russia.
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