GIERKE, Leszek
Origin Poland
Accompanying Family None
First settled in Wheat Belt Western Australia
Original Occupation student
Occupation in Australia Businessman
ASTURIAS
Departure Port Southampton, England
Arrival Year 1948
Fremantle
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Involved in Warsaw Uprising in 1944 when 19 years old. Prisoner of war in Italy. Came to Australia on a two year working contract. Married Teresa Litynska in 1952, also a Polish Migrant, and they had one daughter, Anne Teresa Marchesani.
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