KOT Family

Origin Pinsk, Poland
Accompanying Family Daughters, Lucyna and Jadwiga.
First settled in Northam, WA
Original Occupation Wife of farmer
Occupation in Australia Kitchen hand/domestic help

GENERAL W C LANGFITT

Departure Port Mombassa
Arrival Year 1950

Fremantle

24 panel

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Alexandra and her daughters, arrived in Australia after spending years in a refugee camp in East Africa. Originally from Poland they were forcibly removed from their home at the start of WW2. The family settled in Perth, successfully rebuilding their lives after experiencing the horrors of war.

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    Thu 15 Oct 2015

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