MATVEEV, Dmytro & Iryna

Born 23 September 2025
3 January 1922 – 10 March 1976

Origin Pokrivci, Ukraine & Bozhekiv, Ukraine
Accompanying Family Stefan (4) & Maria (2)
First settled in Narrogin, WA
Original Occupation House Painter
Occupation in Australia House Painter

SKAUGUM

Departure Port Naples
Arrival Year 1950

Fremantle

305 panel

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Dmytro & Iryna were taken during their teens by occupying German forces in the early stages of WWII to Hannover to work as slave labour. They met & married in Hannover & migrated to Perth with their children, Stefan & Maria. They were settled in Northam for a few months then shifted to Narrogin where they remained until death.

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