Welcome Walls

MONK, WH, M, RJ & JD

27 December 1905 – 8 October 1972
22 December 1909 – 23 September 2002

Origin Port Sudan, The Sudan
Accompanying Family Rosemary (11) & John (6)
First settled in Mt Lawley/Palmyra, WA
Original Occupation Fire Officer & Housewife
Occupation in Australia Fire Officer, Fremantle Harbour Trust

STRATHEDEN

Departure Port Aden
Arrival Year 1954

Fremantle

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Bill (WH) & Mary paid for their own fares to migrate to Australia from the Sudan. Street decorations for Queen Elizabeth's visit still up in Perth made a beautiful welcome. Rosemary & John did WA correspondence school classes in Port Sudan before migrating. The family moved to Canberra in 1959.

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