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POMERY, Albert George

7 April 1887 – 29 March 1955

Origin Cornwall
Accompanying Family Wife Kathleen & 9 children
First settled in Denmark, Western Australia
Original Occupation Farmer & Blacksmith
Occupation in Australia Farmer

DIOGENES

Departure Port Plymouth
Arrival Year 1924

Albany

ALBANY panel

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The steamship 'Diogenes' docked at Albany April 1924. Albert and wife Kathleen (Kath) and their family of nine went to Denamark on the 114 Group Settlement Scheme. They lived in tents, cleared virgin land and milked cows. Later in life Albert went to work for the Land Settlement Scheme at Rock Gully working under his son, George.

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