SCHENK, Antoon & Margery
31 August 1890 – 17 March 1949
18 November 1897 – 28 July 1975
Origin Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, England, UK
First settled in Spearwood, WA
Original Occupation Soldier & Nurse
Occupation in Australia Market Gardener
CERAMIC
Departure Port London
Arrival Year 1920
Fremantle
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Antoon (Tony) Schenk, Dutch Australian, hospitalised in England after serving with AIF in Gallipoli & France. Met English nurse, Margery Pallett. They married in 1919 & came to Fremantle in 1920, settling in Owen Rd, Hamilton Hill. They ran a Market Garden for many years. They had 2 daughters, Margery born 1920 and Joan 1923.
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