SHEPHERD, Leonard & Elsie

28 November 1913 – 26 October 1989
11 November 1913 – 21 August 2004

Origin London/Norwich, England
Accompanying Family Son - Richard and Daughter - Maureen
First settled in Perth, WA
Original Occupation Mechanical Engineer
Occupation in Australia Mechanical Engineer

OTRANTO

Departure Port Tilbury Docks
Arrival Year 1952

Fremantle

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We lived in Graylands Hostel in Nissen Huts for 2 years. My father built a house in Swanbourne and lived there until their deaths in 1989 and 2004. Swanbourne was virgin bush in those days, surrounded with kangaroos. Good simple life.

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