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SWIDUNOWICZ, Ksenia & Leon

15 November 1903 – 4 October 1979
17 January 1935 – Invalid Date

Origin Divin, Polland
Accompanying Family Anna Swidunowicz
First settled in Northam
Original Occupation Farmworker

GENERAL W C LANGFITT

Departure Port Tengeru Ranganyika
Arrival Year 1950

Fremantle

93 panel

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Evicted by Stalin to Siberia circa 1940. Oldest brother Jakov died while in camp. Husband/father imprisoned for stealing bread to feed family. Travelled to Persia then Africa. Lived in camp Tengeru Tanganyika for 8 years before coming to Australia in 1950. Reunited with husband/father some years later.

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