SZOLKOWSKI, Pawel & Klara
12 June 1902 – 15 January 1955
13 October 1918 – 31 August 2002
Origin Poland & Lindau, Germany
Accompanying Family Son Peter aged 18 months & Pawel's daughter Johanna (Janice) aged 13 years
First settled in Northam, WA Army Camp
Original Occupation Locomotive Fire Man (Stoker)
Occupation in Australia Railway Tracker & Timber Mill Labourer
FAIRSEA
Departure Port Naples, Italy
Arrival Year 1950
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Pawel lost his first wife & 4 sons in WW2. Remarried Klara in Lindau Germany 1947. Settled in Greenbushes 1950, working on the railways. Had 3 more children John, Charlie & Clare. Died 1955, a work related accident at Loyds Lumber Company. Klara raised the family alone and died in 2002.
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