TESZAS, Jozsef
11 July 1939 – 25 January 2000
Origin Pécs, Hungary
Accompanying Family Friend, Georgina Sladic
First settled in Bonegila Migrant Centre
Original Occupation 18yo Student (Refugee 1956 Uprising)
Occupation in Australia Metal Worker
AURELIA
Departure Port Triest, Italy
Arrival Year 1957
Fremantle
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Jozsef & Georgina left Pécs during the 1956 Hungarian uprising, walking 50kms in the snow to cross into Jugoslavia. After living in a refugee camp for some months, they set sail from Trieste on the AURELIA via the Suez Canal, the first ship through after the 1956 Suez crisis.
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