TOMPSETT, Lewis Frank
Origin Wadhurst, Sussex, England
Accompanying Family Father - Percy, Mother - Annie, Brothers - Charles, Harold, William, Richard, John and Sisters - Mary and Kathleen
First settled in Fremantle/Karragullen, WA
Original Occupation Child
Occupation in Australia Farmer
DEMOSTHENES
Departure Port Southampton
Arrival Year 1914
Fremantle
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Father's first job was at the Illawarra Orchard, Karragullen. He was employed because he had enough children to keep the school open. In 1922 we were one of the first group settlers in the south-west (Group 14 Tutunup). I now live in Perth with Joan, my wife of 54 years.
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