TYRKA, Jan
19 November 1919 – 16 June 2004
Origin Tarnow, Poland
First settled in Migrant Transit Camp, Northam, WA
Original Occupation Student before WWII
Occupation in Australia Various labouring jobs & Metal Machinist
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Departure Port Naples, Italy
Arrival Year 1950
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Jan was taken by the German SS as a political prisoner in Autumn 1940. He spent 5 years in Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps. After the war, he was resettled in Australia. He worked at Pemberton, the wheatbelt and then Perth. He married Margaret in 1960. His two children are Jeanette and Vanda.
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