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VEREVIS, Katina

Origin Kastellorizo, Greece
Accompanying Family Mother, SIMONIDIS Krystalla for whom a separate entry will be submitted
First settled in Fremantle
Original Occupation Legal Secretary
Occupation in Australia Housewife

ASSIMINA

Departure Port Port Said, Egypt
Arrival Year 1951

Fremantle

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Left home island Kastellorizo when it was bombed in 1943. Refugee in Palestine and Cyprus for 2 years, on the Empire Patrol being repatriated to Kastellorizo when it caught fire and sank. Three years in Rhodes, then 6 months in Egypt, then migrated to Australia.

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