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Keith Vass

Town/City Cairns Qld
First name Keith
Last name Vass
Country of Origin England
Date of Birth 4/1/1940
Year of Arrival in Australia 1953
Submitted by Keith Vass

Story

I immigrated with my mother (Shiela) and my brother (Bruce) to join my father (Eric) who was already in Australia having sailed on the Strathaird earlier. I was 13 and my brother was 10 years of age.

The journey was very exiting for me and my brother but less so for my mother who suffered from sea-sickness. When we arrived in Port Said, I was recognised as like my father by a local taxi driver who had driven my father before-quite a coincidence!

Outer Harbour wharf in Adelaide appeared rather barren at first. We settled in Henley Beach at first and later moved to our own house at Marino Rocks.





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