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Showing posts with label death aged under 60. Show all posts
Showing posts with label death aged under 60. Show all posts
03 March 2025

Vincentas Jakimavičius (1927-1949): Motorcycle passenger death, by Daina Pocius

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Vincentas Jakimavičius was the pillion passenger of a motorcycle which hit a cow opposite the old store at Tarpeena in South Australia, at 1...
02 March 2025

Vytautas Skidzevičius (1924–1983): Little known brother, by Ann Tündern-Smith and Rasa Ščevinskienė

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Unlike his younger brother, Nikodemas , we know only the barest outline of the life of Vytautas Skidzevičius. He was born on 9 August 19...
12 July 2023

Valentinas Dagys (1927 – 1972): My father, by Jedda Barber

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My father was passenger number 137, Valentinas Dagys, on the USAT General Stuart Heintzelman that arrived in Fremantle, Australia, on 28 No...
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06 March 2023

Julius Molis (1923-1949): The Man in the Photo by Rasa Ščevinskienė with Ann Tündern-Smith

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Updated 22 July 2024 and 27 February 2025; revised 9 April 2025 I have a photograph sent from Australia to Lithuania by my grandfather, Adom...
29 April 2021

Aleksandras Vasiliauskas (1924-48): A short and sad story, by Ann Tündern-Smith

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Updated 6 March 2023. Not all stories of the First Transport’s passengers tell us of a long and distinguished life in Australia. The shorte...
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