Migrants- Paleohori
Life Story: Panagiotis Chrisafis
Surname: | Chrisafis |
Name: | Panagiotis |
Life: | 1910- 1983 |
Father's Name: | Grigorios (Paleohori) |
Mother's Name: | Diamando Sotirhou (Paleohori) |
Siblings: | Maria, Aspasia, Christos |
Year of Arrival in Australia: | 1937 |
Sponsor: | Panagiotis Sotirhos (his maternal uncle) |
Married: | Mersina Mavragani (Paleohori) |
Children: | Grigorios, Diamando, Evangelia, Christos, Nikolaos |
City of Residence: | Sydney |
Livelihood: | Small Business: Fruit Shop, Milk Bar |
Above: His parents, Diamando and Grigorios- with his siblings, Maria and Christos.
Above Middle: Panagiotis (left) with friends. Seated is Apostolos Mavrothalasitis.
Above Right: His brother, Christos, as a soldier. He was unfortunately killed (1945) in a naval tragedy, when the ship he was travelling on hit a mine just off Piraeus.
Above: During World War II, Panagiotis served in the Australian Army as a cook.
Above Middle: Peak Hill (New South Wales), 1946. Panagiotis (left) with his partner, "Jack" Karabetsos, and vasilios and Irini Michalis.
Above Right: With his wife, Mersina.
Above: Family and friends at the Vrahos Nightclub. From left, they are: Grigoris Moraitis- with his parents, Zaharo and Giorgos; and the Crisafis family- Panagiotis and his wife, Mersina- and their children, Grigoris, Nikos, Diamando, Christos and Evangelia. Standing is the famous maestro from Paleohori, Poseidonas.
Above: Outside the family business in Manly (Sydney) with his children.