Migrants- Paleohori

 

Family Name: Gialouris 
Name: Veniamin 
Life:  1917- 1987
Father's Name: Vasilios 
Mother's Name:   Irini Panani 
Siblings:  Efstathios, Mersina, Kleanthi (Pazanou),Edith (Koundouri), Vasilia (Ferou)
Year of Arrival in Australia: 1935
Married: Maria Tragakis (Plomari) 
Children: Vasiliki, Vasilios, Panagiotis, Kreton, Efstathios, Dimitrios, Irini, Georgios 
City of Residence: Lismore (New South Wales) and Sydney, Australia
 Livelihood: Small Business-Fruit Shops 

  

Above: His father, Vasilios.

Above Right: Veniamin served in the Australian army during the Second World War as a gunner in the 235 Australian Light Anti-Aircraft Battery. He experienced combat in New Guinea.
 
Above: With Theodore Scarlis (left) at one Veniamin’s banana plantations- in north New South Wales. Circa 1957.
Above Right: Lismore, New South Wales. With family. L-R: Mihail and Vasilia- Veniamin’s sister-Feros, unknown, his wife, Maria- who is holding their child, Vasili. Their daughter, Vasiliki, is in the front row. Mihail is holding his son, Georgios.
 
Above: His brother, Efstathios, who was ordained Chrysostomos, Metropolitan of Chios.
Above: With his wife, Maria, and their children, Vasiliki, Vasilios, Panagiotis, Kreton, Efstathios, Dimitrios, Irini and Georgios.