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Bretislav Lukes, Czechoslovakian Migrant, 1950
Image: Driver's Licence - Bretislav Lukes, Czechoslovakia
Source: Museum Victoria
Bretislav Lukes was born on 12 January 1922 in Stankou in Czechoslovakia. During World War II he worked for the German Junkers aircraft factory. After the War he trained as an electrician while in an International Refugee Organisation (IOR) displaced persons camp. In 1950 he migrated to Melbourne, Australia, travelling from Germany via Bremen on the ship 'Goya'. When he arrived Bretislav was sent straight to Bonegilla Migrant Reception Centre in northern Victoria where he was given work on the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme and then the Australian Iron and Steel at Port Kembla in 1950.
Lukes moved to Melbourne where he lived first in St Albans and then moved to Burwood East. In Melbourne he worked in the Myer workshop as a TV repair man, before moving to Watson Victa in 1952 where he made x-ray machines. In 1960 he began working as a technician in the Physics Department at Swinburne Institute of Technology. In Australia Bretislav was known as 'Bob', he belonged to an amateur radio club, he never married, and spoke English as well as Czech and German. Over the years he returned to Czechoslovakia and other countries and stayed in touch with his family, his father Emil Lukes who died in 1967, his mother Marie Lukesova and two sisters. He died in 2004.
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Notice - Customs Confiscation, German, 6 May 1949
Customs confiscation notice written in German, for 80 cigarettes, the form states that person issuing the fine has retained a portion of the money. This notice was issued to Bretislav L ...
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Document - Camp Accommodation, Issued to Bretislav Lukes, 29 Sep 1949
Camp Accommodation slip for IRO camp in Hindenburg, it was issued to Bretislav Lukes 27 September 1949. The slip has been signed by a camp billeting officer and contains information abo ...
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Document - Good Conduct Statement, Issued to Bretislav Lukes, 11 Aug 1949
Good Conduct Statement from IRO Area 3 Camp in Eichstatt, it was issued to Bretislav Lukes 11 August 1949. The slip states that Bretislav was not arrested or imprisoned while in residen ...
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Document - Resettlement Status Slip, Issued to Bretislav Lukes, 9 Mar 1950
Resettlement Centre Status Slip issued to Bretislav Lukes by the IRO, dated 9 March 1950. The slip states that Bretislav is being returned to the DP camp Ulm from the Augsburg Resettlem ...
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Envelope - Ceskomoravska-Kolben-Danek Electronics Factory, 4 Aug 1948
Ceskomoravska-Kolben-Danek company envelope, which has been postmarked Parha (Prague) 4 August 1948. It is part of a collection of documents belonging to Bretislav Lukes a Czech migrant ...
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Envelope - Commonwealth of Australia to Bretislav Lukes, St Kilda, Victoria, 26 Oct 1953
Envelope in which three documents were sent by the Australian Government to Bretislav Lukes, it is postmarked 26 Oct 1953. The documents contained in the envelope were an Information Sh ...
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Form - Application for Australian Passport, Department of Immigration, circa 1958
Passport application form issued by the Department of Immigration, and completed by Bretislav Lukes (but apparently not sent) in relation to a proposed trip to New Zealand for 4 months. ...
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Group Certificate - Issued to Bretislav Lukes, Australian Iron & Steel Ltd, Port Kembla, 3 ...
Group certificate issued by Australian Iron and Steel Ltd, Port Kembla to Bretislav Lukes for income year 1950-51. Born 12 January 1922 in Stankou in Czechoslovakia, Bretislav claims to ...
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Group Certificate - Issued to Bretislav Lukes, President Industries Pty Ltd, Sydney, 30 Ju ...
Group certificate issued by President Industries Pty Ltd, Sydney to Bretislav Lukes for the period May-June 1954. Born 12 January 1922 in Stankou in Czechoslovakia, Bretislav claims to ...
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Identification Card - Provisional, Issued to Bretislav Lukes, IRO, 1949
Provisional identity card for Bretislav Lukes, issued by the IRO. The card was required for migration processing and was first valid until 31 May 1949 and was extended until 30 June 194 ...
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