Villages- Vryssa
Family Name: | Marinellis |
Name: | Dimitrios (Born in Iraklio, Kriti) |
Year Of Birth: | 1928 |
Father' Name: | Ioannis (Vryssa) |
Mother's Name: | Evangelia Stratakis (Iraklio, Kriti) |
Siblings: | Marika (Matarakis) |
Year of Arrival in Australia: | 1968 |
Sponsor: | D.E.M.E Gov't Sponsored Program |
Married: |
Maria Karatheodori (Piraeus)/ Alexandra Gourna (Messinias) |
Children: | Ioannis, Nikolaos |
City of Residence: | Sydney |
Livelihood: | Fitter and Turner- Telstra |
Above: A wedding portrait of my parents, Ioannis (1896- 41) and Evangelia. Ioannis was a decorated captain in the Royal Greek Army, who fought in the Balkan Wars (as a volunteer), the Greek-Turkish War (1919-22), and was killed in the Battle of Crete (May, 1941).
Above Middle: With my father, Dimitrios, outside our family home in Iraklio, Kriti.
Above: With my fiance at the time, Maria. (Circa 1950).
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Above: With my son, Ioannis, in Athens (Circa 1959). Ioannis is at his Year 2 end-of-school year festivities.
Above Middle: With my son, Ioannis, and his wife, Katerina at a Cretan social event.
Above Right: My grandchildren from my son Ioannis' side of the family. From left, we are: Niki, Dimitrios, Evangelia, Eleni- Maria and Christina.



Above: My grand-daughter, Evangelia, with her husband, Jason, and their two children, Tara Rose and Brianna.
Above Middle: My grand-daughter, Eleni-Maria, with her children, Dimitrios, Ioannis and Panagiota.
Above Right: My grand-daughter, Christina, with her son, Andrew.

