Oral History / Katouni

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Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), Pro Publio Sestio

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submitted by Joshua Kepreotis on 31.01.2015

John Vardas

My full name is John George Vardas and I was born on the 18th of June 1918. However, for many years I was under the impression that my actual birthday was in fact on the 18th of March because of a mix up with my birth certificate upon arriving in Australia. When I came to Australia, I didn’t know the language and I didn’t understand a lot of things. Naturally, when they asked me at the office of migration I just simply responded with that date because I was unsure at the time. And to this day ...