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Bretos Margetis
Copyright (0000) Vasilia Uhrweiss (nee Margetis)

One of eight Founding Fathers of the Kytherian Brotherhood of Australia (now called the Kytherian Association), in 1922. In the second administration he took on the Executive role of Secretary.

Bretos was born on 24 Nov 1889. He landed in Australia on 5 Dec 1903 per the ‘Orizaba.’

Arrivals Australia, 1903

He features in the book Life in Australia, on page 201.

Download a .pdf of page 201, here:

LIA_English_p201.pdf

His name is spelt Vretos in Life in Australia but I he always spelt it Bretos.

He was married in 1925 at the Agia Triatha Church Bourke St Sydney, to Theodora Lianos.

Wedding photographs

Bretos Margetis and Theodora Lianos outside Agia Triatha, Sydney


Bretos Margetis and Theodora Lianos outside Agia Triatha, Sydney

Wedding party photograph, Wedding of Bretos Margetis and Theodora Lianos

Studio portrait of Theodora Lianos on her wedding day

Studio portrait of Theodora Lianos on her wedding day, with mirror image

Shop of Bretos Margetis at 615 George St Sydney

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