Algimantas Plūkas
Algimantas Plūkas was born on New Year’s Day 1922 in Kupiškis. He is the son of Ignas and Julija Aleknaite. He attended primary school in Kupiškis from, 1936-1942. studied at Kupiškis gymnasium. In the summer of 1944, he left Lithuania for Germany, he had been studying electronics and residing in Vilnius before he left. He had hoped to migrate to Cleveland. On 30 October 1949 emigrated to Australia on the Nelly and settled in Sydney. He worked in a private company as a silversmith. His work is held by the Australian Officers' Association in Sydney (miniature cannon valued at about $4,000), Cardinal Gilroy of Sydney (several). He devoted a lot of energy, time, financial resources and energy to Lithuanian affairs, he was a accordion player, conductor, instrumentalist, painter and decorator. He carved wood, worked in metal. He led the Sydney Lithuanian choir, Dainava from 1955 to 1957. From 1960 to 1963 he led a double quartet, Ro ž ytes , a ...