Samuel Wynn (4 April 1891 – 17 June 1982) was an Australian

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community leader, restaurateur, wine and spirits merchant and Zionist. Wynn was born in Ushimow,

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), named Shlomo ben David and was the son of Michael David Weintraub and his wife Rivkah, . He moved to Australia in 1913. Wynn started his entrepreneurial career in 1918 when he purchased a shop in

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, Melbourne, licensed to sell "colonial wine" and in 1920 when he bought the Café Denat, which later became the

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restaurant.

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1891 births 1982 deaths Australian Jews Australian people of Polish-Jewish descent Australian restaurateurs Australian Zionists Jews from the Russian Empire People from Lubartów County Polish emigrants to Australia {{Judaism-bio-stub