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SS Australia


Departure Port: Unknown
Departure Date: Unknown
Arrival Port: Fremantle, Australia
Arrival Date: 10 September 1951
International Refugee Organisation
Group Resettlement to Australia
This passenger list contains individuals and families that migrated to Australia after World War II from various European Countries including Germany, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine, Latvia, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Romania, etc. Most passengers are World War II refugees or displaced persons.
Columns represent*: Sequence number, surname, forename, nationality, and look-up reference number.
 1  BALLERINI      Rolando            Italian   3334241
 2  BENEDETTI      Luigi              Italian   3534818
 3  CALCEI         Rosina             Italian   3228436
 4  CASTAGNA       Domenico           Italian   3123993
 5  CIMINO         Giuseppe           Italian   3216626
 6  COMANDE        Rocco              Italian   3230112
 7  COMANDE        Vittorio           Italian   3230115
 8  CONDO          Stella             Italian   4093199
 9  DICHIERA       Illario            Italian   4093805
10  DIMASI         Giuseppe           Italian   3234606
11  FONTANA FRATI  Sergio             Italian   3223980
12  FUMAGALLI      Alessandro         Italian   3224152
13  FUMAGALLI      Diana              Italian   3177733
14  GULLONE        Marietta Carlotta  Italian   4094998
15  MARCHESANO     Angelina           Italian   4207569
16  MARCHESANO     Marietta Carlotta  Italian   4094998
17  MARCHESANO     Stella             Italian   4093199
18  MARCHESANO     Teresa             Italian   4200688
19  NARDINI        Valerio            Italian   4208080
20  PAPALIA        Rocco              Italian   3112862
21  PISCANEC       Giuseppe           Italian   3107184
22  PORTA          Vincenzo           Italian   3265502
23  PORTARO        Ilario             Italian   3166328
24  PRINCI         Mariantonia        Italian   3257005
25  RECCHI         Romolo             Italian   3113366
26  REMMELINK      Elizabeth          Dutch     4090254
27  RUTIGLIANO     Donato             Italian   3266712
28  SPADARO        Teresa             Italian   4200688
29  TODESCO        Luigi              Italian   3271577
30  VELETTA        Tranquillo         Italian   3168590
31  VISONA         Mario              Italian   4389298
32  ZAGARI         Pietro             Italian   3276482
33  ZAZA           Sergio             Italian   3275046


Transcriber's Notes:

*  An asterisk is used to call your attention to additional information in
   the transcriber's notes.

*  Sample of Other Details Available in the original manuscript:
     Passenger #              45          EX Augsburg  U.S. Zone Germany
     Surname                  Grabia
     Forenames                Josef
     CM/L #                   831088
     IRO Status               S
     Nationality              Polish
     Religion                 Roman Catholic
     Marital Status           Married
     Sex                      Male
     Date of Birth            02 July 1910
     Age                      40
     Country/Place of Birth   Poland / Godeniza
     Passport Number          045482
     Date Passport Issued     28 October 1949
     Place Passport Issued    Augsburg
     Occupation               Farmer

Transcribed by Tom Stiglmayer
and Donated to the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
It is believed that this transcription only lists those who disembarked in Fremantle, 
since the ship carried hundreds more passengers. 
The source was most likely the records in the National Archives of Australia's Perth collection.

       Here are more links to help in your search for passengers to Australia:

Extensive information about Displaced Persons immigration from Germany to Australia 1947-1951 
is at  http://www.fifthfleet.net.

Conduct record searches at the National Archives of Australia

and search Coraweb.com.au at How To Find Shipping and Immigration Records 
in Australia
Formatted by Sharon Krisko a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
5 July 2001



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