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SS Australia


Departure Port: Unknown
Departure Date: Unknown
Arrival Port: Fremantle, Australia
Arrival Date: 18 September 1955
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  AFRIC       Kazimir              Unknown       3169819
 2  BRNIC       Katika               Yugoslavian   3227972
 3  CICIRELLA   Giuseppe             Italian       3354344
 4  CORSI       Giuseppe             Italian       3291584
 5  DEL RE      Nicola               Italian       4093703
 6  DI FOGLIO   Antonio              Italian       3337126
 7  FRENIS      Rosalia              Italian       4094577
 8  GENOVESE    Rosa                 Italian       4094721
 9  GIZZARELLI  Pietrangelo          Italian       3241437
10  LAROSA      Rosa Caterina        Italian       4200687
11  LENDARO     Ermenegildo          Italian       4207269
12  MARCHIOLI   Angelo               Italian       3308907
13  MARTIN      Charles Blyth        American      318535
14  MATELJAN    Katika               Yugoslavian   3227972
15  MIGNACCO    Vincenzo             Italian       3328101
16  MUCHINO     Maria Silvana        Italian       3309636
17  NIBALI      Antonio              Italian       4208109
18  PUCCI       Giovanni             Italian       3328064
19  RAFFAELE    Vincenzo             Italian       4208905
20  RANDAZZO    Vincenzo             Italian       3328101
21  SOKOLIC     Ivan                 Yugoslavian   3270153
22  SOKOLIC     Vera                 Yugoslavian   3270154
23  SPADARO     Rosa Caterina        Italian       4200687
24  TAMI        Arturo               Italian       3315898
25  TAMI        Saveria              Italian       3315900
26  TIZZONE     Concetta             Italian       4200955
27  TRICHILO    Giacomo              Italian       3330690
28  VAZQUEZ     BLAZQUEZ Crescencia  Spanish       3274006
29  ZAMPOGNA    Giuseppe             Italian       4389369


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
3 July 2001



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