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SS Castel Verde


Departure Port: Unknown
Departure Date: Unknown
Arrival Port: Fremantle, Australia
Arrival Date: 7 July 1953
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  BEESE          Ottilie                    German        3319205
 2  BEHRENS        Othard Martin Adolph       German        3286815
 3  BRAETSCH       Hans Otto                  German        4091486
 4  BROSIG         Brigitte                   German        3322346
 5  BROUWERS       Helmut Johann              German        4091493
 6  CICHOLAS       Bruno                      German        4091516
 7  DAUBER         Otto                       German        3217459
 8  DEICHSEL       Wilhelm Lothar             German        3233744
 9  DRESKE         Annegret Sieglinde Brigit  German        3239699
10  DRESKE         Karin Sabine Margarete     German        3239702
11  FEDDE          Klaus                      German        3127779
12  FEDER          Brigitte                   German        3322346
13  FERCH          Eckard Karl                German        4091567
14  FLADER         Gerda Christel             German        4091573
15  FLADER         Herbert Lorenz             German        4091574
16  FRIEDRICH      Katherina                  Yugoslavian   3241224
17  GELBMANN       Katherina                  Yugoslavian   3241224
18  HANSEN         Hans Christian Martin      German        4091647
19  HUELSDUNK      Horst Werner Wilhelm Ludw  German        4091702
20  HUELSDUNK      Ursula Katharina           German        4091703
21  HUHN           Margarete Antonic          German        3326712
22  KITTERER       Werner                     German        3229855
23  KOENIG         Johann Andreas             German        3251757
24  KRENKE         Jurgen                     German        3252585
25  KRENKE         Magdalena Johanna Helena   German        3307008
26  KRENKE         Renate                     German        3307009
27  KROLL          Leo Karl                   German        4091791
28  LACINY         Alfred                     Austrian      3183775
29  LACINY         Hildegard                  Austrian      3183774
30  LUCKAS         Paul                       German        4091848
31  MOSER          Willibald                  German        4091896
32  MUELLER        Gerhard Paul Wilhelm       German        4091899
33  MUELLER        Herlinde Ann               German        4091900
34  NAUMANN        Alexandra                  German        3265500
35  NEHMELMANN     Margarete Antonic          German        3326712
36  PFAU           Wolfgang Gotthard          German        4091954
37  POREBSKI       Alexandra                  German        3265500
38  RAINDA         Erna                       German        4091984
39  RAINDA         Wilhelm                    German        4091985
40  ROSE           Andreas                    German        4092012
41  RUST           Gunter                     German        4092022
42  RUTKOWSKI      Gunter                     German        4092022
43  SCHLESAK       Alfred                     German        4092049
44  SCHMIDT        Uwe                        German        4092183
45  SCHOLZ         Werner Otto                German        3193681
46  SCHUMACHER     Kurt Wilhelm               German        4092086
47  SENGER         Hans Alfred                German        4092098
48  SPITZKAT       Gunter Fritz               German        4092117
49  STEINHART      Herbert                    German        3270556
50  TAUTORAT       Arnold                     German        4092140
51  UNKELBACH      Peter                      German        3272109
52  VOIGT          Elfriede                   German        4092181
53  VOIGT          Gunter                     German        4092182
54  VOIGT          Uwe                        German        4092183
55  VON CASTEL     Hedwig Emma Anna           German        4092187
56  WEBER          Gunter                     German        3271681
57  ALBUS          Karl Heinz                 German        3317593
58  BARTELS        Anna Friederieke Emmy      German        3123504
59  BARTELS        Gerhard Peter Max Emil     German        3286752
60  BEESE          Heinrich Herman Gottfried  German        3170108
61  BELLING        Gerhard                    German        3210985
62  BRAETSCH       Gertrud Anna Ida           German        3353259
63  DREISBACH      Horst                      German        3176872
64  GOTT           Rolf Egbert                German        3300800
65  HELBIG         Fritz                      German        3301440
66  HERBERMANN     Ludger Gerhard             German        3227101
67  KOEHLER        Hermann Bruno              German        3341370
68  KOHLER         Hermann Bruno              German        3341370
69  KORANDA        Eleanore                   Austrian      3388682
70  LANG           Adolf                      German        3307200
71  LANG           Maria                      German        3307183
72  LERCH          Rudolf                     German        3183920
73  MAGER          Gerhard Herbert            German        3185108
74  MANLIK         Gunter                     German        3236878
75  MESS           Erwin                      German        3186045
76  PETERMANN      Maria                      German        3255692
77  SCHILLING      Dorothy Maria              German        3265151
78  SCHILLING      Helmut Oskar               German        3265148
79  SCHMIEDCHEN    Angelika Louise            German        3265185
80  SCHMIEDCHEN    Wolfgang Jordin Herman     German        3265188
81  SCHMUL         Gerda Martha               German        3313126
82  SCHMUL         Werner Hienrich Konrad     German        3313127
83  SCHRIMPF       Hans Max Udo               German        3265245
84  SCHUMACHER     Frieda Margarethe Marie    German        3344612
85  SCHUMACHER     Gunter                     German        3344613
86  SCHWIND        Heinz                      German        3375838
87  STEUER         Hubert                     German        3377727
88  THUMLER        Harry Wilhelm Karl         German        3168347
89  ZACHAR ZEWSKI  Kurt Otto                  German        3203333 


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
7 July 2001



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