SS Groote Beer
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 AARTS Peter Dutch 3208313 2 ANDELA Theo Dutch 3210113 3 BOSHART Johannes Dutch 3396743 4 BOTMAN Willhelmus M N Dutch 3396754 5 BRUIN Catharina Elisabeth Dutch 3396823 6 CHATELAIN Annamarie Dutch 3216578 7 CHATELAIN Carolina Dutch 3266176 8 CHATELAIN Frederikus Dutch 3216579 9 CHATELAIN Frederikus Charles Dutch 3124036 10 CHATELAIN George D Dutch 3216581 11 CHATELAIN Victorine F Dutch 3216580 12 CLAASSENS Tilly M Dutch 3229959 13 DE BEER Hubert Cornelis Jan Dutch 3110130 14 GILTAY Arie Cornelis Dutch 3486938 15 GROENEWOLD Aaltje B Dutch 3226515 16 GROENEWOLD Egbert Dutch 3226516 17 GROENEWOLD Grietje Dutch 3128107 18 GROENEWOLD Henderika A Dutch 3226518 19 JANSEN Jacoba C Dutch 3228597 20 JANSEN Maria Petronella Dutch 3228603 21 JANSEN Wilke Dutch 3228611 22 KONING Hindrik Dutch 3324935 23 KUIJPER Willem Gerardus Dutch 3908387 24 KUYS Catharina Elisabeth Dutch 3396823 25 MACKAY Jacobus Dutch 3236656 26 MARTENS Cornelis Martinus Dutch 3908504 27 NIEMANN Catharina Elisabeth Dutch 4090104 28 NIEMANN Jan Willem Dutch 4090105 29 PLANTINGA Gerard Dutch 3264461 30 RAVENHORST Jacoba Helena Dutch 3328112 31 REYNHOUDT Michael Dutch 3113368 32 SCHAGEN Johan Michel Wilhelm Dutch 4090343 33 SCHOONENBEEK Henrious T Dutch 3121038 34 SCHREURS Mathieu G M Dutch 3193689 35 STOOP Willem Dutch 4090522 36 SZERELMEY Carolina Dutch 3266176 37 VAN BIEZEN Cornelis Dutch 4090635 38 VAN BOOM Petrus Dutch 3270239 39 VAN DEN BERG Johanna Elisabeth Dutch 4090683 40 VAN HESSE Cornelis M W Dutch 3346073 41 VAN OSS Petrus Dutch 4090942 42 VAN RIJSWIJK Cornelis Petrus Dutch 3273910 43 VAN VLIET Everhardus Antonius Dutch 3273948 44 VAN WAARDENBERG Jacoba Helena Dutch 3328112 45 VERSTAPPEN Andreas J H Dutch 3274252 46 VIJGEN Martin Hubertus Dutch 3113679 47 WOUDA Petrus Dutch 3276356 Correspondence 11/16/02 passenger #19-21 Jansen Click HERE for story of voyage. Maria JansenTranscriber'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
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
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Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
29 July 2001
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