SS Himalaya
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 GANS Christiaan Dutch 3224785
2 GANS Hendrika Dutch 3224788
3 GERRITSEN Dirk Antoon Dutch 3486753
4 HENDRIKS Jacob Aug Dutch 3521067
5 KIPP Cornelis Lambertas Dutch 3251514
6 KIPP Petronella Theodora Dutch 3251516
7 KNOLL Jacoba Dutch 3251723
8 KNOLL Martinus Willem Dutch 3251727
9 SCHIMMEL Johannes Hans Arnoldus Dutch 4090360
10 VAN A VEER Cornelis Dutch 4090624
11 VAN DE VELDE David Dutch 4090815
12 VAN DEN ADEL Willemina Emma Dutch 4090680
13 VAN HERWAARDE Johanna Josephina Dutch 4090870
14 VAN HERWAARDE Wilhelmus Nicolaas Dutch 4090871
15 VAN POELGEEST Maria Margretha Evekdina Dutch 4090953
16 VAN POELGEEST Piet Dutch 4090954
17 VAN'T VEER Antje Jacoba Dutch 4090982
18 VAN'T VEER Willem Cornelis Dutch 4090983
19 VERHEYEN Adriana Johanna Dutch 3274203
20 VERHEYEN Hendrikus Johannes Dutch 3274206
21 VERSCHUREN Adrianus Marinus Dutch 4091055
22 VERSCHUREN Franciena Barbara Dutch 4091056
23 VERSCHUREN Jacobus Adrianus Dutch 4091057
24 VERSCHUREN Marinus Adrianus Dutch 4091058
25 VERSCHUREN Wilhelmina Dutch 4091059
26 VERSCHUREN Willemina Emma Dutch 4090680
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
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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