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SS Sibajak


Departure Port: Unknown
Departure Date: Unknown
Arrival Port: Fremantle - Australia
Arrival Date: 10 April 1956
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    BAZELMANS              Margareta Aleida          Dutch             3319198
 2    DAUWERSE               Johannes Cornelis Theodor Dutch             3355033
 3    DAUWERSE               Peter Alexander           Dutch             3336768
 4    DEGENAAR               Anna Maria                Dutch             3266509
 5    HARRISON               Fernanda Johanna Elizabet Dutch             3491780
 6    JAMAR                  Jeltje                    Dutch             3542387
 7    KLEIN                  Teunis                    Dutch             3229919
 8    KLEIN                  Teuntje                   Dutch             3229921
 9    MINCK                  Johannes Cornelis         Dutch             4090052
10    PLANTAZ                Hendrikus                 Dutch             3327774
11    RIJNTJES               Johanna Maria             Dutch             4090273
12    RIJNTJES               Willem                    Dutch             4090274
13    ROMEYN                 Anna Maria                Dutch             3266509
14    ROSSEN                 Maria Johanna             Dutch             4090300
15    ROSSEN                 Theodorus Lambertus Maria Dutch             4090301
16    ROSSEN                 Wilhelmus Johannes        Dutch             4090302
17    TIMMER                 Eleanora Pietronella Joha Dutch             4090581
18    TIMMER                 Johannes Hendrik          Dutch             4090582
19    TIMMER                 Petronella Elisabeth Joha Dutch             4090583
20    VAN DE HAAR            Aart Gerardus             Dutch             3272654
21    VAN DE HAAR            Maudy Francina Huberdina  Dutch             3272656
22    VAN DE KRAATS          Cornelia                  Dutch             4090671
23    VAN DE KRAATS          Tom                       Dutch             4090672
24    VAN DEN BERG           Margareta Aleida          Dutch             3319198
25    VAN DER GOOT           Bernardus Bouke           Dutch             3272774
26    VAN DER GOOT           Johanna Maria             Dutch             3272776
27    VAN DET                Joseph Eberhardt          Dutch             3270448
28    VAN DIJK               Joannes Josephus          Dutch             4090828
29    VAN DIJK               Julienne Maria Petronella Dutch             4090830
30    VAN DONGEN             Mararetha Maria           Dutch             3379793
31    VAN DYK                Joannes Josephus          Dutch             4090828
32    VAN DYK                Julienne Maria Petronella Dutch             4090830
33    VAN IRSEN              Adriana Hendrika          Dutch             4090886
34    VAN IRSEN              Apolonia                  Dutch             3379823
35    VAN IRSEN              Bernard Frits             Dutch             4090887
36    VAN IRSEN              Friedrich Bernhard        Dutch             3379824
37    VERMEULEN              Catharina Maria           Dutch             3382454
38    VERMEULEN              Niclaas Joseph            Dutch             3382456
39    WAGENAAR               Arthur Ate                Dutch             4091115


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 Mary Beth Arthur a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
2 February 2002



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