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SS Suriento


Departure Port: Unknown
Departure Date: Unknown
Arrival Port: Fremantle, Australia
Arrival Date: 16 June 1949
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  BERTILONE     Carmelo            Italian     3211113
 2  CABASSI       Cristiano Andrea   Italian     3216335
 3  CABASSI       Maria Bombardieri  Italian     3216337
 4  CABASSI       Pietro Pio         Italian     3216339
 5  COOKE         Elfriede           Austrian    3174483
 6  CUSMANO       Sebastiano         Italian     3230573
 7  DELLA BONA    Michelangelo       Italian     4093665
 8  DELLA BONA    Piera              Italian     4208753
 9  DELLA FRANCA  Renato             Italian     3234074
10  FAGA          Angelo             Italian     3177509
11  FAIOLA        Autouio            Italian     3110174
12  FIASCHI       Dante Mario        Italian     4094407
13  FIASCHI       Giovanni           Italian     4094408
14  GADALI        Giuseppe Luigi     Italian     3128014
15  GIGLIA        Francesco          Italian     3241374
16  GIGLIA        Francesco          Italian     3241372
17  GORGONE       Antonio            Italian     3177910
18  GRAZIANO      Giuseppe           Italian     3226486
19  GRECO         Pietro             Italian     3177932
20  ITALIANO      Michaelangelo      Italian     3179270
21  KITIS         Theophone          Greek       3324840
22  LA CAVA       Calogero           Italian     3234150
23  MANCUSO       Guiseppe           Italian     3185242
24  MASTRANTONIO  Sebastiano         Italian     3185404
25  PIRRI         Giuseppa           Italian     3272334
26  POLIDORI      Piera              Italian     4208753
27  PORTELLI      Domenica           Italian     3265505
28  PRUITI        Francesco          Italian     4208849
29  SCATA         Giuseppe           Italian     3268190
30  SQUEO         Mauco              Stateless   3113563
31  TARPENIS      Ioanis Chris       Greek       3168328
32  VALENTI       Giuseppa           Italian     3272334
33  VOLZ          Elfriede           Austrian    3174483
34  ZITO          Angelo             Italian     3203394

TTranscriber'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
4 February 2002



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