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SS Sydney


Departure Port: Unknown
Departure Date: Unknown
Arrival Port: Fremantle - Australia
Arrival Date: 20 Jan 1957
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    ANTONELLI            Salvatore               Italian           3285421
 2    BOVE                 Fiore                   Italian           3540571
 3    CAETANO              Inacia Da Concecioa     Portuguese        4313028
 4    CAETANO              Maria Odette            Portuguese        4313030
 5    CALABRO              Giovanni                Italian           3544313
 6    CIMINATA             Santa                   Italian           4093052
 7    CINQUINA             Francesco Paolo         Italian           3320245
 8    DE PETRA             Casimiro                Italian           3295848
 9    DE VITA              Pietro Ottavio          Italian           3337108
10    DI FRANCO            Maria                   Italian           4093849
11    DI FRANCO            Teresa                  Italian           4093851
12    DI LELLO             Teresa                  Italian           3355649
13    DI PARDO             Luigi                   Italian           3321669
14    FARAONE              Domenico                Italian           4094271
15    FATTORE              Vittoria                Italian           4094292
16    GAGLIARDI            Lucia                   Italian           3298825
17    GERACITANO           Maria                   Italian           4389166
18    GERACITANO           Vittoria                Italian           4094292
19    GIOVANNONI           Ettore                  Italian           3300757
20    GLIOSCA              Concetta Maria          Italian           4094921
21    IACAOVANTUONO        Assunta                 Italian           4207018
22    LANARO               Alberto                 Italian           3307165
23    MARINELLI            Guglielmo               Italian           4207598
24    MARROLLO             Carolina                Italian           4207630
25    MOMOLI               Lino                    Italian           3309590
26    MORRICONE            Domenico                Italian           4207978
27    NAPOLI               Giuseppe                Italian           4208067
28    PANETTA              Carmela                 Italian           4200965
29    PANETTA              Gilberto                Italian           4208292
30    PANETTA              Nicola Francesco        Italian           4208298
31    PANETTA              Teresa                  Italian           3355649
32    PANETTA              Virginia                Italian           4208906
33    PAPA                 Antonio                 Italian           3327153
34    PILI                 Romualdo                Italian           3312112
35    PLENKOVICH           Anthony Dragon          Yugoslavian       3312148
36    POETA                Diana                   Italian           4208747
37    POLIMENO             MariaTeresa             Italian           4200324
38    POLIMENO             Peppina                 Italian           4208757
39    RAFFAELE             Virginia                Italian           4208906
40    ROMEO                Maria                   Italian           4093849
41    ROMEO                Teresa                  Italian           4093851
42    ROTHE                Gudrun                  German            4092100
43    SANGINITI            MariaTeresa             Italian           4200324
44    SCUTTI               Grazia                  Italian           4200528
45    SHAW                 Gudrun                  German            4092100
46    SOARES               Inacia Da Concecioa     Portuguese        4313028
47    TOGNOLINI            Carmela                 Italian           4200965
48    VALENTI              Maria                   Italian           4389166
49    VAN DEN BOSCH        Gerrit Jan              Dutch             3379659
50    VENTURINI            Antonio                 Italian           3382197


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 Nancy Profit a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
22 July 2001



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