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Departure Port: Unknown
Departure Date: Unknown
Arrival Port: Fremantle, Australia
Arrival Date: 18 February 1955

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  BAHLMAN                 Neeltje             Dutch     3349687
 2  BAHLMAN                 Willem Dirk         Dutch     3349689
 3  GENNISSEN               Anna Maria          Dutch     3298906
 4  GENNISSEN               Marius D A          Dutch     3298905
 5  HOLL                    Cornelis Karel      Dutch     3361608
 6  KENBEEK                 Hendrik             Dutch     3908259
 7  KENBEEK                 Johanna Theodora    Dutch     3908260
 8  KOCH                    Peter H J           Dutch     3251747
 9  LOCH                    Pieter              Dutch     3183998
10  LOK                     Diena               Dutch     3908461
11  MEYER                   Johanna             Dutch     3237337
12  MEYER                   Johannes C          Dutch     3237335
13  PLAGGENBORG             Diena               Dutch     3908461
14  PLEITER                 Jacobus             Dutch     4090197
15  PLEITER                 Sara Martina        Dutch     4090198
16  PROCE                   Lammert             Dutch     3265610
17  REDDINGIUS              Aurelia Carolina    Dutch     3371670
18  REDDINGIUS              Maria Elizabeth     Dutch     4090236
19  REDDINGIUS              Menze Gerard        Dutch     4090237
20  REDDINGIUS              Regnerus Wibrandus  Dutch     4090238
21  ROOTSAERT               Anthonette Suzanne  Belgian   3393617
22  ROOTSAERT               Laurent Augsut M    Belgian   3393618
23  ROTSAERT                Laurent Augsut M    Belgian   3393618
24  SNYDER                  Jan                 Dutch     4090477
25  STORM VAN S GRAVESANDE  Godfried Leonard    Dutch     3266074
26  VLETTER                 Leendert Hendrik    Dutch     3275396


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 Sharon Krisko a member of the
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
12 March 2002

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