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SS Waterman


Departure Port: Unknown
Departure Date: Unknown
Arrival Port: Fremantle, Australia
Arrival Date: 13 February 1963
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  BOUDEWIJNS     Adriana                  Dutch   3396756
 2  BOUDEWIJNS     Trudo Petrus Maria       Dutch   3396757
 3  BOXHOORN       Adriana                  Dutch   3396756
 4  BROUWER        Bertus                   Dutch   3353295
 5  BROUWER        Mesina                   Dutch   3334422
 6  BROUWER        Willemijna Hendrika      Dutch   3353304
 7  BROUWER        Willemijntje             Dutch   3353302
 8  COPPENS        Marinus Hubertus         Dutch   3336429
 9  COSSEE         Margaretha Maria         Dutch   3336436
10  COZIJN         Roza                     Dutch   3336439
11  DE JONG        Christina Rika Gerda     Dutch   3355189
12  GADELLAA       Joseph Paulus            Dutch   3486731
13  GOEDHART       Maria                    Dutch   3360009
14  GRIFFIOEN      Cornelia                 Dutch   3337977
15  GROOTHEDDE     Jan Hendrik              Dutch   3360383
16  KLINKERT       Sara                     Dutch   3341344
17  KLINKERT       Wilhelm                  Dutch   3341345
18  LANGE          Anna Catharina Hendrika  Dutch   3908415
19  LANGE          Elardus                  Dutch   3908417
20  LANGE          Irma Johanna Maria       Dutch   3908419
21  LEEUWRIK       Geertje                  Dutch   3342335
22  LEEUWRIK       Jacob                    Dutch   3342336
23  LOS            Petronella               Dutch   3342407
24  MAANE          Maria                    Dutch   3360009
25  SMID           David                    Dutch   3344791
26  SMOOR          Louisa                   Dutch   3344796
27  SMOOR          Pieter                   Dutch   3344797
28  STOOP          Catharina Johanna        Dutch   3344977
29  STOOP          Jacobus                  Dutch   3344978
30  ULIJN          Maria Adriana            Dutch   3379481
31  VAN DEN BOS    Bertus                   Dutch   3379637
32  VAN DEN BOS    Bertus                   Dutch   3379644
33  VAN DEN BOS    Hendrika                 Dutch   3379643
34  VAN DEN BRINK  Hendrika                 Dutch   3345445
35  VAN DEN BRINK  Willem                   Dutch   3345446
36  VAN DIJKE      Theodorns Alexander      Dutch   3346032
37  WELS           Antje                    Dutch   3346476
38  WIERENGA       Teltje                   Dutch   3346486
39  WILLEMSEN      Arie                     Dutch   3346493


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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