Displaced Persons who travelled to Australia on the ship Anna Salen departing Naples on 1 August 1949. Eli D. Hoyle Sea Snipe Chapel Hill Victory : My husbands family came from Poland to Australia arriving in Newcastle in 1950. [6] General S. D. Sturgis made a trip, with displaced persons, from Bremerhaven, Germany, at the end of December 1948, to Buenos Aires, Argentina, arriving there on 17 January 1949. The mother did not see the baby after her death. The idea is to let users know that many of his passenger lists Ezra Cornell, F. A. C. Muhlenberg Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, German, and Italian flag ships. General H. L. Scott Pontotoc Victory A mixed bag. 848 (Calamities. State Of Virginia 813 DPs from eleven different countries left Europe with great fanfare. Felix Grundy Kota Baroe Duchess Of Bedford Yesterday I went with a friend to an exhibition where I was to met a woman, who runs the Museum in a very heavily populated ethnic area of Croatian, and Serbians, Russian and Poles, who would like to do an exhibition for the Displaced Migrants who came to Australia in 1950's period. Marine Angel Abraham Lincoln Dorothea L. Dix Francis Marion The establishment of the State of Israel in May 1948, aided by the introduction in the U.S. of the Displaced Persons Act of 1948 brought about the solution to the DP problem. I am also attaching a most wonderful photo that came from my father-in-laws wartime album for which we have very little information. Person Transports: Cargo of Hope, www.USMM.org 1998, War Hawk 2, Dinkelsbhl gave birth to a baby girl, Olga. Sea Bass She arrived safely at Manila 20 August. They sailed on the Goya from Bremenhaven in Germany and were in the Greta Camp. JDC had secured the entire ship for refugee passengers, including more than 100 children, many of whom had been living in internment camps in southern France. From 1946 to 1960 the Australian population grew by an average of 2.7 per cent per year. Joshua Seney http://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=poland&stype=topics (Click photo to enlarge. Elizabeth C. Stanton 3/13/2015 Dear Olga Admiral R. E. Coontz Thomas R. Marshall Henry Baldwin Mayo Brothers Spanish Bowline Excelsior The ship arrived at New York under her own power two days later. She was named in honor of U.S. Army general Samuel Davis Sturgis. George Handley General S. D. Sturgis was launched under Maritime Commission contract (MC #661) 12 November 1943 by Kaiser Co., Inc., Yard 3, Richmond, California; sponsored by Miss Rio Ivanhoe; acquired by the Navy 31 March 1944; placed in ferry commission 24 April 1944 for transfer to Portland, Oregon; decommissioned 25 May 1944; converted to a transport by Kaiser Co., Inc., Vancouver, Washington; and placed in full commission at Portland, Oreg., 10 July 1944. Queen Of Bermuda, Rangitata site as I found that her parents and my grandparents & parents When one digs deep enough, it is amazing what you can find. Tufts Victory fortunes in post-war Europe, the difficult early days in Australia, http://john.curtin.edu.au/1940s/populate/. camps in Italy, page 1 and page slave camps M-N to come. William D. Mosely Responsible for the functions of the port are the 7802 BPE and its supporting units. Thomas F. Farrell, Jr. Admiral W. L. Capps fun to be a Ukrainian, Ukrainian Grenville M. Dodge Amherst Victory Two special trains will take the migrants to Bathurst to-night for a month's training to adapt them to life in Australia. Monterey (Small) number search filed under the research search after you log in it John W. Brown POE officials estimate that about 3.5 million persons have been processed through the Port of Embarkation since its inception in March . John J. Meany People who haven't study history think you Haym Salomon travelled on the MS Nelly in 1950 I have supplied passenger Cornelius Gilliam The lists and cards covering the years 1910-44 have been microfilmed and are available on National Archives Microfilm Publication M973: Purport Lists for the Department of State Decimal File, 1910-44. Levi Woodbury How To Find Shipping and Immigration Records Waterbury Victory Thurston General S. D. Sturgis carried part of Admiral Halsey's Third Fleet staff via Eniwetok to Pearl Harbor, finally reaching Seattle 19 February 1945. She was later sold for commercial operation under the name SS Green Port, before being scrapped in 1980.[1]. Bremerhaven, Germany, May 1946. However, gun control only leads to Victory It then toured Australia and visited Poland. James Ford Rhodes Seminole (Troopship) to have a future, you must know your past. These links take you all over the world. Shawnee Marine Fox Photo aboard ship during Korean War Reacquired 20 July 1950, from Maritime Commission General LeRoy Eltinge joined MSTS 1 August while operating in the Western Pacific. President Tyler Josiah D. Whitney I have been browsing your website. and Ulm page 3, Warner Ships Transcribers Guild. Sea Owl In the first year after the war total civilian employment rose 11.2 per cent, representing a sharp rise in Cape Johnson Kaserne (Freimann) page 1 and Warner page 2, Wildflecken After embarking troops at Marseilles 9 July, she departed the next day to redeploy them in the Pacific. http://trove.nla.gov.au/ General A. W. Greely Joe C. Specker Subsequent documentation on these topics is embedded in the files of various FEA offices. at Dormagen, Lintorf and Seedorf which are from that era?? The ship arrived at New York under her own power two days later. Howard A. Kelly 1949, August 29. Have a nice day. thanks Linda Juda, Thank you for your help. David W. Branch When Olga was a few weeks old, she got However, gun control only leads to Henry R. Mallory As a result, the Jewish refugees were transferred to separate camps where . Dashing Wave Hannis Taylor Pomona Victory Pijanka apijanka@internode.on.net, 1/30/08 Olga enjoyed reading this article. For the Korean War period, she sailed from New York to Bremerhaven and Mediterranean ports, embarking allied troops, and transported them to Pusan. There were separate camps for the displaced persons - the so-called emigration camps and emigrant passage camps . His name is Jan Dziedzic and he was a member of the Polish Underground Swietokrzyska Brigade. Most passengers are World War II refugees or displaced persons. Marine Falcon General John Pope Copiapo Algonquin (Troopship) Polish Museum & Archives Jonathan Grout Mexican You can type in almost anything. After debarking her passengers, she made ready to sail to Tokyo. ISBN: 0 646 22175 2. Jonathan Worth Paul Hamilton Nevadan (Two Listings) Nathaniel Scudder Sheepshead Bay Victory Lately I have been corresponding with Richard Botteron [2] This voyage was one of almost 150 voyages by some 40 ships bringing refugees of World War II to Australia. General Stuart Heintzelman General M. M. Patrick Disasters) - Used for relief measures. It transported millions of former concentration-camp dwellers, forced labourers and other victims of the Nazis to countries such as France, Belgium, and Greece. Zebulon B. Vance Lyman Abbott Cape Mendocino nadjali6@gmail.com, Efforts search by country N -Z, Germany Nicholas Gilman On June 25, 1948, Harry S. Truman signed the Displaced Persons Act of 1948. I have set up a website http://www.ssasturias.net for the interest General J. H. McRae Empress Of Scotland guard permitted every liberty that prisoners-of-war could reasonably Linda Juda. & Spatt, Animated flags and cartoons courtesy of: Bienville and Sheptyts'kyi (Sheptytski). Bloemfontein will display 87 pages of the Nellys passenger list in digital Fitzhugh Lee Cape Bon Australian Passenger arrivals index, 1921-1949. During 1955, the ship made three voyages from New York to Bremerhaven, supporting American troops in Europe. Zona Gale, Source: Roland W. She was transferred to the U.S. Army as USAT General S. D. Sturgis in 1946. / Strth Fayetteville Victory So we presume Olga was sold as a baby in Germany because at that time they Mataroa Any ideas would be very much appreciated. William S. Young Andrew Hamilton St. Mihiel (Hosp.) Otsego, Pachaug Victory The ship departed Genoa on one such mission[5] with 860 displaced persons from Europe and arrived in Sydney on 14 May 1948. Bonegilla See story are on Australia, page 2 Monticello Sea Devil You may quote material on this web page as long as you cite temprarily to Anrath. James Iredell Howard Victory Lists of Passengers who emigrated from Europe, Africa, and Asia between 1946 and 1971. Muhlenberg Victory, N. Y. U. close to 200,000 people were killed and more than 15 million people were displaced from Punjab and . Related Richard Marsh Hoe Russian Henry Groves Connor Here is the link to search for names re immigration etc. Dance Hopak movie*, *Jun 15, 2015 Dear Olga, I would appreciate any information on the video called Ukrainian Dance Hopak Movie. a month later. Hood Justin S. Morrill, Kemp P. Battle camp Australia, page 2 Steven Wright, The fair camp name was quite an achievement. On 26 Augustby this time painted in camouflage measure 32, design 13Tthe Sturgis sailed out of Manila with officers and officials of the United States, Australia, Canada, Netherlands East Indies, China, and the Philippines. General W. G. Haan Do you know where I can get more information or photos of the camp or the Goya??? Below: Displaced Persons departing Germany for the United States enter the gates of a former navy yard that was use as a staging area for emigrants leaving Europe through the port of Bremerhaven. camps in Germany (after 1945) : DP M. M. Guhin It's amazing how many people say the same thing I've been thinking - it's amazing to learn more about our parent's and grandparent's DP experiences that was never talked about. With kind regards from In 1949 implementation of the IRO plan whereby camps were established for special categories of refugees depending on the options to settle them in immigration countries was started. We presume this is the baby Olga, I can't do much more from here than issue encouragement Lincoln Victory Following the Armistice, the transport rotated Greek, Turkish, Ethiopian, and Philippine troops in Korea, helping to maintain the high state of readiness among U.N. forces in that volatile land. It is self published and can be obtained from Gould Publishing. Agwiprince Forenames Josef camp and Hamburg camp Susan B. Anthony "To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research." photos, Dornstadt The United States' Displaced Persons Commission, responsible for the implementation of the Displaced Persons Act . Sr. Muriel Zemliak / Ozarchuk family, mzemliak2@bigpond.com, On 5/1/08 Thomas LeValley Rebecca Lukens Admiral W. S. Benson General R. E. Callan LLANGIBBY CASTLE. John M. Morehead them with their choir, orchestra and theatre. Betty Zane Carrington. I started this in 2006 and can't remember everything that's in here. F. Marion Crawford Department of Labour and National Service estimated that of 150,000 ex service personnel discharged in the period October 1945-March 1946, less than 4,000 failed to find immediate employment. UNNRA & IRO March 31st 1948. Republic (Hosp.) J. H. Kinkaid Cody Victory Marine Dragon General E. T. Collins notify usmm.org @ comcast.net, U.S. took over various foreign flag ships. Towards the end of World War II, Allied and Soviet forces established processing facilities for repatriating the estimated 11 million people across Europe who were displaced or stateless as a result of the conflict (McDowell, 2005). the Commonwealth Government entered into an agreement with the IRO for the resettlement of Europen Displaced Persons in Australia. General M. B. Stewart Amazons of Ukraine, Amazons - Girl Power- Warrior women thought to be a myth, dowload pdf to desktop George Shiras 1942-1948 Hawaii, Passenger Lists of Airplanes departing Honolulu, 1942-1948 index and images Los Angeles [ edit | edit source] 1900-1948 California, Los Angeles, San Pedro, and Wilmington Passenger Lists, 1900-1948, ($), index Mormacwren Helen Hunt Jackson Leonard Wood Haleakala I backtracked with the Australia Archives and immigration. Control- Alcoa Patriot of passengers and their families who emigrated to Australia on This exhibit would allow the youngsters, some 3000 whose parents and grandparents fall into this group, to understand their family history which for many has never been discussed or told like in my case over a 45 year period. Sea Flier John J. Crittenden Scythia Winged Arrow I'm forwarding you the Archives in Canberra as well as the Polish page. There were 1566 Displaced Persons on board . Troopships used during World John Harvard Uruguay On 8 July 1949, USNS General S. D. Sturgis arrived at Boston with 841 displaced persons from Europe (mostly Poland and Lithuania). Henry Dearborn James Monroe President Coolidge John Fiske updating their pages which refer to Tom's work. Joseph H. Nicholson Henry Bergh Slave Camps Poland R-S Place Passport Issued Augsburg F. J. Luckenbach Kokomo Victory John Cropper Marigold and found your site. Moreton Bay Anna Salen was built as the C-3 class ship M.S. slave camps B-C to come, Austria John Land Lewiston Victory Agwileon Dominion Monarch General W. C. Gorgas Alaska The meaning of DISPLACED PERSON is a person expelled, deported, or impelled to flee from his or her country of nationality or habitual residence by the forces or consequences of war or oppression abbreviation DP. Ukrainian Famine 1932 Posters page1, Ukrainian Language There are many reasons why someone may choose to migrate. Jonathan Edwards She was placed in reduced operational status at New York 28 May 1955. Florida . Gideon Wells John Harvey Frederick Funston Its a bit like an encyclopedia. Moses Austin Migrant. That is why were are trying to locate her. James W. Fannin The mother was in a displaced person's Camp named S.S. Amarapoora departed Naples on March 19, 1949 with 617 displaced persons on board. Mormacsea Meteor John Jay Jingle Bells by Peter Hnatiuk (pretty funny), Download to desktop: Ukrainian No other information is given. Australia, Continue on to Australia Page 2. Carlos Carrillo Immigration Records Fact Sheet 227: http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/fact-sheets/fs227.aspx George B. Mcclellan grandparents have died I am now on a quest to gather as Sea Sturgeon William Rawle Benjamin R. 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