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KOCH, Helena & Family 1955 WATERMAN

On the 18th February 1955 Mrs Helena Koch (widow) migrated to Australia with her family of 12 children, residing in Daglish, Western Australia....

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KELLEHER, Brian & Lesley 1977 AUSTRALIS 456
KELLER, E & N 1964 IBERIA

Our daughter Letitia Michaela was born on 31st May 1965.

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KASATCHKOW, Wasily 1948 KANIMBLA

Married Anna Rebik in 1951. Involved with Russian Orthodox church in Bayswater WA.

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KOZINIEC, Waclaw 1949 ANNA SALEN

Father - Jan Mother - Maria Wojcik Childhood partly in orphanages. At 13 entered various concentration camps until end of WW2. Two years...

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KEMMERS Family 1953 JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT 460
KREMIDAS, Skevos 1955 SKAUGUM

Skevos arrived in Fremantle and worked for three months in Kalgoorlie, he could not speak English and decided to settle in Greek speaking...

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KAZIMIERCZAK, J, H & R 1950 SKAUGUM

Jozef worked as a cook in Northam Camp. Wife Helena worked in the kitchen. Moved to Kellerberrin to work on the railways. Lived in tents....

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KNOBLOCH, Egon 1955 FLAMINIA

Celebrated his 21st birthday on the voyage.

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KIRWAN, Martin & Elizabeth 1966 FAIRSKY

Arrived in Fremantle with three children & $200. The rest is history. Best move we have ever made. Our children's names are - Regina 3½ yrs,...

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KONING, CF & CA 1953 SIBAJAK

May have arrived on the 26/11/1953. Father - Cornelis Franciscus Koning & Mother - Christine Alexandra Koning.

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KOCINS, Imants M 1948 KANIMBLA

Displaced from Latvia by WWII. Arrived in WA 1948. Allocated work with Bunnings Timber Company (Wundowie, Tullis, Tone Rivermill and Dwellingup)....

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KENNY, Ellison & Margaret 1963 STRATHEDEN

Margaret and Ellison, with their two and a half year old daughter, arrived in Fremantle full of adventure and optimism. They loved Australia -...

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KISLER, Alexander & Maria 1950 SKAUGUM

Victor Kisler born Northam holding camp 30.12.1950. Family moved to camp No 2 in Kelmscott in July 1951. Alexander worked for the Metro water...

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KLOMPKER, Albert & Jacoba 1952 FAIRSEA

Albert was a qualified mechanical engineer who had spent time in a forced labour camp in Poland during the Second World War. He and Jacoba were...

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KOSICK, Antoinette 1913 ZIETEN

Antoinette joined her husband Yanko who worked in Boulder as a miner. Yanko arrived sometime in 1911-1912. They moved to Fremantle in 1921. Yanko...

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KUJDA, Kazimierz & Olga 1949 MOZAFFARI

Meet and married Olga in a displacement camp in Germany after spending three years in German concentration camps.

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KEMP, Arthur A 1923 BALLARAT

Joined Royal Flying Corps at age of 16. Spent two years in Kellerberrin clearing land. Married Winifred Mabel Hawks (who arrived on the ship...

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KEECH Family 1969 ANGELINA LAURO 472
KITSON, Martha 1928 VEDIC

Martha Kitson journeyed to Australia for a reunion with her boyfriend, John O'Neill. They married, and at their Chatswood home, raised three sons...

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KŐFALVI, S & J, E & E 1950 ANNA SALEN

Sandor (Alexander) Kőfalvi grew up the son of the Polgármester (Mayor) of Piliscsaba. Was a businessman during the pre-war years. He met his...

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KENNY, Linda (née BLACKLEY) 1954 STRATHNAVER

It was my Dad's dream to live in Australia from his young days. He wanted to make the trip as a honeymoon and settle here. In 1998, I returned to...

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KNIGHT, Cecil 1909 OTRANTO 475
KNOX, George & Marian 1912 BELGIC

George and Marian with their daughter Marian, arrived at Fremantle in 1912. They settled in the Katanning district and over the next 16 years...

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KLYSZ, Antoni & Regina 1950 GENERAL W C LANGFITT

Antoni met and married Regina in DPC Tengeru, Tanganyika where Chris (1944) and Stan (1946) were born. Danuta was born in Perth 1951. After...

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KNIGHT, Peter & Margaret 1886 HELENA MENA

Ten children - George Henry, Albert Edward, John Campbell, Peter, Helena Frances, Amanda Bell Katherine, Magdelene Crawford, Alexander James,...

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KLIMAITIS, Andrius & Marija 1949 MOZAFFARI

Andrius Klimaitis was a commissioned police officer in Lithuania until 1941 when the family departed to Germany and lived there till April 1949....

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KLIMAITIS, Ernestas 1949 MOZAFFARI 486
KLIMAITIS, Vale 1949 MOZAFFARI 486
KLIMAITIS, Vytautas 1949 MOZAFFARI 486
KOTLARZ, Antoni 1950 GENERAL M L HERSEY

Son of Jozef & Helena Kotlarz. Born in Germany prior to departure for Australia. Brother of Irena Kotlarz.

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KOTLARZ, Irena 1950 GENERAL M L HERSEY

Daughter of Jozef & Helena Kotlarz & sister of Antoni Kotlarz.

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KOTLARZ, Jozef & Helena 1950 GENERAL M L HERSEY

Arrived with son Antoni (4 yrs) & settled in town of Northam WA. Daughter Irena was born 1951. Jozef found work in the Northam rail yards...

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KALKMAN, Pieter & Wilhelmina 1957 SIBAJAK 49
KLEYN Family 1952 JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT

Family had four more children in Australia. Cornelius eventually ran his own piggery business after working as a brick worker, and then a baker....

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KANNIS, Michael K 1937 REMO

Married: Anne Passaris on 20/04/1947. Children: Marilyn Tringas 16/04/1948, Kevin Kannis 10/04/1950, Jan Barbouttis 09/11/1954 and Anthony Kannis...

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KEMMING, Johanna S 1952 JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT 5
KENNA, D & RF & Elaine 1962 ORONTES 5
KNIGHT, Eliza 1913 OMRAH

Eliza Knight arrived with brothers to join family at Koolanooka (Morawa). Helped on family farm as members worked on the construction of the...

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KRAMMER, Ida 1952 OCEANIA

I worked in Linz, Austria after leaving the family farm. My fiance sponsored me in 1952. Marrying 6 weeks later. We lived with the Hart Family...

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KROLL, Victor & Therese 1950 SKAUGUM

Victor was a displaced PoW at the end of WWII. He married Therese in 1949 and they had a son in Germany named Helmut. They decided to emigrate to...

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KAARD, Johannes 1949 MOZAFFARI

eldest son. large farm in estonia. brother heino stayed with parents-joosep & alviine(lall) & sisters aino & salme

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KAPTEIN, Andreas Johanness 1955 JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT

Andrew's followed his older brother Jacobus (Jack) to Australia, who had emmigrated 2 years prior. He settled in Nannup (living there today)...

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KAPTEIN, Jacobus Andreas 1952 FAIRSEA

With knife, fork, spoon, little else and speaking no English, dad was paid $10.00 per week for the journey to Australia. Originally disembarking...

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KIDD Family 1951 CAMERONIA 50
KOZMANOPOULOS, Chris 1953 AUSTRALIA 50
KELEMANIS, Evangelos, Olga 1954 CYRENIA

Olga KELEMANIS (nee 'Terpsis' - later 'Terpon') arrived 'Fairsea' 5 January 1954. Married in 1957 to Evagelos. Evagelos arrived 30 September 1954...

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KUIPERS Family 1951 JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT

Abel and Adriana Kuipers emigrated to Australia in 1951 from the Netherlands with three children hoping to find a better life after leaving war...

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KINSEY, J, E, M & J 1966 AUSTRALIS

We arrived under the Nest Egg scheme wherby we guaranteed to have $1000 and that we would look after ourselves on landing and not go into the...

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KIRWIN, Jim, Mary & Family 1964 FAIRSEA

40 years on: 1964-2004. Jim Kirwin, his wife Mary and children Catherine, Christopher, Valerie and Susan emigrated from England bound for...

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