Broken Links in the site…! :0(

Just a quick post here to ask if you find ANY broken links – please email me direct at mike@mikefinding.com and let me put them right. With a site like this there are bound to be times, with the nature … Read More Here!

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I sailed on the Dunera September I think 1958

I sailed on the Dunera September i think 1958, i was at Polymedia Camp 37 Field Engineers though I was attached in the Royal Signals as radio mechanic, as attached personel we got out of any duties and lived in … Read More Here!

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Other Troop Ship websites

Can anyone send on a comprehensive list of other sites that would to well to be linked into if at all possible. I seem to recall there are quite a few – maybe someone else has a list already! Would … Read More Here!

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Wolfgang Johannes Stekel

Hi my Dad was a Dunera boy having travelled out to Australia and landing in Hay. Before he died, my Dad rarely spoke about his young life but my sister and I found out he was on this boat through … Read More Here!

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Success in tracking down some information!

Original request: Leo Schifrin – any news or information would be welcome please. A big thank you to Alan Morgenroth for some great detective work on behalf of two people, one result has been replied to! Mr Mark Robins asked … Read More Here!

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Posted on Behalf of Jill McCrisken (nee Kimber)

I went on the Baltic 1962 cruise from Tilbury. It was a memorable trip, we visited Russia which was amazing. Unfortunately we broke a propeller shaft so we couldn’t visit Helsinki. The BBC filmed the trip and this was screened … Read More Here!

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HubPages! Nearly forgot we had this one…

Please note there is a HubPages page here as well – not large and it’s been up a while. Just so you know! Image from Kathryn Vercillo: How to Successfully Attract Fans on HubPages

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Alexander Shaw (originally was probably SCHÖNTHAL, SCHWARZ, SHUR or SCHÖNTHAL?

Posted on behalf of J T from Italy. My grandmother’s companion (since deceased) was on the Dunera as an Austrian Jewish refugee previously arrived on the Kindertransport and taken to Australia in 1940. He was born (we think) around 1924 … Read More Here!

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Leo Schifrin – any news or information would be welcome please.

Posted on behalf of Mr Mark Robins I’m almost certain that my late Grandpa was on the MS Dunera, deported to Australia as a German-Jewish enemy alien. Are there any records that could prove his internment on the ship. His … Read More Here!

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Robert Aufrichtig: Dunera Internee

On 10 July 1940 the HMT Dunera left Liverpool, England with 2,036 Jewish refugees from Austria and Germany, 451 German and Italian prisoners of war and others scheduled for internment in the remote rural town of Hays in New South … Read More Here!

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