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Dunera School Trip in 1961

MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on July 19, 2014 by mikegrayJuly 19, 2014

When was the first Dunera school cruise from the UK ? Has anyone got a ships log ? I travelled to Guernsey, Lisbon and Vigo from Newcastle in 1961, do any fellow passengers remember it? I attended Wallsend County Technical … Continue reading →

Posted in School Ship Trips | Tagged first Dunera school cruise from the UK, Guernsey, in 1961, Lisbon and Vigo from Newcastle | 28 Replies

School Cruise 1963

MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on May 15, 2014 by Roy LambethMay 15, 2014

When attending Whinney Hill Secondary Modern School I went on a School Cruise on MS Dunera in May 1963.  We went by train from Durham City direct to the ship lying in dock at Liverpool. We were due to pick … Continue reading →

Posted in Interesting, School Ship Trips | 5 Replies

Brenda Laidler, on the Dunera in May 1956

MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on April 6, 2014 by brendaApril 6, 2014

I travelled on the ship in May 1956 with my parents and two younger brothers. I was 12 at the time.  It was a great experience, the KDG band used to play everyday stopping at all the exotic ports and … Continue reading →

Posted in Dunera Singapore | Tagged Brenda Laidler, in May 1956, on the Dunera | 6 Replies

Can anyone remember the trip to Bergen Oslo Copenagen and Amsterdam

MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on March 7, 2014 by Mike FindingMarch 7, 2014

Can anyone remember the trip to Bergen Oslo Copenagen and amsterdam some time late 50’s early 60’s from Hull on route Marlow was canceled. Very heavy seas over the Dogger Bank, what a trip to remember on the Dunera. I … Continue reading →

Posted in School Ship Trips | Tagged Bergen Oslo Copenagen and Amsterdam, Dunera Trip | Leave a reply

I was on the Baltic Cruise in 1962

MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on February 28, 2014 by Mike FindingFebruary 28, 2014
School Cruise in March 1965

MANY thanks for your email Malcolm. It’s always good to hear from people who had sailed on the Dunera Posted on behalf of Malcolm (email address supplied) I was on the Baltic Cruise in 1962, and have just seen the … Continue reading →

Posted in Interesting | Tagged 15 night cruise, copenhagen, Hampshire Baltic MV Dunera Cruise 1962, Helsinki, I was on the Baltic Cruise in 1962, Leningrad, now St Petersburg, TVS film, via the Kiel Canal. | 9 Replies

Dunera cruise 1964

MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on February 28, 2014 by cherbobFebruary 28, 2014

I went to Deanery High School for girls and went on the Dunera cruise in 1964 when I was 11 years old. We visited Madeira, Portugal, Vigo and Lisbon. I have some memories of the cruise, I remember the young … Continue reading →

Posted in School Ship Trips | Tagged Deanery High School for girls, Dunera cruise 1964, Portugal Vigo and Lisbon, visited Madeira | 10 Replies

DUNERA INTERNEE

My father, Johann Pistori, was on the Dunera as one those being interned in Australia.

Born in Vienna in 1922 and a Roman Catholic, his Mother and all her family were Jewish with a brother who was a trade unionist and a leading member of the Social Democrats .  He had been imprisoned for his beliefs as part of “Red Vienna” in 1934 and the party were banned under Hitler. His father died in 1938 and took with him the protection of his own religion. From that day on the family suffered the persecution that was suffered by all Jews in Austria and more especially in Vienna.

Thanks to the Quakers my father obtained a visa enabling him to come to the UK as an agricultural worker. Enough of a shock for this very academic city boy but at least a chance for life. .  Soon after his life was to change once again. In June 1940 a police officer arrived in Pudsey, Yorkshire where he lived and he was taken into custody in Harrogate and transferred to Liverpool and then to the Isle of Man until, on the 10th July 1940 he boarded the Dunera.

My father suffered dysentry and almost died in the awful conditions aboard ship.  Fortunately an Italian doctor, a survivor of the Arandora Star, took pity on the boy with the Italian name and nursed him back to health.

He was good friends with the Wolkenstein brothers and also the rest of their family.  After the war their father, Fortunat interceded with the Austrian embassy to enable him the keep his nationality in spite of the fact that my father had fought in the British Army after his return from Australia firstly as a Desert Rat in the Sharpshooters and later in Intelligence doing de – Nazifications.

February 15, 2014 by Welcome01 Posted in Deported to Australia Tagged interned in Australia Reply

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MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on January 30, 2014 by Mike FindingApril 28, 2019

Hello, Mike Finding here I am the one guilty of starting up the Dunera website you are looking at now! Many thanks for visiting and it has really been an eyeopener to see how many people knew the Dunera from … Continue reading →

Posted in Interesting | Tagged better Health, health and Wellness, Plant derived Minerals | 6 Replies

Last Troopship

MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on January 9, 2014 by sidecarmanJanuary 9, 2014

The Dunera was the last troopship to leave Port Said 22 Dec 1956 and I was on it. We had on board Royal Scots and I think the East Yorks Regts. A lot of booze was brought on board (spoils … Continue reading →

Posted in Troop Ship Details | Tagged East Yorks Regts, Last Troopship, Port Said 22 Dec 1956, Royal Scots | 1 Reply

Sailing from Newcastle early 60’s. Probably 1961

MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on January 9, 2014 by granny spiceJanuary 9, 2014

I was on mv Dunera when I was about 12. Sailing to Oslo and Copenhagen and a couple of other places but I cannot remember them. What was memorable was John Craven coming aboard as it was a novelty using … Continue reading →

Posted in Interesting, School Ship Trips | Tagged Probably 1961, Sailing from Newcastle early 60's

57 Days of Hell — The Voyage of HMT Dunera, 1940

MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on October 27, 2013 by Mike FindingOctober 27, 2013

A while ago I was looking for more information about the Dunera and what happened aboard and during trips. I knew a little about the “Australian connection” and The Dunera Boys, but had no real indepth knowledge. I think the … Continue reading →

Posted in Deported to Australia | Tagged Australia and the Jewish Refugees, Deemed Suspect: A Wartime Blunder, The Dunera Internees, The Dunera Scandal: Deported by Mistake.Australia and the Holocaust | Leave a reply

My days on good ol’ troopship Dunera

MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on July 27, 2013 by pm007a8933July 27, 2013

In 1957 at the age of just 18, I joined the regular army for 6 years,the regiment I joined was the 1st Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers, {city of London regiment}, all the lads in there being from all over London, … Continue reading →

Posted in Interesting, Troop Ship Details | Tagged 1957, 1st Battalion, The Royal Fusiliers | 2 Replies

Dunera to Singapore

MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on June 4, 2013 by Biscuit46June 4, 2013

As a youngster aged 4 or 5 I travelled out to Singapore with my parents. We also returned from Singapore on the Dunera on 2 June 1953. As we left Singapore Harbour there was a tremendous firework display which I … Continue reading →

Posted in Troop Ship Details | Tagged Dunera to Singapore, Queen's Coronation | Leave a reply

Dunera 1 June 1953

MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on June 4, 2013 by Semaphore05June 4, 2013

Historic Day!!! I remember, nearly, that today in 1953 we sailed from Singapore for UK on the Troop Ship Dunera – day before Coronation Day I only remember dressing up for the childrens’ party as King Farouk – a pair … Continue reading →

Posted in Troop Ship Details | Tagged Dunera 1 June 1953, RAF at Changi, Singapore for UK | Leave a reply

HNT Dunera 1939

MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on May 25, 2013 by JeffadaMay 25, 2013

30/11/04, resubmitted  23/5/2013 Jeff Appleyard commented: My late Father served in the Seaforth Highlanders, and I was born in Hong Kong in 1937, and my family all came back to the UK [Southampton] in 1939 on board the “DUNERA”, unfortunately, … Continue reading →

Posted in Troop Ship Details | Tagged HNT Dunera 1939, K/George school H/K, Seaforth Highlanders | 4 Replies

Hat full of memories

MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on May 10, 2013 by Mike FindingMay 10, 2013

We just received an excellent email from Brenda Yalden (nee Martin). I am going to post her email detail and an article from the Southern edition of the TV times in December 1962. It’s a really good story. Thank you … Continue reading →

Posted in School Ship Trips | Tagged Baltic cruise, December 1962, Hat full of memories, ITV Film Crew, Leningrad/St. Petersburg, Stewart Knowles, TV times | Leave a reply

On Behalf of Mr Neil Rossiter

MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on May 5, 2013 by Mike FindingMay 5, 2013

Hello Mike Thankyou for your email, I did have a post on your website some time ago but have not received any feedback. The story is, is that I had a distant cousin who was in the RAF and was … Continue reading →

Posted in Dunera Singapore | Tagged 14th Feb 1942, Walter Rossiter | Leave a reply

Mike Atkins – to Singapore April 1952

MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on April 28, 2013 by Mike AtkinsApril 28, 2013

I was a National Serviceman in the RASC and after training was placed on a Far East Draft. We sailed aboard the Dunera bound for Korea. Luckily some of us were re-posted en route and left the ship at Singapore. … Continue reading →

Posted in National Service, Troop Ship Details | Tagged National Serviceman in the RASC, Singapore April 1952 | 5 Replies

Feb 1967

MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on April 28, 2013 by chrisApril 28, 2013

I was on the Dunera Cruise in 1967 from Malta that went to Crete, Ephesus, Beirut and Haifa. I think that was the one that saw us stuck outside Grand Harbour in a Force 10 Gale. Though I might be … Continue reading →

Posted in Interesting | Tagged Dunera Trip February 1967 | 5 Replies

Exhibition pays tribute to Dunera Boys

MS Dunera Troop Ship To School Ship Posted on April 22, 2013 by Mike FindingApril 22, 2013

Thank you Lynn Shutt for bringing this video up to our attention on our Facebook Page….. The National Library in Canberra is hosting an exhibition marking 70 years since a group of people were interned as enemy aliens in camps … Continue reading →

Posted in "Dunera Boys", Deported to Australia | Tagged interned as enemy aliens, National Library in Canberra | Leave a reply

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