Searching for a Dunera boy…
I have just learned that a relative of mine was one of the Dunera Boys.
Our family lost track of this man and his parents in the mid-1930s, but I now know, from the Australian and UK Archives, that he was on the Dunera and interned at Hay and Tatura. He returned to England in 1942 and joined the British Army — I assume the Pioneer Corps. I’ve also learned that shortly after returning, this individual, Gerhard Steinfeld, became a UK citizen and changed his name to Gerald Stanton. Other than his address in 1948 (38 Ladbroke Grove, London, W.11.) I have no additional information. It is possible that Gerald/Gerhard is still living and/or he has descendants in the U.K.
Gerhard Steinfeld was born 31 March 1921 in Breslau, Germany
Gerhard Steinfeld was born 31 March 1921 in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland), son of Georg (Gideon) Steinfeld and Eva Steinfeld (nee Pieck) of Breslau. If anyone knows something about Gerald I would appreciate contacting me either through this list or directly at 6rtury@comcast.net. (I am a cousin on the Pieck side of his family.)
Thank you,
Judith E. Lipmanson, PH.D.
Smyrna, Delaware 19977 USA
THANK you Judith – an excellent post and I really hope we hear from someone. This site IS beginning to move and more people finding us.
There is also a Facebook page you might like to post on – click the Facbook logo on the left.
There’s also another on This Link
Hope that helps
Bye for now
Mike
Mike,
I never heard from anyone, of course, because I recently learned that Gerhard Steinfeld/Gerald Stanton was killed in a mid-air plane crash over Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada, in 1954. He was only 33, and on a business trip to Vancouver. The commercial flight he was on collided with a RCAF trainer. The accident was memorialized in a book, “Mid-Air Moose Jaw”, by Larry Shaak, self-published in 2007.
Hello Judith – sorry – I meant to reply earlier…
That’s a shame about the aircrash etc. I guess, in some ways, that stops your search for information?
But do feel free to add more on here if you wish – just login and post…
All the best
Mike