Showing posts with label General Heintzelman. Show all posts
Showing posts with label General Heintzelman. Show all posts
16 January 2025

Vaclavs Kozlovskis travels from Perth to Bonegilla, translated by Monika Kozlovskis with Janis Sakurovs

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Updated 17 and 19 January 2025 SWANBOURNE, 29.11.47, Saturday.   I slept very well in my white sheets last night, no doubt helped by the lon...
13 March 2024

An ‘Aussie’ looks at the ‘Balts’ and ‘Reffos’ by John Mannion

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The aftermath of WWII in Europe was characterised by devastation and misery, which led to seemingly insoluble problems, one of the most diff...
02 October 2021

Heintzelman's "First Sailing": The First Report, with Ann Tündern-Smith

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The Souvenir Edition, 1st Sailing to Australia , published on board the USAT General Stuart Heintzelman on 26 November 1947, contains an art...
30 September 2021

General Stuart Heintzelman: The Ship, by Ann Tündern-Smith

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Updated 21 May 2024. The General Stuart Heintzelman , now known to Australians of Baltic or Eastern European descent as " The First Tra...
29 September 2021

USAT General Stuart Heintzelman: The Route to Australia, by Ann Tündern-Smith

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As the Heintzelman neared the Australian coast, a Souvenir Edition of the 1st Sailing to Australia was published on board.  It appeared on...
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31 October 2020

Who was General Stuart Heintzelman? by Ann Tündern-Smith

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Updated 27 April 2024 The first refugees from World War II in Europe to be brought to Australia by the Government came on a US Army ship, c...
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