First Transport to Australia

Showing posts with label Heintzelman crew. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Heintzelman crew. Show all posts
10 December 2022

The only Australian aboard our Heintzelman voyage, Edna Davis (1906-1985), by Ann Tündern-Smith

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Updated 20 November 2023 There was one Australian aboard the November 1947 voyage of the  Heintzelman   from Bremerhaven, Germany, to Freman...
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08 April 2022

IRO Escort Officer on Heintzelman, Vladas Zibas (1910-2001), and his assistants, by Ann Tündern-Smith

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Updated 23 January 2023 A Lithuanian refugee himself, Vladas Zibas was the International Refugee Organization's (IRO) Escort Officer for...
04 April 2022

Captain Wayne H Stockdale (1919-2005), Heintzelman's Surgeon, by Ann Tündern-Smith

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Updated 23 January 2023 The third Captain, and the most junior in age, was the ship's Surgeon, Wayne H Stockdale.  Here is how the autho...
03 April 2022

Transport Commander, Captain Pasvolsky (1898-1980), by Ann Tündern-Smith

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Updated 16 January 202 3 The  Souvenir Edition, 1st Sailing to Australia , tells us that, while Captain Pedersen sailed the ship, another Ca...
02 October 2021

USAT General Stuart Heintzelman's Master, Captain CM Pedersen (1884-1948), by Ann Tündern-Smith

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Updated 16 January 2023 and 5 May 2025. The man responsible for getting the Heintzelman from Bremerhaven to Fremantle was the ship's ma...
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