First Transport to Australia

13 December 2022

From a Lithuanian farm to Australian lawyer: Stasys Čibiras (1923-2012) by Daina Pocius and Ann Tündern-Smith

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Updated 4 August 2024 and 19 July 2025. Stasys Čibiras was born on a farm in Lithuania but retired from a law practice in South Australia. ...
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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...
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