First Transport to Australia

20 March 2024

Flaavi Hodunov (1927–2023): SAR Train Driver, by John Mannion

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Updated 5 April, 12 May and 26 October 2024. Estonian-born Flaavi Hodunov was another of the 18 with good English selected at the Bangham ca...
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17 March 2024

Povilas Deimantas (1917-2009): A Peterborough Balt, by John Mannion

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Born in Lithuania, Povilas Deimantas was already 30 years old when he boarded the General Stuart Heintzelman for the longest trip of his li...
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...

The First Peterborough Balts, by John Mannion

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Updated 17 April 2024 I grew up on a farm in what is known as the northern agricultural area of South Australia, at Pekina, 25 miles west of...
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