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Research in Other Countries => Europe => Topic started by: comb on Friday 20 May 11 03:23 BST (UK)
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I am trying to confirm if the Bahia Castillo actually did sail to Australia when my great uncle Thomas said it did.
" I then departed England on December 4th 1920 bound for Australia on the SS Bahia Castillo. I went back to Glen Innes NSW for three months and returned to Sydney and have been here ever since."
Taken from Thomas's own diary.
The only listing for this ship, that I could find, was one to Melbourne and Thomas and his wife weren't listed on the passenger list,and it sailed in April not December as quoted.
I have trolled thru every onsite ,free and paid ,that has anything to do with shipping to Australia with no luck.
Any help appreciated.
Cheers Kevin
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Have you got his surname?
I have got the Bahia Castillo arriving Sydney NSW on Feb 15 1921
Kevin
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Hi
His name is Thomas Comber and he was traveling with his wife and two children.
He was coming home after being discharged from the Brit army.
He may have been traveling as Cpl Comber.
Is it possible to find a passenger list or was it all former military personnel on-board only.
Cheers Kevin
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I've found a passenger list, only gives arrival date as stated before, on it is
Corporal T Comber
Master Comber
Master T Comber
Mrs T Comber
So it looks like he was right.
Kevin
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Thanks Kevin
Can I access the passenger list from FindMyPast or is National Archives Britain or Australia.
Cheers
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I've got it on Ancestry.co.uk, if you haven't got a subscription then PM me your email address and i can share the documents with you (you'll be able to view them for nothing)
Kevin
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Thanks Kevin
I did a quick search and found the list on Ancestry.
I have used FindMyPast for most passengers but this one didn't show.
One less uncle to place
Thanks for your replies
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I am trying to confirm if the Bahia Castillo actually did sail to Australia when my great uncle Thomas said it did.
" I then departed England on December 4th 1920 bound for Australia on the SS Bahia Castillo. I went back to Glen Innes NSW for three months and returned to Sydney and have been here ever since."
Taken from Thomas's own diary.
The only listing for this ship, that I could find, was one to Melbourne and Thomas and his wife weren't listed on the passenger list,and it sailed in April not December as quoted.
I have trolled thru every onsite ,free and paid ,that has anything to do with shipping to Australia with no luck.
Any help appreciated.
Cheers Kevin
Hi My name is Terry Eric Clive Mutter. My Grandmother sailed on this ship to Australia and i have a passenger list . If you get in touch i will show you . it did sale .
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It did sail
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My Grand mother and her new Husband and her daughter.
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Hello,
I too are trying to trace a passenger, Lance Corporal David Fleming, who supposedly sailed on the 'Bahia Castillo' which departed England December 4, 1920 and arrived into Sydney in February 1921.
David, born 1892 in Edinburg, migrated from Scotland to Australia in 1911 with his brothers and parents; in 1916 David enlisted in the A.I.F. and served overseas. Apparently when on leave in the U.K. he married.
According to a letter David's mother wrote to the A.I.F. in 1924, she said he was living in Scotland.
Would appreciate any assistance.
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https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSK4-69JC-9?i=83 is the Victorian version of the passenger list and it contains the passengers with other destinations as well. Unfortunately I can't find any Flemings on the list
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Many thanks TreeSpirit your quick reply.
I am now on the hunt to find who David married,
Regards Bonnie