Poland-Germany-England-Australia

[Chestergirl]

I am trying to find information about ^(*), born in Warsaw c.1928.  He was in Germany 1944-1948 (under what circumstances I wonder?) He then appears in England in 1948 and gets a British passport in 1950 (why I wonder?) and finally leaves for Australia in 1950.  I have searched the National Archives and can't find him!  I have however traced his documents in Australia!  Any help would be much appreciated.  Thanks

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[Bluebird Research]

Hello Chestergirl
It's hard to say on the basis of your post but I would say a) he may have been a forced labourer in Nazi Germany, or a camp inmate, even at his tender age; b) he was very probably an officially registered Displaced Person at the end of the WW2, along with hundreds of thousands of others; c) he did not wish to go back to what had become Communist Poland, or believed he had no surviving family there; d) he wanted a new life somewhere in the West; e) Australia, like Britain, accepted many thousands of DPs.
Are you sure he had a full British passport, rather than temporary travel documents issued in UK? It's somewhat unlikely he could have got a full GB passport within two years of arrival in Britain.
Feel free to PM me if you wish.
Bluebird

[Chestergirl]

Hi

Thanks very much for your reply.

You say it probably wasn't a full passport so I took a further look at what I thought was evidence of a British Passport and it looks as though the official stamp has 'passport' crossed off and has something written above - either 0/1 or c/1 or whatever and then a number beginning GH.

The odd thing is - when the Australian immigration document asks for 'evidence as to birthplace and nationality' he states British and quotes this obscure number!

Very strange - still thanks again for taking the trouble to help - much appreciated.