Benalla Migrant Camp 1949-1967

Kurt and Elfriede Arndt

ARNDT Kurt and Elfriede

Germany 1956

Arndt Story

Written from notes taken by Sabine Smyth during phone calls with Paul in Oct-Nov 2012 and adding some extra information after an email from granddaughter Tracey was received in November 2020.

Paul, his sister Waltraut and his parents Kurt and Elfriede Arndt arrived in Australia from Germany on the migrant ship Fairsea in 1956. Her granddaughter Tracey Horsburgh remember ‘she was very sea sick coming to Australia’.

Kurt and Elfriede lived at Benalla Migrant Camp for three years after being transferred from Bonegilla, where they stayed for five weeks only.

Elfriede worked at Latoof and Callil, and Kurt worked for the Benalla Railways his whole life.

Kurt and Elfriede Arndt - Germany

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Benalla Migrant Camp School Pupil Register

Name	Date of Birth	Parent	Camp Date
Paul Arndt	Wednesday 18th August 1948	Mr Kurt	02/08/1956
Waltraut Arndt	Friday 1st August 1952	Mr Kurt	04/02/1958

Records in Benalla Cemetery for ARNDT

Please note that the records retrieved from Benalla Cemetery do not mean that the individuals listed were camp residents, they merely share the surname.
They are presented in that they may be of assistance for genealogical purposes.

Name	Died	Age	Burial Location
Kurt Paul ARNDT	1976	55YRS	LAWN	External Link
Elfriede Marianne ARNDT	2015	93YRS	LAWN	External Link
Paul Kurt ARNDT	2020	71 YRS	LAWN	External Link

Benalla Migrant Camp 1949-1967

Kurt and Elfriede Arndt

ARNDT Kurt and Elfriede

Benalla Migrant Camp School Pupil Register

Records in Benalla Cemetery for ARNDT

Other families from Germany