Fruit pickers needed in SA

Fresh off the ships after docking in Perth, the migrants were placed onto trains, arriving in Adelaide. The Deputy Director of the Commonwealth Employment Service (Mr. F. Dwyer) met Baltic migrants with the Rev. Father Wilfrid Ryan, President of United Lutheran Church (Dr. Stolz) and president of the Evangelical Lutheran Church (Dr. C. E. Hoopmann).  Father Ryan told the Balts they would be welcomed because they were young, fit, and appeared to be the types needed to help build up the country.   A few speak halting English, but most have German as a common language.

 The new migrants were quickly taken to where they would undertake work. At this time (March 1948) there was a need for fruit pickers in South Australia. Fifteen were assigned to Reynella. The remainder went by train to Morgan and will be taken by bus to Renmark (61), Barmera (47), and Berri (86) tonight.

 The Balts proved very easy to handle.  They were glad to be here and were eager to work to earn some money. Among them, were a wide range of callings including clerk, engineers, and architects, but they were prepared to forget this and settle down to work offering.

Once the season was over, the workers were transferred to the Barossa Valley, McLaren Vale and other grape growing areas.

News 3 March 1948 p. 6 Balts for fruit jobs welcomed.

 Berri

Vaclovas Brazauskas
Jonas Brazauskas
Stasys Gabrijolavičius
Domas Karpys
Petras Kazlauskas
Stasys Kvedaras
Eduardas Kurauskas
Lendraitis A
Apolinaras Lukošius
Jonas Mockūnas
Vytautas Neverausksas
Jonas Neverauskas
Bronius Pavilauskas
Vytautas Palavikas
Mikas Pareigis
Bronius Pukelis
Jokubas Punys
Adomas Stasytis
Juozas Staskauskis
Vytautas Stalba
Ignas Stankus
Jonas Šliažas
Pranas Stasaitis
Juozas Survila
Narimantas Tauras
Kostas Toliuzis
Jonas Užubalis
Petras Užzubalis
Kazys Vaitkevičus
Vytautas Vosylius

Monash

Balsevičius
Juozas Derencius
Antanas Jankauskas
Janulevičius
Arnoldas Janilionis
Stays Kurlianskas
Izidorius Liaksas
Jonas Pušys
Kazys Simutis
Stasys Simanavičius

Barmera

Astrauskas J
Leonas Balandis
Juozas Bataitis
Leonas Baranauskas
Hansas Glaze
Edwardas Kondrotas
Juozas Mikalauskas
Vaclovas Miliauskas
Vladas Morkys
Antanas Prekeris
Antanas Ragaisis
Jonas Repecka
Jonas Rylis
Antanas Sinickas
Zenonas Sulcas
Jonas Sauskaitis

Renmark
Pranas Apulskis
Vytautas Ambrazevičius
Maksimilijonas Berzanskis
Julius Burkauskas
Antanas Černius
Povilas Dyse
Giniotis A
Vytautas Jagminas
Vytautas Janulis
Liudas Jaronis
Stansilaus Jezukaitis
Albertas Kuras
Emilis Kuras
Zigmas Kalinauskas
Vincas Kukanauskas
Jonas Mačiunas
Pranas Marčiunas
Stanislovas Mačiulskis
Pranas Matiukas 
Stasys Mikauskas
Gediminas Paulauskas
Ignas Vaitkevičius
Stasys Varkulevičius
Valdermaris Žakis
Adomas Zelianis
Leonas Žigaitis

Coonawarra
Jonas Venslovavičius

 Reynella

Algimantas Grigonis
Aleksandras Raguckas
Stanaitis
Kazys Znutas
Tadas Žutrauskas