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HMT Duntroon
	Members of the 2nd Australian Prisoner of War Reception Group disembark from the MV Duntroon in Singapore, 13 Sep 1945 (AWM 117237)
History
Name	HMT Duntroon
Owner	Melbourne Steamship Company
Builder	Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend-on-Tyne
Yard number	1460
Launched	4 April 1935
Completed	August 1935
In service	1935
Out of service	1967
Fate	scrapped 1968
General characteristics
Type	Passenger ship
Tonnage	10,346 tons
Length	455.0 ft (138.7 m)
Beam	65.2 ft (19.9 m)
Depth	30.2 ft (9.2 m)
Propulsion	twin screw
Speed	19 knots (35.19 km/h)
Capacity	373 passengers
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Latest revision as of 02:22, 24 July 2024

Remarks

Built for the Melbourne Steamship Company with a capacity of 373 passengers, and used on the east coast-Fremantle route. She saw military service between 1942 and 1949. Originally intended as an Armed Merchant Cruiser, she was found to be unsuitable for this role and was returned to her owners. In November 1940 the Duntroon collided with and sank the auxiliary minesweeper HMAS Goorangi near the entrance to Port Phillip Bay. All 24 crew of the Goorangi perished.

In February 1942 she was requisitioned for use as a troopship, and was used amongst other things to transport Australian troops home from the Middle East before commencing duties in the south Pacific. In November 1943 she was involved in a second sinking when she sank the destroyer, USS Perkins with the loss of 9 Americans near Ipoteto Island off the coast of New Guinea. Both sinkings were investigated and the Duntroon was found not to be responsible for either of them.

Her army duty complete in 1946 she was turned over to the RAN for transport duties with the Occupying Force in Japan. Returned to her civilian owners in 1950, in 1961 she was sold to Kie Hock Shipping Company. Renamed Tong Hoo she was used on the Hong Kong-Indonesia passenger service. Sold again in 1966 to the Africa Shipping Company, and renamed Lydia before being laid up in Singapore in 1967 and sailed to Taiwan for scrapping in 1973.

Soldiers carried

Fremantle to Adelaide 21 - 25 July 1941

2/4th Machine Gun Battalion

Townsville to Port Moresby, New Guinea 16 - 20 June 1943

Townsville to Port Moresby 19 - 22 Jul 1943

Robert Ralph Thompson

Townsville to Port Moresby, New Guinea 31 July - 2 August 1943

Townsville to Port Moresby, New Guinea 6 - 8 August 1943

Len Malarkey

Townsville to Buna, Papua New Guinea 22 - 27 November 1943

Sydney to Darwin 18 - 28 February 1944

Vesey Fitzgerald

Finschhafen, New Guinea to Townsville 4 - 8 May 1944

Ashley Claude George Moseley Cordy

Brisbane to Wewak, New Guinea 12 - 18 July 1944

John William Shackleton

Brisbane to Madang, New Guinea 25 August - 2 September 1944

Edward Charles Vickers

Cairns to Aitape, New Guinea 3 - 7 November 1944

Alexander William Turner MID

Brisbane to Aitape, New Guinea 24 -27 November 1944

Alan Henry Brockwell

Jacquinot Bay, New Britain to Brisbane 12 - 17 January 1945

Francis Tullan Kendall Dodds

Torokina, Bougainville to Sydney 13 - 19 February 1945

Harold Herman Hilbert

Brisbane to Lae, New Guinea 2 - 7 May 1945

Brisbane to Madang, new Guinea 18 - 25 May 1945

Mervyn (Merv) James Rose

Brisbane to Torokina, Bougainville & Lae New Guinea 5 - 13 June 1945

Torokina, Bougainville to Newcastle, NSW 26 July - 1 August 1945

John Henry (Jack) O'Meagher

Sydney to Singapore 27 Aug - 13 Sep 1945

2/14th Australian General Hospital

Morotai, Dutch East Indies to Townsville 26 October to 9 November 1945

Thomas Stanley O'Meagher

Wewak, New Guinea to Brisbane 1 - 7 December 1945

Rabaul, New Britain to Brisbane 3 - 13 January 1946

Charles Kenneth Neilson

Sydney to Kure, Japan 12 March to 9 April 1946

Brian Albert Rose

Morotai to Rabaul 24 April - 2 May 1946

Stan John Barrett

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 ==Soldiers carried==
-===Fremantle to Adelaide 21 - 25 Jul 1941===
+===Fremantle to Adelaide 21 - 25 July 1941===
 /4th Machine Gun Battalion
 * [[James William Basell]]
 * [[Basil Fitzgerald]]
 * [[Ralph Godfrey]]
+* [[Charles William (Tiny) Gray]]
 *† [[Edgar Joseph Howard]]
 *† [[Herbert Michael (Bert) Rubery]]
 * [[Harold Edward (Tony) Saw]]
-===Fremantle to Melbourne 31 Oct - early Nov 1941===
+===Fremantle to Melbourne 31 October - early November 1941===
 * [[Edward Charles Vickers]]
-===Colombo, Ceylon to Melbourne 25 March - 15 May 1942===
+===Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) to Melbourne 25 March - 15 May 1942===
 *[[Charles William (Charlie) Divall]]
-===Milne Bay to Brisbane 2 - 6 Jan 1942===
+===Milne Bay, New Guinea to Brisbane 2 - 6 January 1942===
 *[[George Charles Owens]]
-===Port Moresby to Townsville 19 March - 22 March 1943===
+===Brisbane to Port Moresby, New Guinea 2 - 10 November 1942===
+* [[Alexander William Turner MID]]
+===Port Moresby, New Guinea to Townsville 5 - 7 December 1942===
+* [[John Patrick Whitaker]]
+===Port Moresby, New Guinea to Townsville 19 March - 22 March 1943===
 * [[Andrew Wilkinson]]
-===Townsville to Port Moresby 8 - 11 May 1943===
+===Townsville to Port Moresby, New Guinea 8 - 11 May 1943===
 *[[Harold Herman Hilbert]]
-===Townsville to Port Moresby 16 - 20 June 1943===
+===Townsville to Port Moresby, New Guinea 16 - 20 June 1943===
-*[[Frederick Arnold Griffiths]]
+* [[Frederick Arnold Griffiths]]
 * [[Andrew Wilkinson]]
-===Townsville to Port Moresby 31 July - 2 August 1943===
+===Townsville to Port Moresby 19 - 22 Jul 1943===
-*[[Ralph Godfrey]]
+* [[Robert Ralph Thompson]]
-===Townsville to Port Moresby 6 - 8 August 1943===
+===Townsville to Port Moresby, New Guinea 31 July - 2 August 1943===
-*[[Len Malarkey]]
+* [[Ralph Godfrey]]
+* [[Edward Maurice Trew]]
+===Townsville to Port Moresby, New Guinea 6 - 8 August 1943===
+* [[Len Malarkey]]
 ===Townsville to Buna, Papua New Guinea 22 - 27 November 1943===
-*[[Eric William Taylor]]
+* [[John Blair]]
+* [[Eric William Taylor]]
+===Sydney to Darwin 18 - 28 February 1944===
+* [[Vesey Fitzgerald]]
+===Finschhafen, New Guinea to Townsville 4 - 8 May 1944===
+* [[Ashley Claude George Moseley Cordy]]
+===Brisbane to Wewak, New Guinea 12 - 18 July 1944===
+* [[John William Shackleton]]
 ===Brisbane to Madang, New Guinea  25 August - 2 September 1944===
-*[[Edward Charles Vickers]]
+* [[Edward Charles Vickers]]
+===Cairns to Aitape, New Guinea 3 - 7 November 1944===
+* [[Alexander William Turner MID]]
-===Brisbane to Aitape, PNG 24 -27 Nov 1944===
+===Brisbane to Aitape, New Guinea 24 -27 November 1944===
 * [[Alan Henry Brockwell]]
+===Jacquinot Bay, New Britain to Brisbane 12 - 17 January 1945===
+* [[Francis Tullan Kendall Dodds]]
 ===Torokina, Bougainville to Sydney 13 - 19 February 1945===
-*[[Harold Herman Hilbert]]
+* [[Harold Herman Hilbert]]
-===Brisbane to Lae 2 - 7 May 1945===
+===Brisbane to Lae, New Guinea 2 - 7 May 1945===
 * [[Arvonia (Jean) Curtis]]
 * [[Margaret Frances Saw]]
 * [[John Stephen Serventy]]
-===Brisbane to Torokina, Bougainville 5 - 10 June 1945===
+===Brisbane to Madang, new Guinea 18 - 25 May 1945===
-* [[Angus Sherwood James]]
+* [[Mervyn (Merv) James Rose]]
+===Brisbane to Torokina, Bougainville & Lae New Guinea 5 - 13 June 1945===
+* [[Angus Sherwood James]] (Bougainville)
+* [[Denys Brettell Duke]] Lae
+* [[Arthur McVeigh]] Lae
 ===Torokina, Bougainville to Newcastle, NSW 26 July - 1 August 1945===
 * [[John Henry (Jack) O'Meagher]]
-===Morotai to Townsville 26 October to 9 November 1945===
+===Sydney to Singapore 27 Aug - 13 Sep 1945===
-*[[Thomas Stanley O'Meagher]]
+/14th Australian General Hospital
+* [[John Blair]]
+* [[Eric Raymond Willison]]
+===Morotai, Dutch East Indies to Townsville 26 October to 9 November 1945===
+* [[Thomas Stanley O'Meagher]]
+===Wewak, New Guinea to Brisbane 1 - 7 December 1945===
+* [[John William Shackleton]]
+* [[Alexander William Turner MID]]
+===Rabaul, New Britain to Brisbane 3 - 13 January 1946===
+* [[Charles Kenneth Neilson]]
+===Sydney to Kure, Japan 12 March to 9 April 1946===
+* [[Brian Albert Rose]]
+===Morotai to Rabaul 24 April - 2 May 1946===
+* [[Stan John Barrett]]
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