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 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 |
Contents
- 1 Remarks
- 2 Soldiers carried
- 2.1 Fremantle to Adelaide 21 - 25 July 1941
- 2.2 Fremantle to Melbourne 31 October - early November 1941
- 2.3 Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) to Melbourne 25 March - 15 May 1942
- 2.4 Milne Bay, New Guinea to Brisbane 2 - 6 January 1942
- 2.5 Brisbane to Port Moresby, New Guinea 2 - 10 November 1942
- 2.6 Port Moresby, New Guinea to Townsville 5 - 7 December 1942
- 2.7 Port Moresby, New Guinea to Townsville 19 March - 22 March 1943
- 2.8 Townsville to Port Moresby, New Guinea 8 - 11 May 1943
- 2.9 Townsville to Port Moresby, New Guinea 16 - 20 June 1943
- 2.10 Townsville to Port Moresby 19 - 22 Jul 1943
- 2.11 Townsville to Port Moresby, New Guinea 31 July - 2 August 1943
- 2.12 Townsville to Port Moresby, New Guinea 6 - 8 August 1943
- 2.13 Townsville to Buna, Papua New Guinea 22 - 27 November 1943
- 2.14 Sydney to Darwin 18 - 28 February 1944
- 2.15 Finschhafen, New Guinea to Townsville 4 - 8 May 1944
- 2.16 Brisbane to Wewak, New Guinea 12 - 18 July 1944
- 2.17 Brisbane to Madang, New Guinea 25 August - 2 September 1944
- 2.18 Cairns to Aitape, New Guinea 3 - 7 November 1944
- 2.19 Brisbane to Aitape, New Guinea 24 -27 November 1944
- 2.20 Jacquinot Bay, New Britain to Brisbane 12 - 17 January 1945
- 2.21 Torokina, Bougainville to Sydney 13 - 19 February 1945
- 2.22 Brisbane to Lae, New Guinea 2 - 7 May 1945
- 2.23 Brisbane to Madang, new Guinea 18 - 25 May 1945
- 2.24 Brisbane to Torokina, Bougainville & Lae New Guinea 5 - 13 June 1945
- 2.25 Torokina, Bougainville to Newcastle, NSW 26 July - 1 August 1945
- 2.26 Sydney to Singapore 27 Aug - 13 Sep 1945
- 2.27 Morotai, Dutch East Indies to Townsville 26 October to 9 November 1945
- 2.28 Wewak, New Guinea to Brisbane 1 - 7 December 1945
- 2.29 Rabaul, New Britain to Brisbane 3 - 13 January 1946
- 2.30 Sydney to Kure, Japan 12 March to 9 April 1946
- 2.31 Morotai to Rabaul 24 April - 2 May 1946
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
- 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 October - early November 1941
Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) to Melbourne 25 March - 15 May 1942
Milne Bay, New Guinea to Brisbane 2 - 6 January 1942
Brisbane to Port Moresby, New Guinea 2 - 10 November 1942
Port Moresby, New Guinea to Townsville 5 - 7 December 1942
Port Moresby, New Guinea to Townsville 19 March - 22 March 1943
Townsville to Port Moresby, New Guinea 8 - 11 May 1943
Townsville to Port Moresby, New Guinea 16 - 20 June 1943
Townsville to Port Moresby 19 - 22 Jul 1943
Townsville to Port Moresby, New Guinea 31 July - 2 August 1943
Townsville to Port Moresby, New Guinea 6 - 8 August 1943
Townsville to Buna, Papua New Guinea 22 - 27 November 1943
Sydney to Darwin 18 - 28 February 1944
Finschhafen, New Guinea to Townsville 4 - 8 May 1944
Brisbane to Wewak, New Guinea 12 - 18 July 1944
Brisbane to Madang, New Guinea 25 August - 2 September 1944
Cairns to Aitape, New Guinea 3 - 7 November 1944
Brisbane to Aitape, New Guinea 24 -27 November 1944
Jacquinot Bay, New Britain to Brisbane 12 - 17 January 1945
Torokina, Bougainville to Sydney 13 - 19 February 1945
Brisbane to Lae, New Guinea 2 - 7 May 1945
Brisbane to Madang, new Guinea 18 - 25 May 1945
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
Sydney to Singapore 27 Aug - 13 Sep 1945
2/14th Australian General Hospital