HMAT A29 Suevic
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History | |
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Name | HMAT A29 Suevic |
Builder/Built | 1901 Harland Wolff, Belfast |
Type | Passenger / refrigerated cargo ship |
Displacement | 12,531 tons |
Speed | 13.5 knots |
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Remarks
Built for Oceanic Steam Navigation Co Ltd, Liverpool (White Star Line). Leased by the Commonwealth until 9 Sep 1917 when management was transferred to the British Admiralty. Completed six journeys from Australia with troops, and in 1918 brought home a load of sick and wounded men.
Soldiers carried
Portland to Fremantle 11 March - 22 April 1916
- Austin Faulkner moved to the district post WW 1
- Allan Leslie Thomas
Fremantle to Plymouth 6 June - 21 July 1916
- † Martin Abolin
- Edgar Copley Adams MID Post WW1 men
- † James Arnold
- † John Buckland
- John Thomas Buckland
- Samuel Buckland
- Leonard Frederick Bysh
- Patrick (John) Curo
- Thomas Henry William Denny
- Francis Dyson
- Percy Fleming
- † Rupert Gregg
- † Arthur William Griffin
- Raymond Harold Hanretty
- Charles Stephen Haughey
- Roby Helliwell
- Henry Ernest Howard
- Jason Howard
- Arthur Patrick Joyce
- Thomas McGow
- William Moffat McLachlan MM
- Patrick Michael
- Gustaf Adolf Olson
- John Terrence O'Neil
- Frederick Oliver Pierce
- Thomas Alfred Reed
- Herbert Clarence (Bert) Ronan
- William George Russell
- Lionel Newton Savage
- Alfred Slee
- Mount (Mont) Alexander Taylor
- Alfred Martin Tilly
- Norman Sedrick Tonkin
- Ralph Trotter
- Ronald Daniel Wallace
- Clarence Victor Watson
- John Henry Wilkinson
England to Fremantle 27 September - 12 November 1917
- John Flynn
- Robert George McLean Post WW1 men