HMAT A7 Medic
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | HMAT A7 Medic |
| Builder/Built | 1899 Harland & Wolff,Belfast |
| Type | Passenger / cargo vessel (twin screw) |
| Displacement | 11,985 tons |
| Speed | 14 knots |
Contents
- 1 Remarks
- 2 Soldiers carried
- 3 Fremantle to Alexandria 2 November - 13 December 1914
- 4 Fremantle to Alexandria 9 October 1915 - ??
- 5 Fremantle to Alexandria 18 January - 16 February 1916
- 6 Fremantle to Port Suez 31 March - 24 April 1916
- 7 Melbourne to Portsmouth 20 May - 18 July 1916
- 8 Sydney to Halifax 1 August - 21 September 1917
- 9 England to Fremantle 24 August - 15 October 1918
- 10 England to Melbourne 10 April - 31 May 1919
Remarks
Built for the Oceanic Steam Navigation Co Ltd (White Star Line), and used on the UK to Sydney via Cape Town route. Capable of carrying 320 cabin class passengers.
Her first return trip involved carrying Victorian, Tasmanian and Western Australian troops to the Boer War.
Leased by the Commonwealth until 26 Oct 1917, she was a participant in the 1st convoy from Albany to Egypt. On her return to Australia she was converted at Cockatoo Island Drydock to transport 531 troops and 500 horses.
Soldiers carried
Fremantle to Alexandria 2 November - 13 December 1914
- Alexander Barnett
- James (Roy) Braidwood MM MiD
- Leonard Henry (Lennie) Buckingham MM
- John James Lyons Chester
- Frederick Fancote
- Charles Richard Irvine MM & Bar
- William Stephens
- John Wesley Gladstone Turner
Fremantle to Alexandria 9 October 1915 - ??
- Walter Raymond Farnham as a stowaway