Difference between revisions of "HMAT A24 Benalla"
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Revision as of 00:41, 8 September 2017
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| Name | HMAT A24 Benalla |
| Builder/Built | 1913 Caird, of Greenock |
| Type | passenger / refrigerated cargo steamship (twin screw) |
| Displacement | 11,118 tons |
| Speed | 14 knots |
Contents
Remarks
Built for Pacific & Orient Steam Navigation Co, London. Leased to the Commonwealth until 6 Aug 1917. Refitted at Cockatoo Island Drydock between 1st and 14th October 1915 to transport 1,395 troops. Made at least three voyages from Australia carrying troops.
Soldiers carried
Adelaide to Port Suez 27 October - ? December 1915
- Clarence Roy Champion joined in Fremantle 1 Nov 1915
- William Grenfell joined in Fremantle 1 Nov 1915
- Samuel Vivian Mortimer
- Harold Stinton joined in Fremantle 1 Nov 1915
- Frank Erle Waters joined in Fremantle 1 Nov 1915