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[[Edward Armstrong]]<br />[[Gordon Edgar (George) Bennett]]<br />[[Arthur Edward Bingham]]<br />[[Austin Henry (Paddy) Bingham]]<br />[[Gordon Vidgen Cross]]<br />[[Joseph Charles Joshua Farnell]]<br />[[Alfred Arthur (Fred) Rouse]] | [[Edward Armstrong]]<br />[[Gordon Edgar (George) Bennett]]<br />[[Arthur Edward Bingham]]<br />[[Austin Henry (Paddy) Bingham]]<br />[[Gordon Vidgen Cross]]<br />[[Joseph Charles Joshua Farnell]]<br />[[Alfred Arthur (Fred) Rouse]] | ||
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[[Thomas Albert Leslie Cheney]] | [[Thomas Albert Leslie Cheney]] | ||
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[[Dugald Thomas Main]]<br />[[Ellis Shackleton]] | [[Dugald Thomas Main]]<br />[[Ellis Shackleton]] | ||
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[[Thomas Ramsell]] | [[Thomas Ramsell]] | ||
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| History | |
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HMAT A60 Aeneas |
| Builder/Built | 1910 Workman Clarke at Belfast |
| Type | Troopship |
| Displacement | 10,049 tons |
| Speed | 14 knots |
Contents
Remarks
Built for Ocean Steam Ship Co (Blue Funnel Line) for the South Africa - Australia service. Trip took 39 days and operated every six weeks.
Requisitioned by the Commonwealth for use as a troopship until 22 Jun 1917. Fitted out at Cockatoo Island in Sydney to carry 1,820 troops. She made several trips to England carrying reinforcements.
In May 1918 after she left Commonwealth control, she ran aground, but was refloated, and in 1920 resumed her peacetime Australian service with capacity for 180 first class passengers.
During WW2, she was bombed and sank on 2 Jul 1940 off Start Point Devon.
Soldiers carried
Fremantle to Port Suez 17 April - 14 May 1916
Edward Armstrong
Gordon Edgar (George) Bennett
Arthur Edward Bingham
Austin Henry (Paddy) Bingham
Gordon Vidgen Cross
Joseph Charles Joshua Farnell
Alfred Arthur (Fred) Rouse
Fremantle to Plymouth 15 July - 1 September 1916
Melbourne to Devonport 30 October - 27 December 1917
Dugald Thomas Main
Ellis Shackleton