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In 1945 she transported some of the troops that were to comprise the occupation forces on Ambon after accepting the Japanese surrender.
 
  
 
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===Morotai to Ambon August 1945===
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===Brisbane to Morotai 10 - 25 June 1945===
 
*[[Keith Butcher]]
 
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History
Name SS Both
Type cargo steamer
Displacement 2,608 tons


Remarks

The SS Both helped transport the Australian troops of "Gull Force" to Ambon in December 1941, and later took part in the Operation Lilliput supply convoys to New guinea in 1943. During 1942 she came under quarantine jurisdiction at Fremantle, but little detail is available as to why.


Soldiers carried

Brisbane to Morotai 10 - 25 June 1945