Difference between revisions of "HMAT A24 Benalla"
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| − | ==Adelaide to Port Suez 27 October - ? November 1915== | + | ===Adelaide to Port Suez 27 October - ? November 1915=== |
| − | *[[Clarence Roy Champion]] joined in Fremantle 1 Nov 1915 | + | * [[Clarence Roy Champion]] joined in Fremantle 1 Nov 1915 |
| − | *[[William Grenfell]] joined in Fremantle 1 Nov 1915 | + | * [[William Grenfell]] joined in Fremantle 1 Nov 1915 |
| − | *[[Joseph Sowden Kidd MM]] joined in Fremantle 1 Nov 1915 | + | * [[Joseph Sowden Kidd MM]] joined in Fremantle 1 Nov 1915 |
| − | *[[Samuel Vivian Mortimer]] | + | * [[Samuel Vivian Mortimer]] |
| − | *[[Harold Stinton]] joined in Fremantle 1 Nov 1915 | + | * [[Harold Stinton]] joined in Fremantle 1 Nov 1915 |
| − | *[[Frank Erle Waters]] joined in Fremantle 1 Nov 1915 | + | * [[Frank Erle Waters]] joined in Fremantle 1 Nov 1915 |
| − | ==England to Fremantle 13 February - 3 April 1917== | + | ===England to Fremantle 13 February - 3 April 1917=== |
| − | *[[Alfred Warburton Chapman (Snr)]] | + | * [[Alfred Warburton Chapman (Snr)]] |
| − | ==Fremantle to England 21 May - 19 July 1917== | + | ===Fremantle to England 21 May - 19 July 1917=== |
| − | *[[Edith Marion Wilson]] | + | * [[Edith Marion Wilson]] |
| − | ==England to Fremantle 25 August - 17 October 1917== | + | ===England to Fremantle 25 August - 17 October 1917=== |
| − | *[[Thomas Kinsman Bickell]] | + | * [[Thomas Kinsman Bickell]] |
| − | ==England to Fremantle 2 April - 14 May 1919== | + | ===England to Fremantle 2 April - 14 May 1919=== |
| − | *[[Douglas Gordon Scott MC]] | + | * [[Douglas Gordon Scott MC]] |
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Revision as of 22:04, 10 March 2021
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| History | |
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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 |
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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 four voyages from Australia carrying troops before being transferred to the British Admiralty on 6 Aug 1917.
Soldiers carried
Adelaide to Port Suez 27 October - ? November 1915
- Clarence Roy Champion joined in Fremantle 1 Nov 1915
- William Grenfell joined in Fremantle 1 Nov 1915
- Joseph Sowden Kidd MM 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