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''Bontekoe'' made a large number of voyages carying men and equipment between northern Australian and New Guine ports, including moving artillery from Port Moresby to Milne Bay to participate in the battle there.
 
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SS Bontekoe
SS Bontekoe 1.jpg
Postcard
SS Bontekoe.jpg
SS Bontekoe in Port Moresby Harbour
History
Name SS Bontekoe
Owner Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij. (KPM)
Launched 1922
Completed 1922
In service 1922
General characteristics
Type Passenger / cargoe
Tonnage 5,033 tons
Speed 11.5 knots



Remarks

SS Bontekoe was one of a fleet of Dutch ships owned by KPM carrying trade from the Dutch East Indies to Holland. When the Japanese began advancing on Singapore, and what are now the islands of Indonesia, SS Bontekoe was one of 21 Dutch ships carrying refugees that limped to Australia in early 1942. Here under a complex agreement involving the Dutch Government in exile, Great Britain and the United States they were contracted to carry troops and stores between Australia and the South West Pacific Area of operations. Another group of 5 or 6 Dutch ships joined later in the year.


Bontekoe made a large number of voyages carying men and equipment between northern Australian and New Guine ports, including moving artillery from Port Moresby to Milne Bay to participate in the battle there.

Soldiers carried

Sydney to Lae, New Guinea 23 August to 1 September 1945

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