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Further research requitred.  Convoy US 16.  It was made up of the following (troop) transports; Aronda (British, 9031 GRT, built 1941) and Devonshire (British, 11275 GRT, built 1939), escorted by ''HMAS Kanimbla''
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Further research required.  Convoy US 16.  It was made up of the following (troop) transports; Aronda (British, 9,031 GRT, built 1941) and Devonshire (British, 11,275 GRT, built 1939), escorted by ''HMAS Kanimbla''. Arrived Fremantle 3rd September. Convoy 17 arrived in Fremantle 4th September.
  
The now combined convoy US 16 / US 17 departed Fremantle on 7 September. It was now escorted by the light cruisers HMAS Adelaide, HrMs Tromp, armed mercEric Stanley SouthernEric Stanley Southernhant cruisers HMS Kanimbla, HMAS Manoora and the destroyer HMAS Voyager
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The now combined convoy US 16 / US 17 departed Fremantle on 7 September. It was now escorted by the light cruisers HMAS Adelaide, HrMs Tromp, armed merchant Eric Stanley Southern and cruisers HMS Kanimbla, HMAS Manoora and the destroyer HMAS Voyager
  
 
===Fremantle to Port Tewfik 6 September to 8 October 1942===
 
===Fremantle to Port Tewfik 6 September to 8 October 1942===

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Further research required. Convoy US 16. It was made up of the following (troop) transports; Aronda (British, 9,031 GRT, built 1941) and Devonshire (British, 11,275 GRT, built 1939), escorted by HMAS Kanimbla. Arrived Fremantle 3rd September. Convoy 17 arrived in Fremantle 4th September.

The now combined convoy US 16 / US 17 departed Fremantle on 7 September. It was now escorted by the light cruisers HMAS Adelaide, HrMs Tromp, armed merchant Eric Stanley Southern and cruisers HMS Kanimbla, HMAS Manoora and the destroyer HMAS Voyager

Fremantle to Port Tewfik 6 September to 8 October 1942