HMAT A7 Medic
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History | |
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Name | HMAT A7 Medic |
Builder/Built | 1899 Harland & Wolff,Belfast |
Type | Passenger / cargo vessel (twin screw) |
Displacement | 11,985 tons |
Speed | 14 knots |
Remarks
Built for the Oceanic Steam Navigation Co Ltd (White Star Line), and used on the UK to Sydney via Cape Town route. Capable of carrying 320 cabin class passengers.
Her first return trip involved carrying Victorian, Tasmanian and Western Australian troops to the Boer War.
Leased by the Commonwealth until 26 Oct 1917, she was a participant in the 1st convoy from Albany to Egypt. On her return to Australia she was converted at Cockatoo Island Drydock to transport 531 troops and 500 horses.
List of soldiers carried
James (Roy) Braidwood MM MID
James (Roy) Braidwood MM MID
Leonard Henry (Lennie) Buckingham MM