Difference between revisions of "HMAT A28 Miltiades"
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| − | *[[David Andrew Allison]] | + | * [[David Andrew Allison]] |
| − | *[[Frederick James Allison MM]] | + | * [[Frederick James Allison MM]] |
| − | *[[Henry Ogilvie Allom (Jnr)]] | + | * [[Henry Ogilvie Allom (Jnr)]] |
| − | *[[George Alexander Armstrong]] | + | * [[George Alexander Armstrong]] |
| − | *[[William John Bennett]] | + | * [[William John Bennett]] |
| − | *[[Gordon Walter Bone]] | + | * † [[Gordon Walter Bone]] |
| − | *[[Henry William Buckland]] | + | * [[Henry William Buckland]] |
| − | *[[Frederick John Chester]] | + | * [[Frederick John Chester]] |
| − | *[[John Thomas Clements]] | + | * [[John Thomas Clements]] |
| − | *[[Stephen Gittins]] | + | * [[Stephen Gittins]] |
| − | *[[Frederick George Golding]] | + | * [[Frederick George Golding]] |
| − | *[[Albert John Harris]] | + | * [[Albert John Harris]] |
| − | *[[George Joseph Harris]] | + | * [[George Joseph Harris]] |
| − | *[[James Peter Henderson MM & Bar]] | + | * [[James Peter Henderson MM & Bar]] |
| − | *[[Stanley Thomas Marsh]] | + | * [[Stanley Thomas Marsh]] |
| − | *[[Samuel Mellington Moore]] | + | * [[Samuel Mellington Moore]] |
| − | *[[Thomas Allan O'Dea]] | + | * [[Thomas Allan O'Dea]] |
| − | *[[William Richard (Billy) Orr]] | + | * [[William Richard (Billy) Orr]] |
| − | *[[Thomas Alfred Osborne]] | + | * [[Thomas Alfred Osborne]] |
| − | *[[Edwin Lawrence Reed]] | + | * [[Edwin Lawrence Reed]] |
| − | *[[John Thomas Ryle]] | + | * [[John Thomas Ryle]] |
| − | *[[Robert Melville Salter]] | + | * [[Robert Melville Salter]] |
| − | *[[Leonard Alfred Sawtell]] | + | * [[Leonard Alfred Sawtell]] |
| − | *[[Reginald George Sinclair]] | + | * [[Reginald George Sinclair]] |
| − | *[[Clarence Otto Sladden]] | + | * [[Clarence Otto Sladden]] |
| − | *[[Harold Hopgood Surman]] | + | * [[Harold Hopgood Surman]] |
| − | *[[William Thomson]] | + | * [[William Thomson]] |
| − | *[[Frederick White]] | + | * [[Frederick White]] |
==England to Fremantle 4 May - 24 June 1917== | ==England to Fremantle 4 May - 24 June 1917== | ||
Revision as of 19:13, 17 March 2021
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| History | |
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| Name | HMAT A28 Miltiades |
| Builder/Built | 1903 Alex Stephen & Sons, Glasgow. |
| Type | SS Troopship |
| Displacement | 7,814 tons |
| Speed | 13 knots |
Contents
Remarks
Requisitioned as a troopship in 1915. On 1 Nov 1914 arrived in Albany to become one of the ships in the 1st Convoy. 7 Feb 1916 carried Medical Officers from Adelaide, and on 1 Aug 1916, Medical Officers from Melbourne, stopping in Fremantle for more of the same on 9 Aug 1916. On 24 Jan 1917 Medical Officers from Adelaide, and on 2 Aug 1917 more of the same from Sydney.
Commonwealth control ended 15 Sep 1917 when the Miltiades was transferred to the British Admiralty. Resumed commercial service in June 1920. Purchased by the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company and renamed ORCANA. She later served with the Pacific Steam Navigation Company for their South American service. She was laid up from 1923 to 1924 before being scrapped in Holland.
Soldiers carried
Fremantle to Port Suez 12 February - 11 March 1916
- Clyde Bird
- Thomas Bird
- Thomas Allan Bottrell
- Victor Leo Gordon Boyle
- William Carroll
- † Herbert (Bert) Cumming
- Albert Edward Coates Delamotte Post WW1 men
- Frederick Sidney Gladstone
- George Joseph Harris
- John Huntley
- Henry McCavana
- Charles Frederick McKay
- Frank Moore
- Edward Patrick Thomas O'Brien
- John Donaldson Patterson
- William Plant
- Henry Giles Schmidt
- † Frank Leslie Sexton
- † John Whittaker
Fremantle to Plymouth 9 August - 25 September 1916
Sailed originally from Melbourne on 1 Aug 1916
- Reuben Arnold MM
- Edward Bailey
- Richard Beattie
- †Albert Victor Berry
- Macalister Adair Blain
- Sidney Herrick Carter
- William Francis Cohn
- † Ernest John Coles
- William Edwin Cousens MM
- Harry Simpson Francis
- John Goffin
- Thomas Hesketh
- Donald Gordon Melville Huggins
- Gordon Weston Johanson
- Charles Frederick George Judd
- Thomas William Moore
- William Bertie Claude Moulden
- Egbert Robert Trethowan Reeves
- James Strachan
- Theodore (Cecil) Charles Turner
- William Lamplough Ullyott
- Norman John Weir
- Cyril Arthur Woodland
Fremantle to Devonport 29 January - 27 March 1917
Sailed originally from Melbourne on 20 Jan 1917
- David Andrew Allison
- Frederick James Allison MM
- Henry Ogilvie Allom (Jnr)
- George Alexander Armstrong
- William John Bennett
- † Gordon Walter Bone
- Henry William Buckland
- Frederick John Chester
- John Thomas Clements
- Stephen Gittins
- Frederick George Golding
- Albert John Harris
- George Joseph Harris
- James Peter Henderson MM & Bar
- Stanley Thomas Marsh
- Samuel Mellington Moore
- Thomas Allan O'Dea
- William Richard (Billy) Orr
- Thomas Alfred Osborne
- Edwin Lawrence Reed
- John Thomas Ryle
- Robert Melville Salter
- Leonard Alfred Sawtell
- Reginald George Sinclair
- Clarence Otto Sladden
- Harold Hopgood Surman
- William Thomson
- Frederick White
England to Fremantle 4 May - 24 June 1917
England to Fremantle 21 December 1918 - 31 January 1919
Other journeys
- Sydney to Alexandria October to 5 December 1914 (1st Convoy)
- Sydney to Glasgow 2 August - 2 October 1917