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[[William Bingham]]<br />[[James (Roy) Braidwood MM MID]]<br />[[Henry Thomas Cockram]]<br />[[Stephen Henry Horrocks]]<br />[[Charles Richard Irvine MM & Bar]]<br />[[Alfred Arthur Martin]]<br />[[Francis Leonard Martin]]<br />[[William Clarence Martin DSO & Bar]]
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==Fremantle to Alexandria 2 Nov 1914 - 3 Dec 1914==
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[[Charles Richard Irvine MM & Bar]]
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==Fremantle to Port Suez 9 Jun 1915 - 30 Jun 1915==
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[[Stephen Henry Horrocks]]
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==Alexandria to Fremantle 13 Aug 1915 - 10 Sep 1915==
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[[James (Roy) Braidwood MM MID]]
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==Fremantle to Port Suez 13 Sep 1915 - 13 Oct 1915==
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[[Henry Thomas Cockram]]<br />[[Alfred Arthur Martin]]<br />[[Francis Leonard Martin]]<br />[[William Clarence Martin DSO & Bar]]
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==Alexandria to Marseilles France 15 Mar 1916 - 21 Mar 1916==
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[[Charles William Price]]
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==Fremantle to Port Suez 17 Apr 1916 - 14 May 1916==
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[[William Bingham]]<br />[[William Clarence Martin DSO & Bar]]
  
Alexandria to Marseilles France (28 Jul 1916)<br />[[Charles William Price]]
 
  
 
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Revision as of 01:44, 24 April 2017

HMAT A32 Themistocles
HMAT A32 Themistocles.jpg
History
Builder/Built 1910 Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Displacement 11,231 tons
Speed 15 knots


==Remarks=Original owner was the Aberdeen Line, later sold to the Shaw, Saville & Albion Line for routes to Australia. She could carry 250 third class passengers, and 100 in first class. The trip to Melbourne took 40 days.

Served during WW1 as a troopship under the control of the Commonwealth until 20 Oct 1917, and in trans Atlantic convoys during WW2. Between the wars and after WW2 she returned to the Australian route.

She was scraped on 24 Aug 1947.

List of soldiers carried

Fremantle to Alexandria 2 Nov 1914 - 3 Dec 1914

Charles Richard Irvine MM & Bar

Fremantle to Port Suez 9 Jun 1915 - 30 Jun 1915

Stephen Henry Horrocks

Alexandria to Fremantle 13 Aug 1915 - 10 Sep 1915

James (Roy) Braidwood MM MID

Fremantle to Port Suez 13 Sep 1915 - 13 Oct 1915

Henry Thomas Cockram
Alfred Arthur Martin
Francis Leonard Martin
William Clarence Martin DSO & Bar

Alexandria to Marseilles France 15 Mar 1916 - 21 Mar 1916

Charles William Price

Fremantle to Port Suez 17 Apr 1916 - 14 May 1916

William Bingham
William Clarence Martin DSO & Bar