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==World War II==
 
==World War II==
 
Used as a troop ship
 
Used as a troop ship
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=== Fremantle to Port Tewfik, Egypt 20 Apr - 3 Jun 1940===
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*[[Kevin James Higgins]]
  
 
===Fremantle to Palestine 30 August - 30 September 1940===
 
===Fremantle to Palestine 30 August - 30 September 1940===
 
*[[Kevin James Higgins]]
 
*[[Kevin James Higgins]]
  
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===Fremantle to Egypt via Bombay 26 October - 25 November 1940===
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===Fremantle to Bombay then transshipped for voyage to Kantara, Egypt 26 October - 25 November 1940===
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Boarded on the 25th , sailed on the 26th.
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Boarded on the 25th , sailed on the 26th October.
 
*[[Eric Anderson]]
 
*[[Eric Anderson]]
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*[[Victor Charles Lowe]]
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*† [[Victor Charles Lowe]]
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*[[Clarence Malarkey]]
 
*[[Francis Malarkey]]
 
*[[Francis Malarkey]]
  
 
===Fremantle to Colombo 3 - 12 January 1941===
 
===Fremantle to Colombo 3 - 12 January 1941===
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2/28 Battalion including
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Seven smaller ships carried troops from Convoy US 8 between Colombo and ports in Egypt.
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====2/28 Battalion====
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*[[Albert William Chadwick]]
 
*[[Herbert James Collier]]
 
*[[Herbert James Collier]]
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*[[Andrew Walker Cunningham]]
  
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===Fremantle to Egypt 10 February - 17 March 1941===
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===Fremantle to Port Tewfik via Ceylon  9 - 25 July 1941===
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*[[Robert Hassett]]
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* [[David Edward Kitchener Granberg]]
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===Port Moresby to Ratai Bay, Java via Sydney, and Fremantle 3 - 20 January 1942===
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Two smaller sips transported the 2/4th to Port Moresby from Darwin - 31 Dec 1941 to 3 Jan 1942.
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Seven small Dutch ships carried personnel from Ratai Bay to Singapore 22 - 24 Jan 1942
  
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===Fremantle to Port Tewfik, Egypt 9- 25 Jul 1941===
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====2/4th Machine Gun Battalion====
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*[[David Edward Kitchener Granberg]]
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* [[James William Basell]]
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* [[Ronald Hamilton Cornish]]
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* [[Norman Lenard (Bob) Dunnell]]
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* [[Basil Fitzgerald]]
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* [[Charles William (Tiny) Gray]]
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* [[William Rice Gregory]]
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* [[Edgar Joseph Howard]]
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* † [[Edward Johnathon (Ted) Leadbitter]]
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* † [[Herbert Michael (Bert) Rubery]]
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* [[Harold Edward (Tony) Saw]]
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* [[David Stevenson]]
  
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===Darwin to Singapore via Port Moresby, Sydney & Fremantle 30 December 1941 - 24 January 1942===
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===Fremantle to Egypt 10 February - 17 March 1941===
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2/4 Machine Gun Battalion plus General Reinforcements
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*† [[Robert Hassett]]
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*[[James William Basell]]
 
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*[[Basil Fitzgerald]]
 
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*[[Edgar Joseph Howard]]
 
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*[[Edward Johnathon (Ted) Leadbitter]] boarded in Perth
 
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*[[Harold Edward (Tony) Saw]]
 
  
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===Fremantle to Port Tewfik, Egypt 5- 25 Jul 1941===
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Boarded 5-8 July, sailed 9 July
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* [[Joseph James Burrows]]
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* [[Charles William (Charlie) Divall]]
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* [[Douglas John Elliott]]
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* [[Ernest Arnold Fallon]]
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* [[Robert Henry Fletcher]]
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* [[David Edward Kitchener Granberg]]
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* [[Ronald Gwynne]]
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*[[Thomas Stanley O'Meagher]]
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* [[George Charles Owens]]
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* [[Walter Vivian Ernest Peters]]
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* [[Arthur Henry Thompson]]
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*† [[Roy Thomas Aston Wallis]]
  
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===Port Tewfik, Egypt to Fremantle via Addu Atoll 26 January - 18 February 1943===
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*[[Robert Henry Fletcher]]
  
 
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Revision as of 23:54, 21 September 2020



HMHS Aquitania
HMHS Aquitania.jpg
Aquitania in Hospital Ship livery en.wikipedia.org
History
Name HMHS Aquitania
Owner Cunard, White Star Line
Builder John Brown & Co Ltd, Clydebank, Scotland
Launched 1913
In service 1914
General characteristics
Tonnage 44, 786 tons
Propulsion Turbines, 4 screws
Speed 25 knots
Capacity 7,724 passengers



Remarks

Owned by the Cunard Line and used on the Southampton-New York (1914) (1920–1939) (1945–1948); Southampton-Halifax (1948–1950) routes during peace time. In civilian use carried 618 first class passengers, 614 second class, 2,004 third class. These numbers were later reduced as standards changed.

During World War 1 she was initially fitted out as an auxiliary cruiser, before being altered to perform Troopship and Hospital ship duties. For the duration of World War 2 and beyond she performed Troopship duties before being used to transport migrants to Canada until 1949. Aquitania was retired from service in 1949 and was scrapped the following year.

List of soldiers carried

World War I

Acted as both a Troopship and a Hospital Ship.

Mudros to England 18 - 22 September 1915

Mudros to England 21 - 27 October 1915

World War II

Used as a troop ship

Fremantle to Port Tewfik, Egypt 20 Apr - 3 Jun 1940

Fremantle to Palestine 30 August - 30 September 1940

Fremantle to Bombay then transshipped for voyage to Kantara, Egypt 26 October - 25 November 1940

Boarded on the 25th , sailed on the 26th October.

Fremantle to Colombo 3 - 12 January 1941

Seven smaller ships carried troops from Convoy US 8 between Colombo and ports in Egypt.

2/28 Battalion

Fremantle to Port Tewfik via Ceylon 9 - 25 July 1941

Port Moresby to Ratai Bay, Java via Sydney, and Fremantle 3 - 20 January 1942

Two smaller sips transported the 2/4th to Port Moresby from Darwin - 31 Dec 1941 to 3 Jan 1942.

Seven small Dutch ships carried personnel from Ratai Bay to Singapore 22 - 24 Jan 1942

2/4th Machine Gun Battalion

Fremantle to Egypt 10 February - 17 March 1941

Fremantle to Port Tewfik, Egypt 5- 25 Jul 1941

Boarded 5-8 July, sailed 9 July

Port Tewfik, Egypt to Fremantle via Addu Atoll 26 January - 18 February 1943

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