2/3rd Move Back To Australia From Middle East February/March 1942
33 of the Regiment’s 36 guns were allotted to the vessels below.
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Egypt |
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SS Industria |
2/02/42 |
27/03/42 |
Sgt Grice |
Adelaide |
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SS Shillong |
2/02/42 |
21/03/42 |
Capt. Bauert |
Adelaide |
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SS Cape Wrath |
5/02/42 |
24/03/42 |
Lt Chambers |
Adelaide |
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SS Tricolor |
6/02/42 |
13/03/42 |
Lt Crooke |
Adelaide |
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SS Ettrickbank |
7/02/42 |
21/03/42 |
Lt Hall |
Adelaide |
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SS Pundit |
8/02/42 |
6/04/42 |
Sgt Coggins |
Adelaide |
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SS Clydebank |
10/02/42 |
29/03/42 |
Lt Archer |
Adelaide |
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SS Trevilly |
11/02/42 |
27/03/42 |
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Adelaide |
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SS Oriole |
12/02/42 |
25/03/42 |
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Adelaide |
Oriole AND Empire Oriole??? Oriole is not on hand written list. Departure and Arrival Dates are the same. |
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SS Empire Oriole |
12/02/42 |
25/03/42 |
Lt Bidstrup |
Adelaide |
2 guns operational, 1 transferred |
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SS Tai Yen |
12/02/42 |
20/03/42 |
Lt Robson |
Adelaide |
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SS St Esselt |
12/02/42 |
14/04/42 |
Lt Parnell and L/Sgt Tuck |
Perth |
4MD (Perth) - shown as St Essylt on hand written list |
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SS Havildar |
12/02/42 |
13/04/42 |
Lt Carson |
Adelaide |
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SS Garnmla |
13/02/42 |
9/04/42 |
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Adelaide |
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SS City of Hankow |
13/02/42 |
5/04/42 |
Lt Staughton |
Adelaide |
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SS Anna Odland |
14/02/42 |
27/03/42 |
Lt Reed |
Adelaide |
2 guns operational, 1 non-operative |
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SS Empire Pintail |
16/02/42 |
22/03/42 |
Lt Girdwood |
Adelaide |
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SS Ittersum |
16/02/42 |
6/04/42 |
Lt Coggins |
Adelaide |
Dutch Cattle Boat |
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SS Rajula |
19/02/42 |
28/03/42 |
Lt McGillvray |
Adelaide |
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SS Nurmahal |
1/03/42 |
7/04/42 |
Lt Bennett |
Adelaide |
Shown as Nurmahold on typed list. |
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SS Tijian |
N.A. |
N.A. |
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Adelaide |
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Silver Maple |
N.A. |
N.A. |
Sgt Purves |
Adelaide |
Not on typed list. |
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Somerville |
N.A. |
N.A. |
Sgt Long |
Adelaide |
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Germulah |
N.A. |
N.A. |
Capts Dyer & Davis |
Adelaide |
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Westmoreland |
N.A. |
N.A. |
Sgt Raisbeck |
Adelaide |
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The above list was compiled from two separate lists prepared by Les Harris - one hand written and one typed. |
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The two lists are in different sequences, and have several inconsistencies. |
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