1943-04-02. AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE AMERICAN TRANSPORT MOUNT VERNON WHICH BROUGHT ...

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Accession Number 303655
Collection type Photograph
Object type Paper (Resin-coated), Silver Gelatin
Physical description Paper (Resin-coated), Silver Gelatin
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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1943-04-02. AERIAL PORT SIDE VIEW OF THE AMERICAN TRANSPORT MOUNT VERNON WHICH BROUGHT REINFORCEMENTS TO SINGAPORE AS PART OF CONVOY DM.1 ON 1942-01-13. IN 1942-03-09 SHE ARRIVED IN ADELAIDE WITH 4668 AUSTRALIAN TROOPS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST, THE FIRST SHIP OF THE STEPSISTER MOVEMENT. SHE MADE A NUMBER OF OTHER VOYAGES TO AUSTRALIA CARRYING TROOPS BETWEEN 1942 AND 1944. (NAVAL HISTORICAL COLLECTION)