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Boonah Crisis
HMAT ''Boonah'' was built in Germany in 1912 for the Australian trade, and known as the ''Melbourne''. In Sydney at the outbreak of World War I in 1914, she was seized by the Government of Australia, Commonwealth Government, renamed ''Boonah'', and hastily converted to a troopship. In October 1918, near the end of the war, ''Boonah'' was the last Australian troop ship to leave Fremantle, Western Australia, bound for the Middle East. Carrying about 1200 soldiers of the First Australian Imperial Force, she arrived in Durban, South Africa just three days after the Armistice with Germany (Compiègne), armistice was signed and on hearing the news, made arrangements to return home promptly. Before her departure however, local stevedores from the Spanish flu stricken city were used to load and unload supplies from the ship and in the course of doing so infected soldiers who were billeted in crowded conditions throughout the ship. Return Another troop ship, the ''Wyreema'' had departed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMAT Boonah
HMAT ''Boonah'' was built in Germany in 1912 for the Australian trade, and known as the ''Melbourne''. In Sydney at the outbreak of World War I in 1914, she was seized by the Government of Australia, Commonwealth Government, renamed ''Boonah'', and hastily converted to a troopship. In October 1918, near the end of the war, ''Boonah'' was the last Australian troop ship to leave Fremantle, Western Australia, bound for the Middle East. Carrying about 1200 soldiers of the First Australian Imperial Force, she arrived in Durban, South Africa just three days after the Armistice with Germany (Compiègne), armistice was signed and on hearing the news, made arrangements to return home promptly. Before her departure however, local stevedores from the Spanish flu stricken city were used to load and unload supplies from the ship and in the course of doing so infected soldiers who were billeted in crowded conditions throughout the ship. Return Another troop ship, the ''Wyreema'' had departed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |