(WW2G) World War II -
New Guinea

G. Troophips that
were in
Convoys to
New
Guinea: March to December, 1941
Aquitania (Cunard)
See (WW2A)
above
1941 (Dec) Convoy
ZK5

http://www.warsailors.com/single
ships/herstein.html
Herstein (Norwegian)
scm 5100gt 1939
Copenhagen
1941 (Dec) Convoy ZK5
1942
went
on to Rabaul and was
put
on fire by air attack on Jan 20
1942 and
became a total loss.
Most of
the crew became pisoners
after the
Japanese captured Rabaul
and were
lost on the Montivideo
Maru
being transported to Hainan
Tsland.when it was torpedoed and
sunk
by the submarine USS Sturgeon
Katoomba
-
1941 (Mar) Convoy
ZK1
See (WW2B)
above
(Apr) Convoy ZK2

http://www.merchant-navy-ships.com
Montoro (Burns
Philp) -
awm photo
(Sydney
4088gt 1911 Glasgow
Mar., 1939, leaving
Australia-Java-Singapore
with troops for
Darwin
service
to mid 1920s, then
ID No. Po1449.012
Australia/Papua-New Guinea
sln photo of pre-war
art
service
postcard uw
1939 (late) taken over by
Digital Order No.
the Australian Government
a638607
1940-1941 carried
troops
slv 2
photos uw
and
supplies to Northern Australia,
peace time livery)
Port
Moresby and Rabaul, and
Image No. b41360
evacuees
back
Image No. mp010620
1941 (Jul) Convoy ZK3
nmm photo
(1939-1945
(Aug) Convoy ZK4
uw in port)
1948
(June) returned to Burns
No. P23495
Philp
control
1948
(Aug) sold to Wah Shang
Co. of China
1955
scrapped
r/n
Timur Providence
1973 after
a fire off Tainan
Island, scrapped
Sarpedon
See Blue
Funnel (BF2)
1941 (Dec) Convoy ZK5

Postcard in author's collection
Zealandia (Huddart Parker) -
slv 3 photos uw
twscs 6660gt 1910 Glasgow
(peace time
livery)
1941
(Mar) Convoy ZK1
Image
No. b38924
(Apr) Convoy
ZK2
Image No.
b38926
(Jul) Convoy ZK3
Image
No. b38920
(Aug) Convoy ZK4
sln album 10 photos
1942 (Feb) bombed and sunk in
(including
one in WWI
Japanese air attack on Darwin
dazzle paint camouflage
and an art postcard uw)
Digital Order No.
a640414
awm
2 photo (on fire after
being hit in bombing of
Darwin
ID No. 126805
ID No. P01214.003
Sources:
1. Peter
Plowman's "Across the Sea to War"
(Rosenberg, Dural, N.S.W. 2003)
2. Norwegian
website:
http://www.warsailors.com/
3. Dickson
Gregory's "Australian Steamers Past and Present"
(The Richards Press, London 1928)
4. Australian Merchant Navy Association website
http://www.merchant-navy-ships.com/
Links to:
WW2H1
WW2H2
WW2H3
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