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Cleveland Forbes (2759)

Details:

Title

Cleveland Forbes (2759),

Collection

WWII Military Units, HistoryNT, Second World War, 1939-1945,

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Darwin Harbour,

Nation of service

United States of America,

Service

Merchant Marine,

Service branch

Liberty Cargo,

Unit

Cleveland Forbes (2759),

Parent unit

Interocean S.S. Company,

Date arrived in NT

1945-06-10,

Date left the NT

1945-06-17,

History

Transported 30 Medical Clearing Station personnel from Darwin to Morotai via Port Moresby where they were responsible for the hygiene arrangements at the transit camp. They conducted daily sick parades and provided medical treatment.,

Notes

Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0,

Language

English,

Subject

Second World War, 1939-1945, Merchant Navy, Merchant Marine, United States of America, Liberty e.c. 2 cargo, Cleveland Forbes (2759),

File type

image/jpeg,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

Australian War Memorial,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/pubic-domain/pdm,

Related links

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C241903 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 302922, Naval Historical Collection], http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/CITY-OF-DALHART_COLBY-VICTORY.pdf [Cleveland Forbes (2759) p. 106], http://www.skylighters.org/troopships/libertyships.html#anchor984537 [Vessel Type EC2: The Liberty Ship],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843702,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843702

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https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843936,