Territory Stories
SS Orungal (1524)(2379)
Details:
Title
SS Orungal (1524)(2379),
Collection
WWII Military Units,
HistoryNT,
Second World War, 1939-1945,
Date
0000-00-00,
Location
Darwin Harbour,
Nation of service
Australia,
Service
Merchant Navy,
Service branch
Cargo and Passenger Steamship,
Troop Carrier,
Unit
SS Orungal (1524)(2379),
Parent unit
Khedival Mail Steamship & Graving Dock Company of Egypt under charter to Australasian United Steam Navigation Co Ltd.,
Date arrived in NT
1940-07-11,
Date left the NT
1940-07-16,
History
Requisitioned on 25 June 1940 to make one trip carrying 500 troops and their equipment to New Guinea. After leaving Port Moresby Orungal called into Darwin before returning to Sydney via Thursday Island, Rabaul, Salamua and Brisbane.,
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,
Australia,
Cargo,
Passengers,
Steamship,
Troopship,
SS Orungal (1524)(2379),
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/C250125 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 303745, Naval Historical Collection] ,
http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/ORMISTON_TO_PELAW_MAIN.pdf [SS Orungal (1524)(2379) p.19-21],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=47394 [SS Orungal (1524)(2379)],
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843561 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843876
Territory Stories
SS Orungal (1524)(2379)
Details:
Title
SS Orungal (1524)(2379),
Collection
WWII Military Units,
HistoryNT,
Second World War, 1939-1945,
Date
0000-00-00,
Location
Darwin Harbour,
Nation of service
Australia,
Service
Merchant Navy,
Service branch
Cargo and Passenger Steamship,
Troop Carrier,
Unit
SS Orungal (1524)(2379),
Parent unit
Khedival Mail Steamship & Graving Dock Company of Egypt under charter to Australasian United Steam Navigation Co Ltd.,
Date arrived in NT
1940-07-11,
Date left the NT
1940-07-16,
History
Requisitioned on 25 June 1940 to make one trip carrying 500 troops and their equipment to New Guinea. After leaving Port Moresby Orungal called into Darwin before returning to Sydney via Thursday Island, Rabaul, Salamua and Brisbane.,
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,
Australia,
Cargo,
Passengers,
Steamship,
Troopship,
SS Orungal (1524)(2379),
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/C250125 [Australian War Memorial : Photograph 303745, Naval Historical Collection] ,
http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/ORMISTON_TO_PELAW_MAIN.pdf [SS Orungal (1524)(2379) p.19-21],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/list?id=47394 [SS Orungal (1524)(2379)],
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843561 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843876