Territory Stories
Mexico (1773)
Details:
Title
Mexico (1773),
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
Passenger,
Cargo,
Unit
Mexico (1773),
Date arrived in NT
1945-01-15,
Date left the NT
1945-01-17,
History
The Mexico loaded up 1200 RAAF personnel with equipment for Morotai on her first trip to Darwin. One Australian soldier was a bit shocked that on boarding the SS MEXICO they had to declare a temp oath of Allegiance to the USA and swear that any thing they saw on the SS MEXICO they could not talk about. The ship and its equipment was a war secret.,
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,
Passengers ship,
Cargo,
Mexico (1773),
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.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/MCCLELLAN_CREEK_TO_MINNIE_M_FISKE.pdf [Mexico (1773) p.96-97] ,
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843770 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844033
Territory Stories
Mexico (1773)
Details:
Title
Mexico (1773),
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
Passenger,
Cargo,
Unit
Mexico (1773),
Date arrived in NT
1945-01-15,
Date left the NT
1945-01-17,
History
The Mexico loaded up 1200 RAAF personnel with equipment for Morotai on her first trip to Darwin. One Australian soldier was a bit shocked that on boarding the SS MEXICO they had to declare a temp oath of Allegiance to the USA and swear that any thing they saw on the SS MEXICO they could not talk about. The ship and its equipment was a war secret.,
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,
Passengers ship,
Cargo,
Mexico (1773),
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.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/MCCLELLAN_CREEK_TO_MINNIE_M_FISKE.pdf [Mexico (1773) p.96-97] ,
Parent handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843770 ,
Citation address
https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844033