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HMAT ''Warilda'' (His Majesty's Australian Transport) was a 7713 ton vessel, built by William Beardmore and Company in Glasgow as the SS ''Warilda'' for the Adelaide Steamship Company.〔(Memorial to the Warilda )〕 She was designed for the East-West Australian coastal service, but following the start of the First World War, she was converted into a troopship and later, in 1916, she was converted into a hospital ship. Her identical sister ships, also built by William Beardmore and Company, were SS ''Wandilla'' (1912) and SS ''Willochra'' (1913). == Time as a troopship == * 5 October 1915: 10th Reinforcements, 9th Battalion embarked from Brisbane heading to Egypt.:〔(Bede Septimus Connell's obituary )〕 15 Batt embarked Brisbane HMAT A69 Warilda same date 〔WW1 War Service Record SMITH HJ 3093〕 * 8 October 1915: 10th Reinforcements, 1st Infantry Battalion embarked from Sydney heading to Egypt.〔(Private Cecil Henry obituary )〕 * 8 November 1915: 10th Reinforcements, 1st Brigade of the AIF, embarked from Liverpool, NSW, Australia. The ship arrived at Fremantle, Western Australia on 15 October 1915, and reached Suez on 5 November, a Friday, where the troops were disembarked.〔(A history of John Robertson Hawke, AIF )〕 * 25 May 1916: Tunneling Companies, 2 Reinforcements embarked Melbourne.〔(Corporal ARTHUR WILLIAM JAMES MAGGS' obituary )〕 * 1 June 1916: Tunneling Company 6, 3rd Tunneling Company embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia 1 June 1916. Disembarked Plymouth, England, 18 July 1916.〔(Sgt Joseph ALLEN obituary )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMAT Warilda」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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