World War 1, Europe, TSS Indarra, MAGAREY, Australian Army Nursing Service, 1919
1919Sister Magarey holding newborn aboard "Indarra"
TSS Indarra was a twin screw steamship was the largest and most luxurious of all the AUSN ships (Australasian United Steam Navigation Company, Fremantle). Built by William Denny & Brothers at Dumbarton in 1913. She came in at 9,735 gross tons and was 451 feet long and could carry 470 passengers. After war service she was briefly chartered to the Orient Line and then put up for sale. Sold to Lloyd Royal Belge (Great Britain) Ltd. in 1920 for the Brazilian service she was re-named "Paes de Waes". She didn't and the company failed to meet repayments. She was repossessed by AUSN in 1925 and then in turn sold to Osaka Shosen Kaisha and renamed "Horai Maru". OSK removed some of her accommodation thus improving her stability. She was sunk in the Sunda Strait by American aircraft on 2nd March 1942.
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On the Indarra's repatriation voyage terminating in Fremantle on 27 August 1919, there were 26 dependents (wive and children) of soldiers on the disembarking passenger list. Staff Nurse Elizabeth Jean Magarey enlisted on 1 October 1915 and embarked on 10 October on HMAT A71 Nestor as part of 1 Australian General Hospital, 1-6 Special Reinforcements. She returned to Australia on 12 July 1919.
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- World War 2, Australia, Western Australia, Rottnest Island, 1942 (13.14km away)
- PHOTOGRAPH (DIGITAL): ROTTNEST ISLAND, JANUARY 1922, FROM MINNA LIPFERT ALBUM (13.38km away)
- PHOTOGRAPH (DIGITAL COPY): STATIONARY APPROACH, ROTTNEST 1931, WHITE FAMILY (13.38km away)
- Western Australia, Rottnest Island, Signal Ridge / Wadjemup. Naval Signal Station. (13.68km away)
- Western Australia, Rottnest Island, Signal Ridge / Wadjemup. Naval Signal Station. (13.69km away)
- Western Australia, Rottnest Island, Signal Ridge / Wadjemup. Naval Signal Station. (13.7km away)
- Western Australia, Rottnest Island, Signal Ridge / Wadjemup. Naval Signal Station. (13.7km away)
- Western Australia, Rottnest Island, Signal Ridge / Wadjemup. JEFFREY, SKIPPINGS, Naval Signal Station. (13.7km away)
- Western Australia, Rottnest Island, Signal Ridge / Wadjemup. Naval Signal Station. (13.7km away)
- Western Australia, Rottnest Island, Signal Ridge / Wadjemup. Naval Signal Station. (13.7km away)
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