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World War 1, Egypt, HMAT A11 ASCANIUS, BRODRIBB, 1915

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His Majesty's Australian Transports (HMAT) 1899 - 1946

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Image of TSS Ascanius (HMAT 11) sent by 636 Private Robert Hebden Brodribb to his sister Ruby, his designated next of kin. Private Brodribb was wounded in both arms at Gallipoli on 16 July 1915 and subsequently repatriated to Australia in August as medically unfit.

Historical information

Launched as the SS Ascanius, the ship was owned by the Ocean Steamship Company or Blue Funnel Line (so called because of their distinctive black topped blue funnels). It was requisitioned by the Commonwealth in 1914 as a troop ship, becoming His Majesty’s Australian Transport A11 (HMAT). Ascanius was the first ship carrying troops of the AIF to leave Fremantle Port in November 1914. On 3 November Ascanius joined the 28 Australian and 10 New Zealand transports under a convoy of warships that had left Albany, Western Australia on 1 November 1914 with lead units of the Australian and New Zealand Imperial Expeditionary Forces.

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cwa-org-32-1996-305 j

Contextual Information

Originals held in Museum Archives Personal File PD 350. File also contains numerous diary extracts published in Kalgoorlie Miner and other media. Donor details are not recorded. Original diary does not form part of the collection.

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