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H.M. Transports 23/23A

documentary heritage

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type
  • Name/Title
    H.M. Transports 23/23A
    H.M. Transports 23/23A
  • Contributor/Publisher
    [Printed and published by the Magazine Committee]
  • Place
  • Date
    1940-1941
  • Physical Description

    v. ; 34 cm.

  • Serial Holdings
    Current Holdings: Souvenir issue dated December 19, 1940-January 12, 1941
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Subject Category
  • Public Access Text

    New Zealand troopship magazine. Housed in NZ troopship magazine box 3. Edited by Lt. Money. Inscription on title page: "Officers Mess; not to be removed" CO Troops Lt. Col. G. H. Wilding. Ship's Captain W. Martin. Magazine of the Second Section, 4th Reinforcements, 2 NZEF (129 officers and 2191 other ranks) which embarked at Wellington for the Middle East 19 December 1940 in "Empress of Russia" and "Dominion Monarch" (Shaw Savill Line).

    Troops were transferred to "Awatea" (Union Company) and "Aquitania" (Cunard Line) at Sydney and to "Khedive Ismail at Colombo.

  • Collection Type
    New Zealand Serials
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    08 Mar 2024
  • Production Notes
    On board ship
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