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Intercommand Movement from Eastern
Command to Western Command for Katoomba
More 8th Division
personnel, including over 600 members of the 2/15 Field Regiment, were
on board Katoomba when she sailed from Sydney on 29/7/1941.
Another 8th Div. group, an advance party of the 27th Brigade, travelled by
train from Bathurst to Western Australia to join the convoy. At Fremantle, both groups
embarked HMT DD (Sibajak) for the voyage to Singapore.
Some files at the Australian
War Memorial and the National Archives of Australia include
information about the number of troops that travelled to Western
Australia on board Katoomba. Instructions for Convoys, and troop movements,
were subject to last minute changes, so there are some
differences in the counts from the various source documents.
The
following troops were listed for movement by train, from
Liverpool to Pyrmont:
Serial No. |
Unit |
|
All
Ranks |
from
Liverpool |
to
Pyrmont |
No.1
Special |
2/15
Field Regiment |
Detachment |
330 |
on D15
depart 1128hrs |
On D15
arrive 1230hrs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No.2 Special |
2/15
Field Regiment |
Detachment |
289 |
on D15
depart 1228hrs |
On D15
arrive 1330hrs |
|
8
Division Signals (Detachment) |
Field
Regiment Section |
28 |
|
|
|
84 LAD
(Light Aid Detachment) |
|
13 |
|
|
Total |
|
|
660 |
|
|
(Source:
NAA: MP729/7, 26/421/51 Machine guns and ammunition for transports of
conveys US 11A and US 11B)
The
following troops were listed for embarkation on Katoomba for the
voyage from Sydney to Freemantle:
Serial No. |
Unit |
|
Officers |
WO's
& Sgt.s |
Cpls
& Ptes. |
Total |
Location |
Remarks |
61529 |
2/15
Field Regiment & 1st Reinforcements |
|
39 |
46 |
552 |
637 |
Holdsworthy |
Embark at
Sydney on D15
Transfer to
HMT DD (Sibajak) on arrival at Fremantle, as arranged by
Western Command |
|
less
Ship's Staff and Unit Advance Party proceeding overland
(approx.) |
|
- |
- |
-18 |
-18 |
Holdsworthy |
Total |
|
|
|
|
|
619 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
61539 |
8
Division Signals (Detachment) |
Field
Regiment Section |
1 |
1 |
26 |
28 |
Holdsworthy |
61530 |
84 LAD
(Light Aid Detachment) |
|
1 |
1 |
11 |
13 |
Holdsworthy |
Total |
|
|
|
|
|
660 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
RAAF |
|
- |
- |
22 |
22 |
- |
|
RNZN |
|
1 |
1 |
31 |
33 |
- |
Total |
|
|
42 |
49 |
624 |
715 |
|
|
(Source:
NAA: MP729/7, 26/421/51 Machine guns and ammunition for transports of
conveys US 11A and US 11B)
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