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MV Duntroon

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MV Duntroon was a passenger ship built for the Melbourne Steamship Company, that saw military service as a troopship between 1942 and 1949. [1]

32 relations: Armed merchantman, Australian Army, Blackout (wartime), British Commonwealth Occupation Force, Buna, Papua New Guinea, Canberra, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Colombo, Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, Fremantle, German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran, Hong Kong, Kaohsiung, Middle East, Milne Bay, Murchison, Victoria, Port Phillip, Portsea, Victoria, Prisoner of war, Royal Military College, Duntroon, Second Australian Imperial Force, Ship's bell, South West Pacific theatre of World War II, South-East Asian theatre of World War II, Swan Hunter, Taiwan, Torokina, Wallsend, World War II, Yarra River, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, 58th/59th Battalion (Australia).

Armed merchantman

An armed merchantman is a merchant ship equipped with guns, usually for defensive purposes, either by design or after the fact.

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Australian Army

The Australian Army is Australia's military land force.

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Blackout (wartime)

A blackout during war, or in preparation for an expected war, is the practice of collectively minimizing outdoor light, including upwardly directed (or reflected) light.

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British Commonwealth Occupation Force

The British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) was the joint Australian, British, Indian and New Zealand military forces in occupied Japan, from 21 February 1946 until the end of occupation in 1952.

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Buna, Papua New Guinea

Buna is a village in Oro Province, Papua New Guinea.

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Canberra

Canberra is the capital city of Australia.

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Cocos (Keeling) Islands

The Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands is an Australian external territory in the Indian Ocean, comprising a small archipelago approximately midway between Australia and Sri Lanka.

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Colombo

Colombo (translit,; translit) is the commercial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka.

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Curtiss P-40 Warhawk

The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk is an American single-engined, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground-attack aircraft that first flew in 1938.

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Fremantle

Fremantle is a major Australian port city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River.

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German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran

The German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran (HSK-8) was a Kriegsmarine (German navy) merchant raider of World War II.

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Hong Kong

Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, is an autonomous territory of China on the eastern side of the Pearl River estuary in East Asia.

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Kaohsiung

Kaohsiung City (Hokkien POJ: Ko-hiông; Hakka: Kô-hiùng; old names: Takao, Takow, Takau) is a special municipality located in southern-western Taiwan and facing the Taiwan Strait.

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Middle East

The Middle Easttranslit-std; translit; Orta Şərq; Central Kurdish: ڕۆژھەڵاتی ناوین, Rojhelatî Nawîn; Moyen-Orient; translit; translit; translit; Rojhilata Navîn; translit; Bariga Dhexe; Orta Doğu; translit is a transcontinental region centered on Western Asia, Turkey (both Asian and European), and Egypt (which is mostly in North Africa).

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Milne Bay

Milne Bay is a large bay in Milne Bay Province, south-eastern Papua New Guinea.

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Murchison, Victoria

Murchison is a small riverside rural village located on the Goulburn River in Victoria, Australia.

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Port Phillip

Port Phillip (also commonly referred to as Port Phillip Bay or (locally) just The Bay), is a large bay in southern Victoria, Australia; it is the location of Melbourne.

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Portsea, Victoria

Portsea is a town in the outer south-east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Prisoner of war

A prisoner of war (POW) is a person, whether combatant or non-combatant, who is held in custody by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict.

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Royal Military College, Duntroon

The Royal Military College, Duntroon, also known simply as Duntroon, is the Australian Army's officer training establishment.

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Second Australian Imperial Force

The Second Australian Imperial Force (Second, or 2nd, AIF) was the name given to the volunteer personnel of the Australian Army in World War II.

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Ship's bell

A ship's bell is used to indicate the time aboard a ship and hence to regulate the sailors' duty watches.

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South West Pacific theatre of World War II

The South West Pacific theatre, during World War II, was a major theatre of the war between the Allies and the Empire of Japan.

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South-East Asian theatre of World War II

The South-East Asian Theatre of World War II was the name given to the campaigns of the Pacific War in Burma, Ceylon, India, Thailand, Philippines, Indochina, Malaya and Singapore.

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Swan Hunter

Swan Hunter, formerly known as "Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson", is a shipbuilding design, engineering, and management company, based in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear.

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Taiwan

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a state in East Asia.

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Torokina

Torokina is a coastal village on Bougainville Island, in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville, eastern Papua New Guinea.

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Wallsend

Wallsend, historically Wallsend on Tyne, is a town in North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, North East of England.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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Yarra River

The Yarra River or historically, the Yarra Yarra River, (Aboriginal: Berrern, Birr-arrung, Bay-ray-rung, Birarang, Birrarung, and Wongete) is a perennial river in east-central Victoria, Australia.

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Yokosuka, Kanagawa

is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

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58th/59th Battalion (Australia)

The 58th/59th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army which served during the Second World War.

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Redirects here:

Australian Army transport Duntroon, HMAS Duntroon, MV Duntroon (1935), SS Duntroon.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Duntroon

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