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Convoy US11B

The majority of the 2/30th Battalion left Sydney on board Johan Van Oldenbarnevelt

• Convoy US11B - departed Sydney 29/7/1941

  •  Johan Van Oldenbarnevelt, Katoomba, HMAS Sydney, Marnix Van St. Aldegonde,  HMAS Canberra, Sibajak.

Other Convoys to Singapore

Other members of the Battalion, and reinforcements, travelled to Singapore on various other convoys during 1941 and early 1942.

• Convoy US9 - departed Sydney 2/2/1941, arrived Singapore 18/2/1941

  • Queen Mary, Aquitania, Mauretania, Nieuw Amsterdam

• Convoy US12B - departed Sydney 17/9/1941, arrived Singapore 5/10/1941

  • Sibajak, Aquitania, Johan Van Oldenbarnevelt, Marnix Van St. Aldegonde

• Convoy HMTZ -  departed Sydney 29/10/1941, arrived Singapore 20/11/1941

  • Zealandia

• Convoy MS2 - departed Sydney 10/1/1942, arrived Singapore 24/1/1942

  • Aquitania

(Source: Black Jack, Galleghan's Greyhounds, NAA: B883 Service Records; 2/30 Bn Unit Diary - AWM52 8/3/30)

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