The records of ships used to carry troops to their theaters of operations were destroyed intentionally in 1951. "According to our [U. S. National Archives] records, in 1951 the Department of the Army destroyed all passenger lists, manifests, logs of vessels, and troop movement files of United States Army Transports for World War II." (Sorry, but there was no word on why the records were destroyed.) Thus there is no longer an official record of who sailed on what ship, though there are still valuable sources that can be found. So this web page is an informal collecting ground for information about troop ship crossings.
- The list is in chronological order by departure date. So if you are looking for a particular ship or unit, you will have to use the FIND function in your browser. Unit names are spelled out when they fit (but not always); so search for the unit number - e.g., "106" or "106th" for the 106th Infantry Division.
- Different units aboard are separated by semi-colons (;). If a unit was attached to another unit, either the larger unit will be in parentheses - e.g. "38th Armored Infantry Battalion (7th Armored Division)", or vice versa "7th Armored Division (38th Armored Infantry Battalion)". This means only the smaller unit is known to have been on board; the larger unit is included, since people may be searching on that. Note that units may have crossed on multiple ships.
- Ships going into Greenoch (and variant spellings) or Glasgow or Firth of Clyde, Scotland were all going to the same destination. So search on "Scotland" for any arrivals there, since the variants are numerous.
- RAMPs are Recovered Allied Military Personnel. These were former prisoners of war, who had priority for going home.
- Unknown, incomplete, or uncertain items of information are in bold type. If you know any of these, please submit your information.
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Departure Date
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Embarkation Place
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Vessel
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Units on Board
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Convoy Number
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Debarkation Place
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Arrival Date
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Source of Information
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41-07-26
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Suez
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Unknown
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???
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Sydney,
Australia
(via Trincomalee & Freemantle)
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41-08-15
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S. Harding - Gray Ghost
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41-08-21
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Sydney, Australia
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Unknown
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???
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Hobart,
Australia
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41-08-23
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S. Harding - Gray Ghost
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41-09-01
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Hobart,
Australia
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Unknown
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???
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Sydney,
Australia
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41-09-02
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S. Harding - Gray Ghost
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41-09-03
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Sydney, Australia
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Unknown
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???
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Suez
(via Freemantle & Trincomalee)
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41-09-23
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S. Harding - Gray Ghost
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41-09-24
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Suez
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Unknown
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???
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Sydney,
Australia
(via Trincomalee & Freemantle)
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41-10-13
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S. Harding - Gray Ghost
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41-10-04
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San Francisco,
CA
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Willard Holbrook
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19th Bomb Group Ground Echelon & support units
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???
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Manila,
Philippines
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41-10-??
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41-10-15
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Sydney,
Australia
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Unknown
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???
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Hobart,
Australia
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41-10-16
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S. Harding - Gray Ghost
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41-10-22
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Hobart,
Australia
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Unknown
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???
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Sydney,
Australia
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41-10-23
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S. Harding - Gray Ghost
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41-11-01
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Sydney,
Australia
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Unknown
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???
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Suez
(via Jervis Bay, Freemantle & Trincomalee)
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41-11-22
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S. Harding - Gray Ghost
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41-11-10
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Halifax,
Nova Scotia
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Mount Vernon
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Members of the British 18th Division
(including 53rd Brigade?)
5,103 troops total
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Convoy #WS-12X
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Capetown,
South Africa
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41-12-09
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Elisha W.
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41-11-10
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Halifax,
Nova Scotia
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West Point
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Members of the British 18th Division
(including 55th Brigade; plus 100 men of a US Army Field Service company) 5,538 troops total
(3,250 troops from Bombay to Singapore)
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Convoy #WS-12X
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Capetown,
South Africa
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41-12-09
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Elisha W.
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41-11-10
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Halifax,
Nova Scotia
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Leonard Wood
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Members of the British 18th Division
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Convoy #WS-12X
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Capetown,
South Africa
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41-12-09
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Elisha W.
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41-11-10
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Halifax,
Nova Scotia
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Joseph T. Dickman
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Members of the British 18th Division
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Convoy #WS-12X
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Capetown,
South Africa
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41-12-09
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Elisha W.
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41-11-10
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Halifax,
Nova Scotia
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Wakefield
(AP-21)
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Members of the British 18th Division
~6,000 troops total
(4,479 from Bombay to Singapore)
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Convoy #WS-12X
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Capetown,
South Africa
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41-12-09
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Elisha W.
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41-11-23
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Suez
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Unknown
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???
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Cape Town,
South Africa
(via Trincomalee)
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41-12-28
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S. Harding - Gray Ghost
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41-11-28
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Shanghai,
China
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President Harrison
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Elements of the USMC 4th Marine Regiment
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Unknown
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Run aground on 41-12-08 after being caught by Japanese cruiser.
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41-12-08
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US Merchant Marine web site (via Elisha W.)
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41-Nov or Dec
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Manila,
Philippines
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President Coolidge
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Unknown
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In convoy
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Pearl Harbor,
HI
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41-12-16
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(via Elisha W.)
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41-Nov or Dec
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Manila,
Philippines
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Hugh L. Scott
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Unknown
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In convoy
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Pearl Harbor,
HI
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41-12-16
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(via Elisha W.)
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41-12-??
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Capetown,
South Africa
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Mount Vernon
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Members of the British 18th Division
(including 53rd Brigade?)
5,103 troops total
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Unknown
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Mombasa,
Kenya
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41-12-29
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Elisha W.
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41-12-14
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Capetown,
South Africa
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West Point
(AP-23)
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Members of the British 18th Division
(including 55th Brigade; plus 100 men of a US Army Field Service company) 5,528 troops total
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Unknown
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Bombay,
India
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41-12-27
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Elisha W.
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41-12-14
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Capetown,
South Africa
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Leonard Wood
(AP-25 / APA-12)
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Members of the British 18th Division
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Unknown
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Bombay,
India
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41-12-27
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Elisha W.
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41-12-14
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Capetown,
South Africa
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Joseph T. Dickman
(AP-26 / APA-13)
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Members of the British 18th Division
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Unknown
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Bombay,
India
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41-12-27
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Elisha W.
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41-12-14
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Capetown,
South Africa
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Wakefield
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Members of the British 18th Division
~6,000 troops total
(4,479 from Bombay to Singapore)
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Unknown
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Bombay,
India
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41-12-27
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Elisha W.
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41-12-12
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New York,
NY
(Brooklyn Army Base)
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Chateau Thierry
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US Army Air Corps detachments from Mitchel Field in Long Island
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In convoy
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Reykjavik,
Iceland
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41-12-23
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41-12-29
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Cape Town,
South Africa
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Unknown
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???
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New York,
NY
(via Trinidad)
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42-01-12
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S. Harding - Gray Ghost
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41-12-Late
or
42-01-??
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Mombasa,
Kenya
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Mount Vernon
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Members of the British 18th Division
5,103 troops total
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Convoy
#DM1
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Singapore
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42-01-12
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Elisha W.
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