NEW HOSPITAL SHIP
DUTCH MAIL LINER USE BY ANZAC TROOPS (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Feb. 11, 9 a.m.) SYDNEY, Feb. 11. Mr. T. Elink Schuurman, ConsulGeneral in Australia for the Netherlands Government, announced that the new 20,000-ton motor-ship Oranjie, of the Royal Dutch Mail Line, has been handed over to the British Government for use as a hospital ship to convey New Zealand and Australian troops from the Middle East.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20477, 11 February 1941, Page 4
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