Queen Mary Took Anzacs To Britain
SYDNEY. This Day,
It can now be revealed that the liner Queen Mary, 81,235 tons, has been in Sydney harbour. She was fitted to carry more than 10.000 troops and took Australian forces to the Middle East and Singapore. She was in the formidable armada that took the first contingent of Australian and New Zealand troops to England in 1940. Later she brought American troops to Australia at a time when every ship counted. Her vast accommodation and great speed permitted her to make voyages without escort, thus taking the place of moderatelysized convoys.
Probably half the Australian population knew the Queen Mary had visited Sydney harbour and the Axis undoubtedty knew, too, because the Japanese Consul-General's residence overlooked the harbour. Until now the newspapers have never mentioned the whereabouts of the liner, Which the Germans constantly referred to on the radio as a great prize.
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Northern Advocate, 2 October 1943, Page 5
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