The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Australian Hospital/Troopship Warilda. Requisitioned in 1915 as a troop/cargo ship it was taken over by the Admiralty in 1916-06 and converted to a hospital ship manned by an Australian crew. Originally operating brightly lighted and painted as in this photograph the ship was camouflaged early in 1917 after Germany stated all vessels operating in the English Channel would be attacked. In 1917-05 the Australian crew, apart from officers and engineers, returned home and a British crew signed on. On 1918-08-03 Warilda, loaded with hospital patients and other personnel was sunk off Le Havre by a German Navy submarine. See A02847 showing the ship after being camouflaged. (Donor Captain J. Sim)
Australian Hospital/Troopship Warilda (camouflaged) at anchor in Southampton water, off Netley. The Warilda was requisitioned in 1915 as a troop/cargo ship it was taken over by the Admiralty in June
Australian Hospital/Troopship Warilda anchored at Salonica. Requisitioned in 1915 as a troop/cargo ship it was taken over by the Admiralty in June 1916 and converted to a hospital ship manned by an A
Australian Hospital/Troopship Warilda. Requisitioned in 1915 as a troop/cargo ship, it was taken over by the Admiralty in June 1916 and converted to a hospital ship manned by an Australian crew. Origi
HMAT Warilda in Sydney Harbour when she was first commissioned as a troopship. (Peace time colours). The ship was taken over by the Admiralty in June 1916 and converted to a hospital ship manned by an
The hospital troopship HMAT Warilda (A69), which was taken over by the Admiralty in June 1916 and converted to a hospital ship manned by an Australian crew. Originally operating with a brightly colou
A 1/30 scale full hull shipbuilder’s model of H.M.A.T. 'Warilda', painted to represent its service as an Ambulance Transport, with sawtooth dazzle camouflage. The model measures 4092mm in length and s
