The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Hospital ship 'Kanowna' depicts the twin-screw steamer at full steam sailing out of the Mediterranean sea at dawn with a destroyer accompanying it in the background as an escort. The 'Kanowna' was built in London in 1903 and was manned by Australian officers and crew. During the First World War it was requisitioned as a troop transport ship, taking the first Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) to German New Guinea. In 1915 it was converted into a hospital ship with accommodation for 452 patients, 88 nursing staff and 114 crew. From 1915 to 1917 it transported British, Australian and New Zealand sick and wounded between Australia, England and Egypt. Commonwealth control of the ship ceased in 1919 and she was lost in Bass Strait in 1929.
Hospital ships were designated as floating medical treatment facilities or hospitals. This painting depicts one of the Australian hospital ships used during the First World War. HMAHS 'Karoola' was 7,
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
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 1916-06 and converted to a hospital ship manned by an Australian crew. Original
Commissioned in 1903, the ship 'Kyarra' was used for transport of goods and people across the world. In 1914, she was fitted as a hospital ship and she was painted white with a red cross on her hull.
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