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that Dutch officials requested be put into service for the war effort. The ship, among others, was chartered by the Chief
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Dobodura which would make it possible to support and base bombers and fighters north of the
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were put into place to run two large ships under escort of one or two corvettes to Oro Bay in what were termed "flights" and given numbers.
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which transported troops to Milne Bay in 1942-09. Between 1942–12 and 1943-06 she took part in
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464:Corps (MARAD Vessel Status Card).
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683:Royal Australian Navy 1939–1942
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301:LILLIPUT area of operations.
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808:Categories
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421:Arrow Head
362:HMAS
340:J. B. Ashe
329:Balikpapan
322:and four,
289:HMAS
267:HMAS
176:Propulsion
127:Cargo ship
78:Arrow Head
794:5 January
628:Gill 1968
616:Gill 1968
601:Gill 1968
589:Gill 1968
577:Gill 1968
435:Footnotes
417:East Head
369:Gili Gili
344:Milne Bay
274:Milne Bay
197:Rotterdam
72:East Head
18:SS Japara
779:56060004
741:"Japara"
719:Lloyds.
699:Lloyds.
278:MV
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222:MS
110:Launched
429:Victory
413:Phoenix
364:Lithgow
307:Oro Bay
133:Tonnage
90:Victory
66:Phoenix
42:History
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457:Japara
449:Japara
409:Davric
405:Japara
393:Bantam
387:Karsik
382:Stuart
378:Japara
358:Japara
335:Bantam
324:Japara
316:Japara
291:Stuart
285:Arunta
280:Anshun
269:Arunta
256:Japara
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224:Japara
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188:Japara
144:Length
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34:Japara
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82:1968
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58:1958
796:2015
775:LCCN
753:2018
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692:2014
400:Fate
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113:1930
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