NZHS Maunganui detained with Smallpox 1943 - Woodman Point Quarantine Station

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NZHS Maunganui detained with Smallpox 1943

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NZHS Maunganui Fremantle 3rd May 1943
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Hospital Bunks on board NZHS Maunganio
Discussions in New Zealand commenced, with reference to the provision of a hospital ship in April 1940, but the final decision took until 10th January 1941, when the Union Steam Ship Company then decided to convert the MAUNGANUI into a hospital ship. The above photograph shows her berthing in Fremantle in 1943.
NZHS MAUNGANUI CAME UNDER QUARANTINE JURESDICTION AT FREMANTLE ON MAY 3, 1943
Royal New Zealand Nursing Corp
Complied by Earle Seubert

 
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