Territory Stories

Leisha (1054)(598)

Details:

Title

Leisha (1054)(598),

Collection

WWII Military Units, HistoryNT, Second World War, 1939-1945,

Date

0000-00-00,

Location

Groote Eylandt,

Nation of service

Australia,

Service

Merchant Navy,

Service branch

Ketch,

Unit

Leisha (1054)(598),

Parent unit

John Burke Ltd.,

Date arrived in NT

1940-06-02,

Date left the NT

1943-08-17,

History

Leisha was a wooden boat that operated a regular run to the Gulf of Carpentaria. Depending on the number of stops the round trips from Thursday Island could last between 2 to 4 weeks and she would stop at Roper River and Borroloola in the Northern Territory.,

Notes

Metadata: Attribution International 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0,

Language

English,

Subject

Second World War, 1939-1945, Merchant Navy, Australia, Lugger, Leisha (1054)(598),

File type

image/jpeg,

Use

No known copyright,

Copyright owner

State Library of Queensland,

License

https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/pubic-domain/pdm,

Related links

http://www.navy.gov.au/sites/default/files/documents/LAKE_ORMOC_TO_LOATTA.pdf [Leisha (1054)(1598) p.81-84], http://www.flotilla-australia.com/jburke.htm [Flotilla Australia - John Burke & Co.Ltd.],

Parent handle

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843532,

Citation address

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/843532

Related items

https://hdl.handle.net/10070/844024,