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 ,
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 ,