>Hi Ross > >In 1941 the Zealandia was a troopship (HMAT Zealandia). She conveyed many >Australians to Singapore departing Fremantle on 30 May 1941. She may have >been part of the convoy from the East Coast which travelled to Fremantle >escorted by HMAS Sydney, then onto Singapore. SYDNEY was based in Fremantle from September 1941. From there she twice escorted ZEALANDIA with troops for Singapore. On the second occasion she handed the transport over to a British cruiser at the Sunda Straits and then set out for Fremantle. She was sunk en route by KORMORAN. Ric Pelvin