26 Australian Infantry Brigade move from Ravenshoe North Queensland to Morotai

Coverage of the movement of the 26 Australian Infantry Brigade to Morotai embarking at Cairns wharf aboard the Dutch ship the SS van Heutsz and the SS Ormiston. Activities on the SS van Heutsz during the voyage. Arrival at Finschafen. Arrival and disembarkation at Morotai. Identified personnel: NX 51938 Corporal F Brocklehurst (asleep on deck of van Heutsz); VX141842 Private D J MacDonald 2/48 Battalion (Bn) (sitting on ship's rail); VX71637 Lieutenant (Lt) Mahoney, SX17196 Lt P W Daw both HQ 26 Brigade reading on deck reserved for officers); SX23878 Lt R M Anthony Sigs 9 Division and NX71509 Lt A L Chapman 2/48 Bn (writing in saloon); QX500337 Lt Forbes 2/13 Field Company (Fd Coy) RAE, NX 176539 Lt G Ruttidge 2/13 Fld Coy, SX9377 Captain O D Gooden 2/48 Bn (asleep on deck); 3rd Officer B B Hoekstra of Assen, Holland, 4th officer M de Smid of Bandoeng, Java, Cadet officer A A Miller of Sydney, NSW (ship's officers on deck); Ship's Captain J J Kooper of Holland, Chief Officer J L Jonker, of Holland, Lt D C Hill 2/48 Bn (group on bridge of ship).