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SS Vaderland (1900)

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The HMT Southland was a transport ship that carried troops of 2nd Division AIF from Melbourne to Egypt during the First World War. During its sail from Egypt to Gallipoli on the 2 September 1915 it was torpedoed by the German submarine UB14 30 miles from Lemnos in the Aegean Sea. The ship did not sink, and all but 40 of 1400 men were able to leave in lifeboats and were picked up by other transports, mostly by a French ship. The remaining men and ship's crew got to the Allied vessels later the same day. HMT Southland carried James Martin (Australian Soldier) who later wrote about his experiences, and those of his friend Cecil Hogan.

The sinking was depicted in the painting Sinking of the Southland by Fred Leist who was appointed an official war artist in September 1917, and attached to the 5th Division AIF.

Hill, Anthony, Soldier Boy: The True Story of Jim Martin the Youngest Anzac, Penguin Global, Melbourne, 2001 ISBN 0141003308