James R. Scahill - RMS Queen Mary - Repatriation - Arriving At - Port Of New York

This is an extract from the RMS Queen Mary website.

...From October to December 1942 it (RMS Queen Mary) was being repaired at Boston and then returned to the Clyde. On 23 December it left for Cape Town, Suez and Sydney carrying British troops to the Middle East and Australian troops back home. It returned in April 1943 and then berthed in New York in May. After this it began a ferry service for US troops which was to be its role for the remainder of the war. The Queen Mary's role in this capacity is the one for which it is best remembered. The end of the war in Europe in May 1945 meant that there was an urgent need to redeploy thousands of US combat troops to the conflict in the Pacific and Far East. The Queen Mary sailed to New York to be refitted and then began the long process of repatriation. In January 1946 it began transporting GI brides to their new homes. By 3 May it transferred to Halifax to repatriate the wives and children of Canadian servicemen, which continued until September...

Name: James R. Scahill

Sex: Male

Age: Not Given

Occupation: Military

Marital Status: Not Given

Nationality: Not Given

Ship: RMS Queen Mary - As she looked during WWII. The Queen Mary on her last voyage in 1967.

Date of Arrival: 20 June 1945

Port of Arrival: Port Of New York

Port of Departure: Greenock, Scotland

Going To Join/Destination: 7C Cleveland Street, Springfield, Massachusetts

Allan Scahill