Maetsuycker itinerary for 1944
Maetsuycker itinerary for 1944Maetsuycker itinerary for 1944196th Station Hospital
Hospital Ship Maetsuycker APO 72
I certify that ---------------------------------------------------- was on duty with the 196th Station Hospital, Hospital Ship Maetsuycker during the dates and at the places indicated below:
14 Feb 1944 Milne Bay and Oro Bay, Papua, New Guinea
15 Feb Oro Bay, Papua, New Guinea
16 Feb Milne Bay, Papua, New Guinea
17 Feb to 19 Feb At sea enroute to Brisbane, Queensland Australia
20 Feb to 1 Mar In port at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
2 Mar to 5 Mar At sea enroute to Port Moresby, Papua, New Guinea
6 Mar to 7 Mar Port Moresby, Papua, New Guinea
8 Mar Milne Bay, Papua, New Guinea
9 and 10 Mar At sea enroute to Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
11 to 15 Mar In port at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
16 to 19 Mar At sea enroute to Port Moresby, Papua, New Guinea
20 Mar Port Moresby, Papua, New Guinea
21 to 23 Mar At sea enroute to Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
24 to 28 Mar In port at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
29 Mar to 1 Apr At sea enroute to Milne Bay, Papua, New Guinea
2 Apr Milne Bay, Papua, New Guinea
3 Apr Finschhafen, Northeast New Guinea
4 Apr At sea enroute t Oro Bay, Papua, New Guinea
5 Apr Oro Bay, Papua, New Guinea
6 Apr Milne Bay, Papua, New Guinea
7 to 9 Apr At sea enroute to Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
10 to 28 Apr In port at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
29 Apr to 1 May At sea enroute to Milne Bay, Papua, New Guinea
2 May Milne Bay, papua, New Guinea
3 May Oro Bay, Papua, New Guinea
4 May At sea enroute to Lae, Northeast New Guinea
5 and 6 May Lae, Northeast New Guinea
7 and 8 May Finschhafen, Northeast New Guinea
9 May Borgen Bay, Cape Glouchester, New Britain Island
10 May At sea enroute to Admiralty Islands
11 and 12 May Admiralty Islands
13 May At sea enroute to Hollandia, Netherlands New Guinea 14 May Hollandia, Netherlands New Guinea
15 May 1944 Aitape, Northeast New Guinea
16 May At sea enroute to Finschhafen, Northeast New Guinea 17 May Finschhafen, Northeast New Guinea
18 and 19 May Oro Bay, Papua, New Guinea
20 to 27 May Milne Bay, Papua, New Guinea
28 May At sea enroute to Lae, Northeast New Guinea
29 May Lae, Northeast New Guinea
30 May Finschhafen, Northeast New Guinea
31 May At sea enroute to Hollandia, Netherlands New Guinea
1 June Hollandia, Netherlands New Guinea
2 June Aitape, Northeast New Guinea
3 June At sea enroute to Finschhafen, Northeast New Guinea
4 and 5 June Finschhafen, Northeast New Guinea
6 June At sea enroute to Hollandia, Netherlands New Guinea
7 to 12 June Hollandia, Netherlands New Guinea
13 June At sea enroute to Finschhafen, Northeast New Guinea
14 to 20 June Finschhafen, Northeast New Guinea
21 June At sea enroute to Aitape, Northeast New Guinea
22 June Aitape, Northeast New Guinea
23 June Hollandia, Netherlands New Guinea
24 June 1944 At sea enroute to Biak and Owi Islands, Netherlands New Guinea
25 June Biak and Owi Islands, Netherlands New Guinea
26 June At sea enroute to Hollandia, Netherlands New Guinea
27 and 28 June Hollandia, Netherlands New Guinea
29 June Aitape, Northeast New Guinea
30 June At sea enroute to Oro Bay, Papua, New Guinea
1 July Oro Bay, Papua, New Guinea
2 July At sea enrout to Milne Bay, Papua, New Guinea
3 July Milne Bay, Papua, New Guinea
4 to 6 July At sea enroute to Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 7 to 23 July Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
24 and 25 July At sea enroute to Townsville, Queensland, Australia
26 July Townsville, Queensland, Australia
27 to 29 July At sea enroute to Finschhafen, Northeast New Guinea
30 and 31 July Finschhafen, Northeast New Guinea
1 Aug At sea enroute to Hollandia, Netherlands New Guinea
2 and 3 Aug Hollandia, Netherlands New Guinea
4 Aug Biak, Netherlands New Guinea
5 Aug Maffin Bay, Wadke Island, Netherlands New Guinea
6 to 10 Aug 1944 Hollandia, Netherlands New Guinea
11 Aug At sea enroute to Finschhafen, Northeast New Guinea
12 and 13 Aug Finschhafen, Northeast New Guinea
14 and 15 Aug At sea enroute to Hollandia, Netherlands New Guinea
16 to 20 Aug Hollandia, Netherlands New Guinea
21 and 22 Aug At sea enroute to Oro Bay, Papua, New Guinea
23 to 25 Aug Oro Bay, Papua, New Guinea
26 and 27 Aug Milne Bay, Papua, New Guinea
28 and 29 Aug At sea enroute to Hollandia, Netherlands New Guinea
30 and 31 Aug Hollandia, Netherlands New Guinea
1 to 3 Sep Biak Island, Netherlands New Guinea
4 to 7 Sep Hollandia, Netherlands New Guinea
8 and 9 Sep Sansapor, Netherlands New Guinea
10 to 12 Sep At sea enroute to Finschhafen, Northeast New Guinea
13 and 14 Sep Finschhafen, Northeast New Guinea
15 Sep At sea enroute to Hollandia, Netherlands New Guinea
16 Sep Hollandia, Netherlands New Guinea
17 Sep At sea enroute to Sansapor, Netherlands New Guinea
18 and 19 Sep Sansapor, Netherlands New Guinea
20 Sep Biak Island, Netherlands New Guinea
21 & 22 Sep Hollandia, Netherlands New Guinea
23 Sep 1944 At sea enroute to Finschhafen, Northeast New Guinea
24 and 25 Sep Finschhafen, Northeast New Guinea
26 Sep Oro Bay, Papua, New Guinea
27 Sep Milne Bay, Papua, New Guinea
28 Sep to 1 Oct At sea enroute to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2 to 17 Oct Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
18 to 23 Oct At sea enroute to Hollandia, Netherlands New Guinea
24 to 27 Oct Hollandia, Netherlands New Guinea
28 Oct to 6 Nov Biak Island, Netherlands New Guinea
7 Nov At sea enroute to Hollandia, Netherlands New Guinea
8 to 13 Nov Hollandia, Netherlands New Guinea
14 Nov At sea enroute to Aitape, Northeast New Guinea
15 and 16 Nov Aitape, Northeast New Guinea
17 and 18 Nov At sea enroute to Arawe, New Britain Island
19 Nov Arawe, New Britain Island, and Finschhafen, Northeast New Guinea
20 and 21 Nov Finschhafen, Northeast New Guinea
22 Nov Oro Bay, Papua, New Guinea
23 Nov 1944 Fnschhafen, Northeast New Guinea
24 and 25 Nov At sea enroute to Hollandia, Netherlands New Guinea
26 Nov to 4 Dec Hollandia, Netherlands New Guinea
5 Dec At sea enroute to Finschhafen, Northeast New Guinea
6 and 7 Dec Finschhafen, Northeast New Guinea
8 to 11 Dec Milne Bay, Papua, New Guinea
12 Dec Finschhafen, Northeast New Guinea
13 Dec At sea enroute to Biak Island Netherlands New Guinea 14 to 21 Dec Biak Island, Netherelands New Guinea
22 and 23 Dec At sea enroute to Leyte, Philippine Islands
24 Dec Gulf of Leyte, Philippine Islands
25 to 28 Dec Tacloban, Leyte, Philippine Islands
29 to 31 Dec At sea enroute to Hollandia, Netherlands New Guinea
Signed: Robert A. Holman Capt., MAC Executive Officer
Handwritten note at bottom of page: This list shows where we were from Feb 14, 1944 thru Dec. 31. I believe we traveled 50,000 miles in 44 and handled over 5,000 patients.