In what Australian city did the United States ship supplies in 1943 as part of the Lend-lease policy during WWII
New South Wales 79 class locomotive In 1943, during World War II, four diesel-electric industrial shunting type locomotives built by General Electric Company, Erie for the United States Army Transportation Corps (USATC) were imported from the United States of America by the Department of Supply under Lend-Lease conditions for use at the Dunheved munitions factory in Sydney. They were four units of 58 units built for the USATC by General Electric numbered 8499-8528 & 7900-7929.
MV Melbourne Star (1936) MV "Melbourne Star" was a British refrigerated cargo liner. She was built by Cammell Laird and Co in 1936 as one of Blue Star Line's "Imperial Star" -class ships, designed to ship frozen meat from Australia and New Zealand to the United Kingdom. She served in the Second World War and is distinguished for her rôle in Operation Pedestal to relieve the siege of Malta in August 1942. She was sunk by torpedo in 1943 with the loss of 115 lives.