Beltana was launched in 1921 at a cost of £179,000. She was a passenger liner built specifically for the UK-Australia emigrant service via the Cape of Good Hope. In October 1917, she was requisitioned for Transatlantic service where she carried munitions and supplies, returning to emigrant service in 1919. On 31 March 1930 she was sold for £27,000 to Toyo Hogei Kabushiki Kaisha, Japan for conversion for the whaling trade. She was not renamed, being laid up in Japan. She never traded under the Japanese flag. In 1933 she was sold to Gentaro Kasegawa, Kobe for demolition. Mrs B SmythFramed oil painting of the ship BeltanaBeltanass beltana, transatlantic supply transport, wwi, migrant ship

A photo of Matron Gertrude O'Halloran (nee Good). Enlisted in the Australian Army Nursing Corp (AANC) 13 January 1915. Gertrude served on the SS Willochra, HMAT Nestor and HMAT Beltana. She was promoted to Matron 18 July 1917.A small black and white photo of a woman standing outside in nurse's uniform. The photo is inside a card with writing on the front of the card and the inside, as well as on the back of the photo itself.'Matron / NO 11 AGH / Caulfield / 1919' [black ink, front outside, middle top' 'With kind thoughts / and pleasant recollec- / tions of an ideal / "Matron" & charming / woman. / [signature] / 24.3.1919' [black ink, inside front, written landscape] '140' [graphite, reverse of photo, top left corner] 'Sister Good / Matron / Caulfield' [black ink, reverse of photo, written landscape]nurses in warfare

A professional headshot photo believed to depict Gertrude O'Halloran (nee Good). Enlisted in the Australian Army Nursing Corp (AANC) 13 January 1915. Gertrude served on the SS Willochra, HMAT Nestor and HMAT Beltana. She was promoted to Matron 18 July 1917.Colour photograph headshot of an older lady. The photo appears to be a modern printing of an older photo'David Jones' [part of the reprinting, written on the original, front lower right]nurses in warfare