Karoola

No other country had ever travelled such a distance to carry their grievously wounded, and taking into consideration the fact that the ship had to load up with necessary foods and supplies for such long voyages at their home ports, only taking coal, water, fresh fruit and vegetables at the various ports of call, it was meritorious service of devotion on behalf of our Australian wounded, and in keeping with the world deeds performed on the Western front, in Egypt and Palestine.

How these brave Australian soldiers longed to see their beloved homeland again. The 'Karoola' brought home the wounded, the grievously ill, the blind the mentally ill and the limbless. For some the long trip home from the battlefield had taken many months, and despite the loving care for their physical, mental and spiritual welfare from a dedicated staff of Surgeons, Nursing Sisters, and trained Medical Orderlies, some died at sea and were committed to the deep.