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Good question, it was findable via Google, but via a round about series of links, and nothing containing a reference to the Roe River, other than the page you quoted from. Your clue was well worded to prevent an easy find on Google.

My reference said that they "entered an inlet on the West Australian coast" on the morning of 19 January. I got to that via a story about the WW2 airbase at Truscott, that I got to via searching for stuff on Vansittart Bay. Frankly, the Japanese landing party was about the only notable thing that happened in that part of the Kimberley during mid century, other than some plane crashes from the airfield so I thought it was likely to be the right answer.

The key to these obscure questions is to not give up after the first few pages of google results. Google works by ranking the pages that are linked to most often by other pages, so if you are looking for something obscure, it will be well down the list.

I'm off to the gym now, and will put up a question later on.....
 
What the 7tons of Gold...
That is roumered to be....
In the hold of a ship...
Sunk of the ...
West Australian coast.....

Cheers Nanjim
Jim
 
1942 to Broken hill. Safe storage of our and other countries gold away from the coast and away from the japs.
 
It was at the end of the war in 1945 when the gold in holding was returned to the seaboard from Broken hill.

This transfer, which was the largest single movement of gold ever carried out in Australia, was also made by special train which, during a forty-hour journey, carried a special guard of thirty senior Bank officers and one hundred military personnel.
 
Yep, GT gets it!

Getting the gold to Broken Hill was via a whole series of transfers, but getting it out at the end of the war was achieved with one shipment on one train. The mind boggles to think of how much gold it would have been. I'll have to search to see if I can find out.

The whole story is here for those interested:

http://www.brokenhillaustralia.com.au/about-broken-hill/local-factbook/gold-storage-during-ww2/

Over to you, GT.....

Edit, the story as published after the war is here:

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/48495167

Taking the 50,000,000 figure, with the price of gold then at around 4 4s per ounce, that means that the total hoard was almost 12 million ounces, or 373,242 kg.
 
Thanks Duck, it sure was a lot of gold !!

What am I

I am now westerly of my original position. I am no longer called by my original name but a shortened version of it.
I am long and after 75 years since my begining and spanning two centuries, I finally arrived at my planned and final destination.
 
DrDuck said:
Yep, GT gets it!

Getting the gold to Broken Hill was via a whole series of transfers, but getting it out at the end of the war was achieved with one shipment on one train. The mind boggles to think of how much gold it would have been. I'll have to search to see if I can find out.

The whole story is here for those interested:

http://www.brokenhillaustralia.com.au/about-broken-hill/local-factbook/gold-storage-during-ww2/

Over to you, GT.....

Edit, the story as published after the war is here:

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/48495167

Taking the 50,000,000 figure, with the price of gold then at around 4 4s per ounce, that means that the total hoard was almost 12 million ounces, or 373,242 kg.

Another great tale I had not read. Thanks Doc.
 
clue
In my original location I was quite often rendered unusable due to rain from 100's of kms away.!!!
 

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