WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MILITARY MEMORIALS ......LEST WE FORGET WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MILITARY MEMORIALS MERCHANT SHIPS’ MEMORIAL, FREMANTLE Page 3 of 22 Largest ship (12,500 tons) lost

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WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MILITARY MEMORIALS MERCHANT SHIPS’ MEMORIAL, FREMANTLE

The Merchant Ships’ Memorial is located in the Monument Hill Memorial Reserve at the corner of High and Swanbourne Streets, Fremantle. The Memorial’s inscription reads:

Australian and Allied Merchant Ships sunk in Australian, PNG, NZ and Nauruan Waters during WWII

Neptuna Fingal Zealandia Portmar British Motorist Macumba Meigs Robert J Walker Centaur Triona Mauna Loa Triadic Tulagi Triaster Mamutu Komata Nankin Nimbin Nellore Don Isidro Kalingo Florence D Iron Knight Koolama Iron Chieftain Macdhui Iron Crown Manutu Starr King Anshun Kowarra Dureenbee Limerick City of Rayville Lydia M Childs Vinni Wollongbar Niagara

Cambridge The events surrounding the losses of most these ships can be found in detail by searching the Official Histories of the Royal Australian Navy in the War of 1939 - 1945 (Volumes 1 and 2) that are available to view on the Australian War Memorial Website. This document includes information on ships sunk or otherwise lost in Australian waters whose names have not included on the Memorial: John Adams, Allara, Aludra, Bantam, Coast Farmer, Deimos, George S Livinos, Gorgon, Guatemala, Hauraki, Herstein, Masaya, Millimumul, Nam Yong, Peter Sylvester, Recina, S’ Jacob, Samuel Gompers, Siantar, Stanvac Manila, Tjinegara, Van Heemskerk and William Dawes. Lists of casualties are shown – most ships unless otherwise annotated had survivors among the crew and, where carried, passengers. In some instances, a list of survivors is available. This document is bookmarked and may be searched by text. This document has been compiled from multiple sources. There are Australian Merchant Seamen lost outside Australian waters whose names are not shown in this document.

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WA STATE WAR MEMORIAL Merchant Navy Plaque AUDSLEY Peter J (SS Biela

(Torpedoed: 15Feb42)) (28) BUCK John Charles (HMAHS

Centaur (Torpedoed: 14May43))

BUCKENARA Francis Verdun (SS Ascot (Torpedoed: 29Feb44))

BURNS David (SS Iron Crown (Torpedoed: 4Jun42))

CAPPER James (HMAHS Centaur (Torpedoed: 14May43))

GUNDERSON Carl PoW Illness: 16Oct41 (SS Mareeba (Gunfire, Scuttled: 26Jun41))

LOCKHART Vincent (HMAHS Centaur (Torpedoed: 14May43))

SMITH Richard Thomas (HMAHS Manunda (Air Bombardment: 19Feb42))

SPENCE Robert James (HMAHS Centaur (Torpedoed: 14May43))

STRACK Stanley Louis (HMAHS Centaur (Torpedoed: 14May43))

SUMMERS Eric James (HMAHS Centaur (Torpedoed: 14May43))

WARD Ronald Albert (MV Nortind (Torpedoed: 26Jan43))

ROCHFORT Maxwell Francis (SS Aviemore (Torpedoed: 16Sep39))

NEPTUNA (Hong Kong) Sunk (Air Bombardment), Darwin NT: 19 February 1942 CHAN KOW (Hong Kong) CHAN SUI (Hong Kong) CHENG CHAI (Hong Kong) CHOW KWONG (Hong Kong) CHOW MAI (Hong Kong) CROSS Cecil Grant (Merchant

Navy) Wollongong NSW DAVIDSON Robert George

(Merchant Navy) Malvern VIC

FOO WOON (Hong Kong) FORMAN John Murray

(Merchant Navy) Sydney NSW

FOWLER Thomas (Merchant Navy) Wollongong NSW

FU CHUNG (Hong Kong) FUNG SHING (Hong Kong) GILLIES John (Merchant Navy)

Sydney NSW HON FONG (Hong Kong) HUNG SONG (Hong Kong) KWOK CHOW (Hong Kong) LAM FOR (Hong Kong) LAM MAN (Hong Kong) LAM PIU (Hong Kong) LEE LIAO (Hong Kong) LI KAM (Hong Kong) LO KAN (Hong Kong) MICHIE William (Merchant

Navy) Sydney NSW POLLARD Eric Henry

(Merchant Navy) Born Newtown NSW

ROSEN Jacob Lewis (Merchant Navy)

STOBO Robert Henry (Merchant Navy) Sydney NSW

VEALL Reginald Pax (Merchant Navy) St Kilda VIC

WILSON Noel Charles (Merchant Navy) Born Charters Towers QLD

WONG CHEUNG (Hong Kong) WONG LIN (Hong Kong) WONG LING (Hong Kong) WONG MEE (Hong Kong) WONG SANG (Hong Kong) WONG TAK (Hong Kong) WONG TIT (Hong Kong) WONG YEE (Hong Kong) ZEALANDIA (Melbourne) Sunk (Air Bombardment), Darwin NT: 19 February 1942 DAVERN Keith (Merchant

Navy) Killed: 19Feb42 MASSON James (Merchant

Navy) Wounds: 21Feb42 O’CONNELL Patrick Vincent

(Merchant Navy) Wounds: 23Feb42

BRITISH MOTORIST (London) Damaged (Air Bombardment), Darwin NT: 19 February 1942 BATES Gilbert Chase (British

Merchant Navy) WEBSTER James Henry

(British Merchant Navy) MEIGS Sunk (Air Bombardment), Darwin NT: 19 February 1942 CLEBORNE John H (US

Merchant Navy) Killed: 19Feb42

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Largest ship (12,500 tons) lost in Australian waters CENTAUR Enroute Sydney NSW –Port Moresby PNG Sunk (Torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-177), off Stradbroke Island QLD: 14 May 1943 THOSE WHO DIED Ship’s Staff (Army) BURRETT William Eric

NX98260 Born Moree NSW BURROUGHS Stanley Ralph

NX73176 Born Leyton England

CLARK John Mervyn QX43902 Born Cairns QLD

CLEGG Percy Lewis QX38694 Born Sydney NSW

COLLINS Leo Francis QX37299 Born Clifton QLD

COOKE Arthur James VX60920 Born Surrey England

COOLEY Geoffrey Glover NX76595 Born Sydney NSW

HINDMARSH Bernard Francis NX114295 Born Woollahra NSW

HOLLAND Llondha NX70578 Born Warwick QLD

HOWSON Alan QX7438 Born Manchester England

HUTCHISON Raymond Robert NX73442 Born Wahroonga NSW

JOHNSON Albert Edward VX58464 Born Bendigo VIC

KERR John Alexander QX48033 Born Brisbane QLD

LAVERICK Ernest George VX133221 Born Ballarat VIC

LAW Robert QX32101 Born Fyfe Scotland

LE BRUN Charles Richard VX40778 Born Darlimurla VIC

MANSON Clement Polson VX48253 Born Newry VIC

MAYNARD Allan Francis QX23143 Born Mount Perry QLD

MAYNARD John Cedric QX23142 Born Mount Perry QLD

MELBOM Eric Emil QX41273 Born Mount Morgan QLD

MOORE Douglas William QX49317 Born Brisbane QLD

MOSS Leslie NX72046 Born Maclean NSW

O'SULLIVAN Jeremiah Charles QX47991 Born Laidley QLD

OCKWELL Leonard George NX49780 Born Naremburn NSW

PERRY Norman QX41678 Born Staffordshire England

PHILLIPS Norman Edward QX42276 Born Charleville QLD

SMELLIE Major Albion QX40453 Born Hackney England

TAYLOR James QX36963 Born Brisbane QLD

THOMAS Gethyn Llewellyn VX104279 Born Malvern VIC

WILLIAMS Laurence Leonard VX121834 Born Eaglehawk VIC

WILLIAMS Maurice Avery QX40578 Born Mackay QLD

Australian Army Nursing Service ADAMS Margaret Lamont

VFX66028 Melbourne VIC HAULTAIN Helen Frances Jane

Cynthia NFX76581 Born Calcutta India

JEWELL Sarah Anne VFX39205 Born Perth WA

KING Evelyn Veronica NFX76573 Born Narrandera NSW

McFARLANE Mary Hamilton SFX11679 Born Adelaide SA

MOSTON Myrtle Mary Eileen NFX125936 Born Trangie NSW

O'DONNELL Alice Margaret VFX112194 Born Myrtleford VIC

RUTHERFORD Eileen Mary VFX65924 Born Hamilton VIC

SHAW Edna Alice NFX119281 Born Enmore NSW

WALKER Wendy Jenny VFX72356 Born Mount Macedon VIC

WYLLIE Doris Joyce NFX138687 Born Melbourne VIC

2/12 Field Ambulance (Army) AITCHISON Garth Francis

QX24186 Brisbane QLD ANDERSON Frederick William

Charles NX58181 Born Adelong NSW

ANNIS-BROWN James NX25190

ANNIS-BROWN Reginald NX53203 Sydney NSW

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BAILEY William Henry NX47906 Kempsey NSW

BARLOW Thomas Digby Hughes NX50676 Sydney NSW

BARNES Wilbur Edward Clarke NX50626 Sydney NSW

BEDKOBER Lincoln Leopold NX70491 Forbes NSW

BENTON Keith Edward NX56292 Thornleigh NSW

BLACK Walter Clifford NX25677 Yamba NSW

BLADEN Howard Alexander NX65898 Sydney NSW

BLACKMAN Reginald McGregor NX47999 Katoomba NSW

BOWEN David Llewellyn QX24516 Born Brisbane QLD

BOURCHIER Keith Percival NX30448 Born Warren NSW

BOYD Allan NX51140 Born Mittagong NSW

BRACKEN John William NX88529 Born Yass NSW

BRACKEN Paul Joseph NX60219 Born Yass NSW

BREWER Bertram Walter Harmon NX48966 Born Tidworth England

BROWN Albert Victor NX47364 Born Leichardt NSW

BROWNE John McGregor QX23660 Born Armidale NSW

BUSH George Raymond NX60536 Born harden NSW

BUTT William John NX37749 Born West Wallsend NSW

CAREY William Reginald QX22882 Born Toowoomba QLD

CHADWICK Leslie North NX65900 Born Sydney NSW

CHAPMAN Earnest Ainsley NX47389 Born Hannam Vale NSW

CLARK Leslie Harold NX67618 Born Sydney NSW

CLARK Neville Stanley NX33529 Born Croydon NSW

CLAYDON John Allen NX48169 Born Sydney NSW

CRIPPS Leslie Joseph QX24356 Born Brisbane QLD

CROSS Harry Robert Thomas NX40627 Born Manilla NSW

CUMMINGS Mark Harold QX25635 Born Mount Morgan QLD

DENNE Frederick John NX42037 Born Beerwah QLD

DOHERTY James Patrick NX47580 Born Goulburn NSW

DONOHOE Hilary Mervyn NX38750 Born Goulburn NSW

DUTFIELD Cyril Clyde NX54970 Born Stuart Town NSW

FAWCETT Gordon NX65881 Born Auburn NSW

FEHRENBACH Henry Sebastian NX51164

FERROW Joseph William NX24145 Born Sydney NSW

FINDLAY Robert Wilson NX48951 Born Aberdeen Scotland

FISHWICK Charles Edward NX48278 Born Silverdale England

FOLEY Stephen Dennis NX77255 Born London England

FORREST John Matthew QX24017 Born Barcaldine QLD

FORTIER Alan David QX10058 Born Campsie NSW

FRIEDRICH Victor QX23271 Born Beenleigh QLD

GARBUTT Donald Raymond NX57594 Born Bowral NSW

GARFIT William Denshire NX35960 Born Birmingham England

GEAGHAN William Thomas NX46256 Born Grahamstown NSW

GOFFETT Charles Albert NX73078 Born Newcastle NSW

GORDON Charles Thomas NX48097 Grafton NSW

GORE William Henry NX49789 Born Tinonee NSW

GUNNING Andrew NX49055 Born Kogarah NSW

HENDERSON Leslie James QX23662 Born Brisbane QLD

HAYNES Keith Robert NX30094 Born Homebush NSW

HAYWARD Clive Ernest NX58952 Born Paddington NSW

HEMBROW James Henry NX60559 Born Bendick Murrell NSW

HEWISON Reginald John NX48500 Born Hurstville NSW

HOARE John William Carthew NX51142 Born Urana NSW

HODGKINSON Norman Alfred NX48142 Born Moree NSW

HOLLOWAY Samuel George QX23530 Born Brisbane QLD

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JACKMAN Vincent Maurice QX24355 Born Brisbane QLD

JOHNSTON Roderick Clarke NX76465 Born Cairns QLD

JOHNSTON Stanley Reginald NX48068 Born Armidale NSW

JONES Gordon Richard NX70472 Born waratah NSW

KEMP Alvan Roy NX44972 Born Kempsey NSW

KEY John James Robertson QX23081 Born Gladstone QLD

LAMBERT Charles NX27485 Born Alexandria NSW

LE GRAND Peter Myles Patrick QX15784 Born Sale VIC

LEASK Alexander Ritchie NX27345 Born North Sydney NSW (Brothers)

LEASK Harold Medcalf NX27346 Born Nottingham England (Brothers)

LEASK Henry Henderson NX27347 Born Mosman NSW (Brothers)

LEE Thomas Albert NX48318 Born Gulgong NSW

LESNIE Norman Moss George NX65478 Born Sydney NSW

LOADER James John Joseph NX65678 Born Sydney NSW

LOWE Horace Henry QX23831 Born Toowoomba QLD

LUCAS Joseph NX43879 Born Langley Park England

LYNAGH Frederick John QX23875 Born Dalby QLD

LYNNE Clement Edward NX52330 Born Bathurst NSW

LYTTELTON Sidney Frank NX36750 Born Newcastle-on-Tyne England

MARSHALL John Bruce Vance QX24247 Born Turramurra NSW

McCASKIE Thomas Edmund NX36022 Born Omagh Northern Ireland

McDOUGALL William Oscar NX66806 Born Redfern NSW

McGUIRE Herbert James NX46228 Born Sunny Corner NSW

McKAY Charles Stanislaus NX33589 Born Balmain NSW

McLEAN Norman NX73801 Born West Houghton England

McSKIMMING Sydney Gordon NX57718 Born St Marys NSW

MILES Ronald Walter NX55708 Born Sydney NSW

MILEY Thomas Henry QX24400 Born Birkenhead England

MILLER Clwydd Osborne NX44776 Born Sydney NSW

MONTGOMERY Clifford George NX26613 Born Lismore NSW

MORAN John O’Neill NX48944 Born Bondi NSW

MORT Raymond Frank NX45032 Born Bexley NSW

MYCOCK Francis John QX10861 Born Maryborough QLD

NEWELL Eric Livingstone NX47684 Born Dungog NSW

O'CONNOR Richard NX54065 Born Bulli NSW

O'NEILL Thomas William QX15772 Born Wolfram Camp QLD

OAKLEY Henry Victor NX43488 Born Redfern NSW

OVERETT Hugh Henry NX45101 Born Kogarah NSW

OWENS Elmo Lionel Victor NX52602 Born Cranebrook NSW

PERRETT Edgar Raymond QX24401 Born Kingaroy QLD

POVEY Athol Richard NX48127 Born Erskineville NSW

POWER Edward James QX24229 Born Longreach QLD

REID Athol NX44775 Born Hamilton NSW

RICHARDSON Cyril QX15783 Born Brisbane QLD

RICHARDSON Harry Frederick QX23832 Born Brisbane QLD

ROBERTS Henry Oxley NX52442 Born Newcastle NSW

ROBINSON Charles Malcolm Stewart NX49796 Born Gosford NSW

ROBINSON Raymond Lawrence NX54438 Born Sydney NSW

SALMON Leonard John NX71758 Born Sydney NSW

SENDER Isidor Harry NX12304 Born Leeds England

SKAFTE Leonard Rolfe NX55805 Born Leichardt NSW

SOUTH Arthur Ephraim NX9330 Born Lindfield NSW

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STANLEY John Edward NX43521 Born Redfern NSW

STEPHENS Harold Britton NX48814 Born Goulburn NSW

STEVENS John Alfred NX57818 Born Newtown NSW

STEWART James NX37746 Born Port Pirie SA

STUBBS Robert George NX48909 Born Hurstville NSW

SWAN Leonard Roy NX44969 Born Sydney NSW

SWINBURN Richard NX53275 Born Durham England

TAGGART John NX48774 Born Bladon England

THELANDER Charles Eugene QX6477 Born Brisbane QLD

THOMAS John Victor NX56505 Born Woollahra NSW

THOMPSON Donald Leo NX25853 Born Dubbo NSW

THOMPSON Hedley William QX23833 Born Brisbane QLD

THORPE James NX68491 Born Paddington NSW

UPTON George Henry QX23626 Born Brisbane QLD

VINCENT Edward Charles Millist QX24454 Born Brisbane QLD

WALKER Norman Lindsay QX23771 Born Brisbane QLD

WATTUS Ernest Oliver NX44664 Born Raymond Terrace NSW

WEST William Clarke NX49005 Born Newcastle NSW

WESTENDORF Raymond Henry George NX37768 Born wagga Wagga NSW

WHEELER Norman Edward Wythe NX65883 Born Balmain NSW

WILLIAMS Alan Houghton NX49332 Born Sydney NSW

WILLIAMS David Kevin NX60218 Born Jindabyne NSW

WILLIAMS Edgar Francis NX49080 Born Haberfield NSW

WILSON Andrew NX52603 Born The Shalls Scotland

WOOD Alan NX18630 Born Auckland NZ

WOOD Leonard Sydney NX49058 Born Sydney NSW

WOODS Clement NX57968 Born Woonona NSW

WRIGHT George NX33628 Born Mount Kembla NSW

Australian Army Service Corps (attached to 2/12 Field Ambulance) ADAMS Alan Thomas

NX73359 Newtown NSW ALEXANDER James Russell

NX67113 Leichardt NSW BAYLY Aubrey Nicholas

NX26410 Coonabarabran NSW

BOND Stanley Robert VX75733 Born Prahran VIC

BURNS William Robert NX73153 Born Sydney NSW

BUSH George Francis NX73357 Born Arncliffe NSW

CAVANAGH Richard Carlyle SX15374 Born St Peters SA

COLEFAX Basil Douglas NX73339 Born Murwillumbah NSW

COLEMANE Walter James NX34629 Born Napier NZ

COLLINS Hilton Stuart NX53019 Born Wellington NSW

CORBETT Kenneth Norman NX19129 Born Sydney NSW

ETHERIDGE Graeme Robert Creaghe NX58212 Born Mosman NSW

EVANS John Klees NX57936 Born Sydney NSW

EVANS William Arthur NX65163 Born Goulburn NSW

FORTIER Frederick Lewis NX57176 Born Pyrmont NSW

FOWLER Cedric Allan TX5407 Born Deloraine TAS

GALVIN Sydney George NX67146 Born Batlow NSW

HAYWARD Thomas Herbert NX90324 Born Paddington NSW

HOGAN Kevin Francis NX73303 Born Bangalow NSW

LAWSON William Thomas NX73319 Born Murwillumbah NSW

LILLAS Richard Leslie NX73162 Born Glebe NSW

LONG Aubrey Cyril NX50115 Born Grafton NSW

LOTZE Edward Linton NX13868 Born Long Nose Point (Balmain) NSW

LYNEHAM Herbert Lancelot NX73374 Born auburn NSW

MANSFIELD James Kell NX73154 Born Sydney NSW

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McGUIRE Owen Patrick NX73310 Born Byron Bay NSW

MURPHY Gerald Gregory NX51551 Born Sydney NSW

O'BRIEN Michael John VX73345 Born Warrnambool VIC

PAIN Rex Allan NX66066 Born Kiama NSW

PALMER Victor Albert NX55942 Born Rozelle NSW

SHEARD Herbert Edward NX73747 Born Ryde NSW

SHEPHERD George Peace NX50987 Born Dundee Scotland

SIMPSON Edward James VX61610 Born Wycheproof VIC

SWEENEY Sidney Edgar NX47352 Born Bellingen NSW

THOMAS Allan Keith NX41096 Born Manilla NSW

TRIGG Bryan Stanford SX16401 Born Johannesburg South Africa

WALDER John James NX73152 Born Orange NSW

WESTHORP Sterling Browne NX31554 Born Dubbo NSW

WILSON George Albert Theodore NX40214 Born Glen Innes NSW

WINDER George Arthur NX45270 Born West Maitland NSW

WINTERFLOOD Arthur Albert NX50764 Born Guernsey UK

Merchant Navy ABBOTT David (Merchant

Navy) Camberwell VIC ALEXANDER George McLean

(Merchant Navy)

BEHAN Thomas Owen (Merchant Navy) Brisbane QLD

BOWDEN John Osborne (Merchant Navy) Born Glasgow Scotland

BRANDIN Gustav (Merchant Navy)

BUCH John Charles (Merchant Navy) Subiaco WA

CAPPER James (Merchant Navy) Born Leicester England

CAREY Charles Edmond (Merchant Navy) Brunswick VIC

CLARK Charles (Merchant Navy) Sydney NSW

COCKERILL David Edward (Merchant Navy) Melbourne VIC

CUTHILL William David (Merchant Navy)

DOWNIE Walter Ross (Merchant Navy) Sydney NSW

FOX Francis William (Merchant Navy)

GALLAGHER John (Merchant Navy)

GANNON Francis John (Merchant Navy)

GRAINGER Robert (Merchant Navy) Born Birkenhead England

HALL Harry Royston (Merchant Navy)

HART Roger Frederick (Merchant Navy) Hunter’s Hill NSW

HUGHES Thomas Stanley (Merchant Navy) Coburg VIC

KAKI Lauri (Merchant Navy) LAIRD Robert Moir (Merchant

Navy) Dundee Scotland

LAMBLE Henry Ethelred (Merchant Navy)

LE BLANC James (Merchant Navy)

LEE Michael John (Merchant Navy)

LOCKHART Vincent (Merchant Navy) Perth WA

LONG George Eirmson (Merchant Navy)

LONGDEN Samuel (Merchant Navy) Cremorne NSW

LYON John (Merchant Navy) MacLEAN Donald Ross


McKINNON William James (Merchant Navy) Preston VIC

MILIGAN David Ireland (Merchant Navy) Oakleigh VIC

MORRIS Albert James (Merchant Navy) Sydney NSW

MORRIS Thomas Venables (Merchant Navy)

MURRAY George Alexander (Merchant Navy) Perth WA

PAGE Elijah Charles (Merchant Navy) Melbourne VIC

PEARL Sidney Oliver (Merchant Navy)

PRITCHARD Thomas E (Merchant Navy) Sydney NSW

RAYNER Albert (Merchant Navy) Footscray VIC

SIDDONS Fred (Merchant Navy) Sydney NSW

SIMPSON Ernest Basil (Merchant Navy)

SPENCE Robert James (Merchant Navy)

STRACK Stanley Louis (Merchant Navy) Born Morgans WA

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SUMMERS Eric James (Merchant Navy) Perth WA

SYKES Keith (Merchant Navy) Geelong West VIC

WARNER William Arthur (Merchant Navy) Sydney NSW

Red Cross Representative CLARK Wilfred Francis Darwin THOSE WHO SURVIVED Ship’s Staff (Army) ARGENT Jack Howard

NX80674 Dis: 10May46 Born Belmore NSW

BIDMEAD Leo VX90593 Dis: 4May44 Born Fitzroy VIC

BLAIR Albert Edward VX14151 Dis: 29Aug45 Born Otago NZ

CARTER George Richard VX104834 Dis: 13Dec45 Born Camperdown VIC

CHIDGAY Frederick Bessill NX97247 Dis: 23Aug45 Born Sydney NSW

COULSON James QX23135 Dis: 28Jul44 Born Seymour VIC

HEGARTY Thomas Clark NX83273 Dis: 4Nov44 Born Cremorne NSW

HOOPER Leonard Richard NX10974 Dis: 21Nov46 Born Elsternwick VIC

ISHERWOOD Ronald Charles VX56247 Dis: 22Jan44 Born Brunswick VIC

JOHNSON James Carmichael QX42608 Dis: 25Sep45 Born Rockhampton QLD

JONES Clifford George QX23837 Dis: 24Jan46 Born Toowoomba QLD

KELLY Percy George NX83583 Dis: 3Jan44 Born London England

MALCOLM Thomas Charles VX29354 Dis: 5Feb47 Born Carlton VIC

MCCOSKER Vincent QX37971 Dis: 5Jun46 Born Indooroopilly QLD

MEDCALF Dick NX150851 Dis: 8Feb46 Born Trundle NSW

MURPHY George Sydney NX73722 Dis: 4Feb46 Born Chillagoe QLD

TAYLOR Eric George Wallace NX47368 Dis: 13Dec45 Born Comboyne NSW

THOMAS Maurice Peter VX64840 Dis: 17Jan46 Born Rochester VIC

Australian Army Nursing Service SAVAGE Ellen NX76584 Dis:

8Mar46 Born Quirindi NSW 2/12 Field Ambulance (Army) CORNELL William Thomas

Cyril NX59672 aka WATSON William Thomas Dis: 10Nov43 Born Penrith NSW

HOBDEN Thomas Enright Aloysius TX4911 Dis: 14Dec45 Born Cambridge TAS

HORGAN Leslie James NX45265 Dis: 5Feb45 Born Tingha NSW

JONES Ronald NX54119 Dis: 3Jan44 Born Cheshire England

LANGE Keith NX66150 Dis: 10Dec45 Born Sydney NSW

MILLAR Fred Sidney Peter NX31460 Dis: 4Feb46 Born Cobar NSW

MURRAY Kenneth George NX59771 Dis: 7Dec45 Born Sydney NSW

OUTRIDGE Leslie McDonald QX6475 Dis: 21mar46 Born Brisbane QLD

PATON Robert NX48936 Dis: 18Jul44 Born Collingwood VIC

PETTIFORD Allan Ludlow QX24620 Dis: 11May44 Born Roma QLD

RAVENSCROFT Edwin Lawrie NX47509 Dis: 2Nov45 Born Kyogle NSW

TAYLOR Albert John NX51175 Dis: 9Jan45 Born Leichardt NSW

Australian Army Service Corps (attached to 2/12 Field Ambulance) BAYLY John Lawrence

NX52791 Dis: 22Nov43 Born Coolah NSW

DICKSON Alan Robert NX52733 Dis: 22Nov43 Born Preston VIC

MCGRATH George Wilfred NX33029 Dis: 18Dec45 Born Braidwood NSW

Merchant Navy BAMAGE A BANKS E BULL R D CAIRNSE M A

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CECICL F CHRISTENSEN Owen COCHRANE A CULLUM S J DAVIDSON A F HOATA L G HOGGINS M HOGGINS T JONASSEN M MCINTOSH W MORGAN S MORRIS M A RAWLINS J REID Frank RIPPON Gordon (2nd Mate) SALT R M (Torres Strait Pilot) SANDWELL S SMITH R D STUTTER J D TEIRNEY W H WALTEESTON WESTWOOD Robert Note: The AWM narrative states 64 survivors; the list reproduced here from AWM54_409_9_1 (AMF Record) lists 60 names MAUNA LOA Sunk (Air Bombardment), Darwin NT: 19February 1942 No lives lost TULAGI (Hong Kong) Enroute Sydney NSW – Colombo Sri Lanka Sunk (Torpedoed by German submarine U-532), Indian Ocean: 27 March 1944 THOSE WHO DIED McMANUS William James

(Merchant Navy) At Sea: 28Mar44

MILLAR Leonard Walter (Merchant Navy) At Sea: 28Mar44

MOFFITT John Robert (Merchant Navy) At Sea: 28Mar44

MORRISON John Angus (Merchant Navy) At Sea: 28Mar44

REID George Newton (Merchant Navy) At Sea: 28Mar44

WILLIAMS Arthur William (Merchant Navy) At Sea: 28Mar44

YOUNG Norman Arthur (Merchant Navy) At Sea: 28Mar44

AHMAD Husain (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea: 19Apr44

GHULAM Akbar (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea: 19Apr44

GOMES Beloo (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea: 19Apr44

MUHAMMAD Ishaq (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea: 19Apr44

ROZARIO M (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea: 19Apr44

ZAHIR Husain (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea: 19Apr44

ABDUL Hakim (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea: 19May44

KISTNA (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea: 19Apr44

BOARD Edwin John (Merchant Navy) At Sea: 19May44

BOYCE Herbert Reginald RAN F2552 At Sea: 19May44 Fremantle WA

BROWN John David (Merchant Navy) At Sea: 19May44

JOHNSON David Kingsley S7029 RAN At Sea: 19May44 Tenterfield NSW

MORTON Hector Maxwell PM2048 RAN At Sea: 19May44 Born Port Melbourne VIC

MURPHY John Francis PM3525 RAN At Sea: 19May44 Drouin VIC

SMEDLEY Gladstone Lionel (Merchant Navy) At Sea: 19May44

WEBBER Clifton Harris PA2520 At Sea: 19May44 Born Goolwa SA

HARRISON John Bainbridge (Merchant Navy) At Sea: 28May44

HARTILL-LAW Lloyd Victor (Merchant Navy) At Sea: 28May44

HAZELWOOD Norman (Merchant Navy) At Sea: 29May44

Date of death unknown ABDUL Rahman (Indian

Merchant Navy) At Sea ABDUR Rashid (Indian

Merchant Navy) At Sea HABIB Ulla (Indian Merchant

Navy) At Sea HABU Ulla (Indian Merchant

Navy) At Sea HARAG Ali (Indian Merchant

Navy) At Sea JABAR Ali (Indian Merchant

Navy) At Sea KHURSHID Alam (Indian

Merchant Navy) At Sea MUSAD Ali (Indian Merchant

Navy) At Sea MUSHARRAF Ali (Indian

Merchant Navy) At Sea

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MUTASIR Ali (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea

MUZAFFAR Ullah (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea

SAYID Ullah (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea

ZAHID Ali (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea

ZAHID Ullah (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea

THOSE WHO SURVIVED BHOOYA Basu Mian Abdul

(Indian Merchant Navy) CHARLES Richard Thomas

(Merchant Navy) HELWEND Amos (Indian

Merchant Navy) JACOBS Dudley Gerald Stewart

(Merchant Navy) KALAPEN (Indian Merchant

Navy) SARIWEE Ali Bin (Indian

Merchant Navy) WARD Leycester John Rawden

Therry (Merchant Navy) MAMUTU (Hong Kong) Sunk (Gunfire from Japanese submarine RO-33), Gulf of Papua: 7 August 1942 AHKUM Seaman (Merchant

Navy) AITAP Seaman (Merchant

Navy) BECK Harold (Merchant Navy) BOKIUS (Merchant Navy) BRAZZILL John Patrick

(Merchant Navy) BREAMER (Merchant Navy) CALLOW Thomas Peter B1866

RAN KIA: 7Aug42 Brisbane QLD

CHONG LEE (Merchant Navy)

DONIA (Merchant Navy) EVAL (Merchant Navy) FURBANK Richard Joseph

(Merchant Navy) Lidcombe NSW

HUGHES Robert (Merchant Navy) Sydney NSW

JACOBS Theo (Merchant Navy) KEYSUI (Merchant Navy) KOPETS (Merchant Navy) LIBELIB (Merchant Navy) MASILIU (Merchant Navy) MATO (Merchant Navy) McEACHRAN John (Merchant

Navy) (Captain of Mamutu) Gizo Solomon Islands

O’NEILE John Henry (Merchant Navy) Sydney NSW

TOUPOUR (Merchant Navy) UTTA (Merchant Navy) WAH WONG (Merchant Navy) WAUKANUM (Merchant

Navy) 67 Unknown Passengers 28 crew and passengers rescued NANKIN (Greenock) Enroute Melbourne VIC – Mumbai India Captured by German Auxiliary Cruiser Thor and taken as a Prize, Indian Ocean: 10 May 1942 - Prisoners transferred to Japanese custody MCINTYRE Nicholl (Merchant

Navy) PoW Died: 14Sep42 MOOSA (Indian Merchant

Navy) PoW Died: 19Nov42 BUDHU Mian (Indian Merchant

Navy) PoW Died: 14Dec42 HALL Geoffrey Spinner

(Merchant Navy) PoW Died: 19Jan43

SONO Khan (Indian Merchant Navy) PoW Died: 7Feb43

HASHIM Mian (Indian Merchant Navy) PoW 19Feb43

MOTASIR Ali (Indian Merchant Navy) PoW Died: 6Apr43

ABDUL Latif (Indian Merchant Navy) PoW Died: 18May43

NAWAB Ali (Indian Merchant Navy) PoW Died: 2Jun43

ABDUL Sattar (Indian Merchant Navy) PoW Died: 12Jun43

SULEMAN (Indian Merchant Navy) PoW Died: 17Sep43

AMBAR Ali (Indian Merchant Navy) PoW Died: 5Dec43

BROWN Thomas (Merchant Navy) PoW Died: 13Dec43

ABDUL Aziz (Indian Merchant Navy) PoW Died: 23Dec43

IDU (Indian Merchant Navy) PoW Died: 27Dec43

SHEIK Punjab (Indian Merchant Navy) PoW Died: 4Feb44

NAWAB Ali (Indian Merchant Navy) PoW Died: 3Feb44

WAHID (Indian Merchant Navy) PoW Died: 19Feb44

ATAB Ullah (Indian Merchant Navy) PoW Died: 28Feb44

MUHAMMED Hussain Ali (Indian Merchant Navy) PoW Died: 28Feb44

MUHAMMAD Hussain (Indian Merchant Navy) PoW Died: 5Mar44

BHIMA (Indian Merchant Navy) PoW Died: 14Mar44

MUNIR Ahmed (Indian Merchant Navy) PoW Died: 4Apr44

ABDUR Rahman (Indian Merchant Navy) PoW Died 5Apr44

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ELAHI Bux (Indian Merchant Navy) PoW Died: 18Apr44

CHIN A (Merchant Navy, China) PoW Died: 1-31May44

MICHAEL (Indian Merchant Navy) PoW Died: 11Jun44

DURGH Jhoni (Indian Merchant Navy) PoW Died: 18Jun44

ABDUL Ghamir (Indian Merchant Navy) PoW Died: 2Dec44

MOHAMED Hussain (Indian Merchant Navy) PoW Died: 14Mar45

GLEESON Lorraine Elizabeth (Merchant Navy) PoW Illness: 7Apr45

YAR Muhammad (Indian Merchant Navy) PoW Died: 19May45

COWLE Leonard Harvey aka BICKLEY Leonard S (Merchant Navy) PoW Killed (Allied Air Raid, Tokyo): 25Jul45

MAHONY Francis George (Merchant Navy) PoW Died: 25Jul45

MONTGOMERY Leopold (Merchant Navy) PoW Died: 25Jul42

ROZEA Harry Trivett (Merchant Navy) PoW Died: 25Jul42

Renamed Leuthen - Destroyed at Yokohama Japan when the German tanker naval Uckermark exploded: 30Nov42 NELLORE (Greenock) Enroute Mumbai India – Sydney NSW

Sunk (Torpedoed and Shelled by Japanese Submarine I-8), east of Chagos Island: 29 June 1944 AMIR Ahmad (Indian Merchant

Navy) At Sea: 29Jun44 ASHMAT Ullah (Indian

Merchant Navy) At Sea: 29Jun44

ASHRAF Ullah (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea: 29Jun44

BATES Hilton Ernest S3478 RAN At Sea: 29Jun44 Born Annandale NSW

BREMNER Raymond Harry F3405 RAN At Sea: 29Jun44 Born Perth WA

BRINDAL Clifton James F4213 RAN At Sea: 29Jun44 East Fremantle WA

BROWNE Bryan Harding (Merchant Navy) At Sea: 29Jun44

CARVALHO Joaquim (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea: 29Jun44

CHAK Quan (Honk Kong) At Sea: 29Jun44

CHUNU Mian (Indian merchant Navy) At Sea: 29Jun44

COLVIN Frederick Oliver (Merchant Navy) At Sea: 29Jun44

FERNANDES (Indian merchant Navy) At Sea: 29Jun44

FERNANDES Jancitto (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea: 29Jun44

FERNANDES Pascoal (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea: 29Jun44

FERNANDES Piedade (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea: 29Jun44

FERNANDES Stephen M (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea: 29Jun44

HOBSON Brian Vernon (Merchant Navy) At Sea: 29Jun44

IFOULD Frank Henry RAN At Sea: 29Jun44 Born Adelaide SA

JACQUES Maurice (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea: 29Jun44

KALI Mian (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea: 29Jun44

KANTAR Mian (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea: 29Jun44

KARIL Ullah (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea: 29Jun44

LAU Pau Hong Kong At Sea: 29Jun44

LEE-STEERE Roderick Yelverton RAN At Sea: 29Jun44 Born Perth WA

MANSUR Ahmad (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea: 29Jun44

McMILLAN Robert Lindon RAN At Sea: 29Jun44 Born Narooma NSW

MODRIS Mian (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea: 29Jun44

MUFIZ Ullah (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea: 29Jun44

MAHAMMAD Sabil (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea: 29Jun44

MUNSARATTO Remedio (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea: 29Jun44

MUNSIE Ahmad (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea: 29Jun44

MUQADDAR Ali (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea: 29Jun44

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MUQADDAS Ali (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea: 29Jun44

NELSON Cedric Llewellyn F3072 RAN At Sea: 29Jun44 Born Bunbury WA

NORTHE John MacKay (Merchant Navy) At Sea: 29Jun44

NUR-Ul-Ullah (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea: 29Jun44

PEREIRA Appoliano (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea: 29Jun44

RAJA Mian (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea: 29Jun44

RAMOES Mathias C (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea: 29Jun44

SILVERIA Louis M (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea: 29Jun44

SONA Mian (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea: 29Jun44

TARIF Ali (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea: 29Jun44

UMAR Mian (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea: 29Jun44

USMAN Ali (Indian Merchant Navy) At Sea: 29Jun44

WEIR Stanley Isaac F4045

RAN At Sea: 29Jun44 Claremont WA

GREER Hurtle Alonga Alexander (Merchant Navy) At Sea: 5Jul44

POLSON Lloyd Ernest (Merchant Navy) Died: 19Aug44

About 32 unnamed crew and passengers lost About 120 crew and passengers rescued KALINGO

(Sydney) Enroute Sydney NSW – New Plymouth NZ Sunk (Torpedoed), east of Sydney NSW: 18 January 1943 CORCORAN James Joseph

(New Zealand Merchant Navy) Westport NZ

LEWIS Thomas Frederick David (Merchant Navy) Sydney NSW

32 crew took to a lifeboat and returned to Sydney IRON KNIGHT (Melbourne) Enroute Whyalla SA – Newcastle NSW Sunk (Torpedoed), off Montague Island NSW: 8 February 1943 ANDERSON Roy Frederick

(Merchant Navy) Newcastle NSW

BEDFORD Edward (Merchant Navy) Ballarat VIC

BYRNES Lawrie (Merchant Navy) Murray Bridge SA

CALLINAN John Hugh (Merchant Navy) Sydney NSW

COLE Darrel Crozier (Merchant Navy) Canterbury VIC

DIVES Arthur (Merchant Navy) Stockton NSW

GLEGHORN Norman (Merchant Navy) Wollongong NSW

HAMDEN Desmond Michael (Merchant Navy)

HAYNES Kenneth Edward (Merchant Navy) Newcastle NSW

HODGMAN Henry Francis (Merchant Navy)

HODSON Harold John (Merchant Navy) Coonamble NSW

HOWES Frederick Laybourne (Merchant Navy) Carrington NSW

HYNES Edward (Merchant Navy) Newcastle NSW

IREDALE Kenneth J (Merchant Navy) Stockton NSW

JOHANNENSEN Hans (Merchant Navy)

JOHNSON Basil Jack (Merchant Navy) Newcastle NSW

JORDAN Ronald Harry (Merchant Navy) Carrington NSW

KERMODE Karmen Lancaster Peel (Merchant Navy) Norwood SA

MAGUIRE John Thomas (Merchant Navy) Sydney NSW

MALONE Cyril (Merchant Navy) Newcastle NSW

McKENZIE John (Merchant Navy)

NICKER August (Merchant Navy)

O’CONNOER John (Merchant Navy) Newcastle NSW

PERRIN Francis Thomas (Merchant Navy) Newcastle NSW

PINNINGTON Alfred (Merchant Navy)

ROSS Donald (Merchant Navy) Stockton NSW

SLATTERY Maurice William (Merchant Navy) Born North Adelaide SA

SOUTH Henry Leonard (Merchant Navy) Port Adelaide SA

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STEERE Reginald Bateman (Merchant Navy) Newcastle NSW

TARGETT Thomas Henry (Merchant Navy)

TATE Harry (Merchant Navy) Newcastle NSW

THOMAS Alexander Douglas (Merchant Navy) Newcastle NSW

VIVIAN Byron Thomas (Merchant Navy) Carrington NSW

WELLER Thomas John (Merchant Navy) Newcastle NSW

WILKINSON Henry (Merchant Navy) Newcastle NSW

YOUNG John (Merchant Navy) Preston VIC

14 crew rescued by the French Destroyer Le Triomphant IRON CHIEFTAIN (Melbourne) Enroute Newcastle NSW – Whyalla SA Sunk (Torpedoed), off Sydney NSW: 3 June 1942 BENNETT Harold Henry

(Merchant Navy) Born Waverley NSW

CLARKE Thomas (Merchant Navy) Born Cessnock NSW

GLOSSOP Thomas (Merchant Navy) Parents resided Newport NSW

GUNN Marcus (Merchant Navy) Newcastle NSW

HADDELSEY Lionel MID (Merchant Navy) Newcastle NSW

KENNEDY Archibald Cook (Merchant Navy) Stockton NSW

KERR John Lander (Merchant Navy) Stockton NSW

LINDEMANN John Welblund (Merchant Navy) Newcastle NSW

SARGENT Sydney Henry (Merchant Navy) Hamilton NSW

STAFFORD Sidney Francis (Merchant Navy) Devonport TAS

STRONACH George Winchester (Merchant Navy) Born Stockton NSW

SWAINSON George Sutherland (Merchant Navy) Newcastle NSW

37 crew survived – 12 rescued by HMAS Bingera, 25 in a lifeboat landed at The Entrance IRON CROWN (Sydney) Enroute Whyalla SA – Newcastle NSW Sunk (Torpedoed), off Gabo Island VIC: 4 June 1942 ANDERSON Alvar (Merchant

Navy) BARTLETT Sidney Edward

(Merchant Navy) Dulwich Hill NSW

BENNETT Reginald (Merchant Navy) Born Bowden SA

BOKENHAM Bernard Walsingham (Merchant Navy) Born Norfolk England

BURNS David (Merchant Navy) Fremantle WA

CHAMMINGS Frank George (Merchant Navy) Newcastle NSW

CONWAY Edward James (Merchant Navy) Newcastle NSW

COSTA Roy A (Merchant Navy)

DARRAGH Joseph (Merchant Navy) Grangetown Yorkshire

DAVIES John William (Merchant Navy) Liverpool England

FERGUSON Peter (Merchant Navy) Sydney NSW

GILES Herbert Henry (Merchant Navy) Newcastle NSW

GRIFFITHS Edward John (Merchant Navy) Port Adelaide SA

HAND John (Merchant Navy) HAY John William H795 RAN

KIA: 4Jun42 Born Hobart TAS

INNELL George John (Merchant Navy) Coogee NSW

JAMES John (Merchant Navy) Newcastle NSW

JOBSON Alan Cyril (Merchant Navy) Kew VIC

KANERVA Kostaa W (Merchant Navy)

KARAVAS Michael G (Merchant Navy) Thebarton SA

MacDONALD Victor Hamilton (Merchant Navy) Newcastle NSW

McCARRON John (Merchant Navy) Sydney NSW

McGREGOR Peter (Merchant Navy)

McLELLAN Archibald Anderson (Merchant Navy) Sydney NSW

MILLER Mathew Henderson (Merchant Navy) Glasgow Scotland

ORMISTON William Young (Merchant Navy) Born Glasgow Scotland

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POULTON Jack (Merchant Navy) Hurstville NSW

QUIN Alexander McFayden (Merchant Navy) Adelaide SA

RUSHFORD William Henry (Merchant Navy) Newcastle NSW

SANDISON Christopher (Merchant Navy)

SCOTT Thomas (Merchant Navy) Coogee NSW

SMITHIES Joseph (Merchant Navy) Woollahra NSW

STEWART Frank (Merchant Navy) Newcastle NSW

SUTHERLAND John Sinclair (Merchant Navy)

TAYLOR Robert Frederick (Merchant Navy) Newcastle NSW

TAYLOR Stanley (Merchant Navy)

TRACEY Mathew (Merchant Navy)

Five survivors rescued by SS Mulbera STARR KING (US Merchant Ship) Departed Sydney 9 February 1943 Sunk (Torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-21) 150 nautical miles east of Sydney: 10 February 1943 No lives lost Crew rescued by HMAS Warramunga KOWARRA (Melbourne) Enroute Bowen QLD – Brisbane QLD

Sunk (Torpedoed), off Sandy Cape QLD: 24 April 1943 ANKARING Julius (Merchant

Navy) DAVIES Robert Merchant

Navy) DOYNE William Edward

(Merchant Navy) Coburg VIC

EELES Eric Terrance Edward (Merchant Navy) Melbourne VIC

GORDON George Kelly (Merchant Navy) Melbourne VIC

GRIFFITHS Benjamin Emlyn (Merchant Navy)

GUNTER Norman Elliot (Merchant Navy) Malvern VIC

HAIR James Frederick PM2017 RAN KIA: 24Apr43 Coburg VIC

HARLEY Herbert Nicoll (Merchant Navy) Melbourne VIC

HIDE Arthur William (Merchant Navy) Brunswick VIC

JOHNSON Maurice Leonard (Merchant Navy) Cairns QLD

JOWERS Bertie (Merchant Navy) Newcastle NSW

LOWEY Jacob H (Merchant Navy) Sydney NSW

LUNSON Basil Henry (Merchant Navy) Latrobe TAS

MacPHERSON Donald (Merchant Navy) Born South Uist Scotland

NOBLE James (Merchant Navy) PAULL Herbert Thomas

(Merchant Navy) Melbourne VIC

REIMAN Frederick Reynold (Merchant Navy) Adelaide SA

ROUGVIE John Grant DSC (Merchant Navy) Sydney NSW

WEST Harold Patrick (Merchant Navy) Queenscliff VIC

YOUNG George John (Merchant Navy) Camberwell VIC

11 crew rescued by USN SC747 (Submarine Chaser) LIMERICK (London) Departed Sydney 24 April 1943 Sunk (Torpedoed), off Cape Byron NSW: 26 April 1943 RUSH William Fenwick (New

Zealand Merchant Navy) Sydney NSW

WILLMOTT John Edgar (Merchant Navy) Sydney NSW

70 crew rescued by HMAS Colac LYDIA M CHILDS (US Liberty Ship) Sunk (Torpedoed by Japanese Submarine believed I177) east of Newcastle NSW: 27 April 1943 No lives lost Crew rescued by HMAS Warrnambool and HMAS Deloraine

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WOLLONGBAR (Sydney) Enroute Byron Bay NSW – Newcastle NSW Sunk (Torpedoed), off Port Macquarie NSW: 29 April 1943 ANDERSON William


ARCHIBALD George (Merchant Navy) Sydney NSW

BARTON Harold Edmund (Merchant Navy) Campsie NSW

BENSON Charles Theodore (Merchant Navy) (Captain of SS Wollongbar) Northbridge NSW

CARLSON Olof Victor (Merchant Navy) Sydney NSW

CROXFORD Noel Ford (Merchant Navy)

DALTON John (Merchant Navy) Woollahra NSW

DURIE James Robert (Merchant Navy) Sydney NSW

DURIE Kenneth James (Merchant Navy) Sydney NSW

ENKE Max Oscar (Merchant Navy)

FORRY George (Merchant Navy)

GAMEL William Morton (Merchant Navy) Sydney NSW

GRAY James Hunter (Merchant Navy) Hurstville NSW

HEMMINGS Wiliam James (Merchant Navy) Rozelle NSW

KNAPP Frederick Arthur (Merchant Navy) Sydney NSW

KNIGHT James Alfred (Merchant Navy) Vaucluse NSW

KOLLIAS Brian Trevor (Merchant Navy) Maroubra NSW

MacDOUGALL Neil (Merchant Navy) Sydney NSW

MacKINNON Donald (Merchant Navy) Drummoyne NSW

MARTIN Clarence Mancell (Merchant Navy) Fremantle WA

McAULEY James Charles (Merchant Navy)

McLEAN Wiliam (Merchant Navy) Sydney NSW

MILLS Charles Holmes (Merchant Navy) Lane Cove NSW

MULLEN Patrick (Merchant Navy)

NEILL Francis Hall (Merchant Navy) Sydney NSW

SARGENT Owen (Merchant Navy)

SURRY Sidney Victor (Merchant Navy) Belmore NSW

WAITES Amos (Merchant Navy) Fairfield NSW

WATSON Frederick (Merchant Navy) Sydney NSW

WHITE Dennis Francis H610 RAN KIA: 29Apr43 Glenorchy TAS

WILCOX Gwilym Elon (Merchant Navy)

YOUNG Robert (Merchant Navy) Leura NSW

5 crew rescued FINGAL (Norway)

Enroute Sydney NSW – Darwin NT Sunk (Torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-180) off Nambucca Heads NSW: 5 May 1943 HENDERSON Ralph Alexander

(Merchant Navy) Camperdown NSW

JOHANSON Sven (Merchant Navy)

KLEVEDAL Sievald (Merchant Navy)

KNUTSEN Jens (Merchant Navy)

KRISTLANSEN Strand Trygue (Merchant Navy) Sydney NSW

LARSEN Johan (Merchant Navy)

OLSEN Harry (Merchant Navy) OREBEKK Anker (Merchant

Navy) PAYNE Sidney Charles B2901

RAN KIA: 5May43 Brisbane QLD

RICHARDSEN Jan K (Merchant Navy)

STRIND Sigurd (Merchant Navy)

SVENNSEN Knut (Merchant Navy)

19 crew rescued by a USN Destroyer PORTMAR Damaged (Air Bombardment), Darwin NT: 19 February 1942 TYRELL Tom (US Merchant

Navy) Killed: 19Feb42 Enroute Sydney NSW – Brisbane QLD

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Sunk (Torpedoed) 35 nautical miles east of Smoky Cape: 16 June 1943 One sailor and one passenger lost 71 crew and passengers rescued by HMAS Deloraine MACUMBA (Melbourne) Enroute Brisbane QLD – Darwin NT Sunk (Air Bombardment): Arafura Sea off Arnhem Land: 6 August 1943 DEW George (Merchant Navy)

At Sea (HMAS Cootamundra): 7Aug43

KELLER Harold Thomas (Merchant Navy) As Sea (HMAS Cootamundra): 7Aug43 Ashfield NSW

LANE William Alfred (Merchant Navy) Ashfield NSW

ROBERT J WALKER (US Merchant Ship) Enroute Fremantle WA – Sydney NSW Sunk (Torpedoed by a Japanese Submarine), south of Jervis Bay ACT: 25 December 1944 Two crew lost 67 crew rescued by HMAS Quickmatch TRIONA Sunk (Torpedoed by German Raider Orion), off Nauru: 6 December 1940

ESCANDOR Gaundencio (Merchant Navy)

FALLORINA Sebastian (Merchant Navy)

LUBUGA Ceriaco (Merchant Navy)

RUBIO Antonio (Merchant Navy)

Crew taken prisoner TRIADIC Sunk (by German Raider Orion), off Nauru: 6 December 1940 JIMINEZ Simeon (Merchant

Navy) Crew taken prisoner TRIASTER Sunk (Scuttled by German Raider Orion), off Nauru: 8 December 1940 No lives lost during the capture of the ship Crew taken prisoner KOMATA (Wellington) Sunk (Gunfire, by German Raider Orion) off Nauru: 8 December 1940 HUGHES John Lloyd

(Merchant Navy) Killed: 8Dec40 Castle Hill NSW

Crew member mortally wounded

Crew taken prisoner

NIMBIN (Sydney) Sunk (Mine laid by German Raider Pinguin), off Broken Bay NSW: 5 December 1940 BYSANTSON William James

(Merchant Navy) manly NSW

CARLSON Ernest Wilfred (Merchant Navy) Sydney NSW

CHAPMAN Charles George (Merchant Navy) Petersham NSW

GORRY William (Merchant Navy)

HALLETT Ernest William (Merchant Navy) Sydney NSW

HULTON Nils (Merchant Navy) McALLISTER Archibald

(Merchant Navy) Roseville NSW

13 crew rescued DON ISIDRO (Philippines) Enroute Darwin NT – Philippines Total Loss (Air Bombardment) Beached, Bathurst NT Island: 19 February 1942 CORDOBA Antonio

(Philippines Merchant Navy) DELGADO Raul (Philippines

Merchant Navy) JAMENEA Albert (Philippines

Merchant Navy) JAYNE Lorato (Philippines

Merchant Navy) KANE Joseph F 451402 (US

Army) LONGO Amado (Philippines

Merchant Navy)

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MAGNA Maximo (Philippines Merchant Navy)

MASANKAY Acapito (Philippines Merchant Navy)

MONTALEGRA Frederico (Philippines Merchant Navy)

SABAJIDO Quirino (Philippines Merchant Navy)

5 unidentified crew 73 crew rescued by HMAS Warrnambool: 20Feb42 FLORENCE D (Philippines) Enroute Darwin NT – Philippines Sunk (Air Bombardment), off Bathurst Island NT: 19 February 1942 BELTRAN Francisco

(Philippines Merchant Navy) BRIONES Librado (Philippines

Merchant Navy) REYES Mariano (Philippines

Merchant Navy) SHULER Joseph Clifton (US

Navy) Survivors made shore and travelled overland to Bathurst Island and Melville Island Mission Stations KOOLAMA Sunk (Air Bombardment), Wyndham WA: 3 March 1942 No lives lost from air bombardment STANSFIELD Frederick Galen

(Merchant Navy) Illness: 12Mar42 Perth WA

MACDHUI (Sydney) Damaged (Air Bombardment) Port Moresby PNG: 17 June 1942 BARRITT William John

(Merchant Navy) Killed: 17Jun42 Brisbane QLD

McLEOD Murdoch Ross VX129334 Army KIA: 17Jun42 Terang VIC

SMITH Herbert Christopher (Merchant Navy) Killed: 17Jun42 Sydney NSW

TUNSTALL Charles Arthur (Merchant Navy) Killed: 17Jun42 Brother resided British Columbia Canada

Wrecked (Air Bombardment), Port Moresby PNG: 18 June 1942 FIDDES William (Merchant

Navy) Killed: 18Jun42 West Hartlepool England

LAWSON Bowman James (Merchant Navy) Killed: 18Jun42 Canberra ACT

RAWSON David Hamilton (Merchant Navy) Killed: 18Jun42 Bermagui NSW

RICHARDS Arthur Thomas (Merchant Navy) Killed: 18Jun42 Penrith NSW

ROSEN Henry (Merchant Navy) Killed: 18Jun42 Sydney NSW

DRURY Wilfred George (Merchant Navy) Wounds: 20Jun42 Sydney NSW

SAVILLE Richard Herbert (Merchant Navy) Wounds: 22Jun42 Blacktown NSW

MANUTU No ship of this name identifiable, likely a corruption of Mamutu ANSHUN Sunk (Naval Gunfire), Gili Gili, Milne Bay, PNG: 6 September 1942 Two US Navy ship’s gunners KIA: 6 September 1942 BENNETT James William

(British Merchant Navy) Died: 1941

DUREENBEE (Fishing Boat) Beached (Gunfire from Japanese submarine I-175), near Moruya Heads NSW: 3 August 1942 McPHERSON Archibald

(Merchant Navy) Killed: 3Aug42

SCOBLE Arthur John (Merchant Navy) Killed: 3Aug42

REID Alexander (Merchant Navy) Wounds: 5Aug42

Crew rescued by the Fishing Boat Mirrabooka CITY OF RAYVILLE (US Merchant Ship) Enroute Adelaide SA – Melbourne VIC Sunk (Mine (likely laid by German Rider Pinguin)), off Cape Otway VIC: 8 November 1940 One sailor lost

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37 crew rescued by fishing boats from Apollo Bay First US Merchant ship sunk in WWII VINNI (Norwegian) Sunk (by German Raider Orion), off Nauru: 7 December 1940 No lives lost Crew taken prisoner NIAGARA Enroute Auckland NZ – Suva Fiji Sunk (Mine laid by German Raider Orion) off Bream Head NZ: 19 June 1940 No lives lost Crew abandoned ship in lifeboats CAMBRIDGE Enroute Melbourne VIC – Sydney NSW Sunk (Mine (likely laid by German Rider Pinguin)), off Wilsons Promontory Point VIC: 7 November 1940 KINNAIR John (Merchant

Navy) 57 crew came ashore in lifeboats

MERCHANT SHIPS LOST OR SUFFERED FATALITIES IN AUSTRALIAN WATERS NOT INCLUDED ON THE FREMANTLE MERCHANT SHIPS’ MEMORIAL JOHN ADAMS (US) Sunk (Torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-21), off New Caledonia: 5 May1942 Lives lost unavailable ALLARA Enroute Cairns QLD – Sydney NSW Damaged (Torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-174) off Newcastle NSW: 23 July 1942 BROMILOW John David

Alexander (Merchant Navy) Williamstown VIC

NOBLE Frank (Merchant Navy) Port Adelaide SA

SMITH Albert (Merchant Navy) South Melbourne VIC

SUNDELL Arthur Theodore Sydney NSW

TALBOT Henry (Merchant Navy) Adelaide SA

Crew abandoned and reboarded ship - towed to Newcastle NSW ALUDRA (US Liberty Ship) Sunk (Torpedoed by Japanese submarine RO-103) Enroute Guadalcanal – Espiritu Santo: 23 June 1943 Two crew lost

BANTAM (Dutch) Beached (Air Bombardment), Oro Bay PNG: 28Mar 1943 Lives lost unavailable CHLOE (Greek) Sunk (Submarine gunfire) off New Caledonia: 7 May1942 Lives lost unavailable COAST FARMER (US) Sunk (Torpedoed), southeast off Nowra NSW: 21 July 1942 One sailor (name unavailable) lost DEIMOS (US Crater-class Cargo Ship) Enroute Guadalcanal PNG – Townsville QLD Damaged (Torpedoed): 23 June 1943 Sunk by Gunfire (USS O’Bannon) at position 11.26S 162.01E No lives lost DURANBAH (Australian) Solomon Islands inter-island small freighter: may have been captured by Japanese forces in 1942 or alternatively scrapped – scant information available, fate unknown GEORGE S LIVANOS (Greek) Sunk (Torpedoed by Submarine), off Jervis Bay ACT: 20Jul42

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No lives lost GORGON (British) Damaged (Air Bombardment) Milne Bay PNG: 14Apr43 ARSAT Bin Bakar (Merchant

Seaman) PNG ARUI Bin Aminullah (Merchant

Seaman) PNG BABA Bin Hassan (merchant

Seaman) PNG BERRYMAN James Wilfred

(Merchant Seaman) Wounds: 3May43

PHOA Watt (Merchant Seaman) PNG

Unidentified crew member Towed by HMAS Kapunda GUATEMALA (Panama) Enroute Newcastle NSW – Melbourne VIC Sunk (Torpedoed by a Japanese submarine), off NSW: 11Jun42 No lives lost 51 crew rescued by HMAS Doomba HAURAKI (New Zealand) Enroute Fremantle WA – Colombo Sri Lanka Captured and taken as a Prize (by Japanese Raiders Aikoku Maru and Hokoku Maru (Sink (Gunfire)) 12 November 1942), Indian Ocean: 12 July 1942 Crew taken prisoner TODD William Angus

(Merchant Navy) PoW Died: 19Apr44

AHEARNE William Robert Michael Beau (Merchant Navy) PoW Illness: 12Sep44

BRODIE William Henry (Merchant Navy) PoW Died: 10Aug45

CREESE Albert William (Merchant Navy) ex-PoW Died: 31Aug47

Renamed Hoki Maru – Sunk (Air Bombardment) Eten Island Truk Lagoon Micronesia: 17Feb44 HERSTEIN (Norway) Sunk (Air Bombardment), Rabaul PNG: 20 January 1942 No lives lost during the loss of the ship ANDERSON Hugo PoW At Sea

(Montevideo Maru): 1 Jul42 Norway

BICKMANN Niels PoW At Sea (Montevideo Maru): 1 Jul42 Sweden

BOLT Benn PoW At Sea (Montevideo Maru): 1 Jul42 Norway

BRANDAL Peter PoW At Sea (Montevideo Maru): 1 Jul42 Norway

EDVARDSEN Gunnar PoW At Sea (Montevideo Maru): 1 Jul42 Norway

FOGERVIEK Kare PoW At Sea (Montevideo Maru): 1 Jul42 Norway

GRYTNES Reidar PoW At Sea (Montevideo Maru): 1 Jul42 Norway

GUSTAVUSSEN Gotha PoW At Sea (Montevideo Maru): 1 Jul42 Sweden

HANSEN Jack PoW At Sea (Montevideo Maru): 1 Jul42 Denmark

HANSEN Kaare PoW At Sea (Montevideo Maru): 1 Jul42 Norway

HANSEN Olaf PoW At Sea (Montevideo Maru): 1 Jul42 Norway

JEMTLAND Alf PoW At Sea (Montevideo Maru): 1 Jul42 Norway

KNUDSEN Gunnar PoW At Sea (Montevideo Maru): 1 Jul42 Norway

KOINBERG Axel PoW At Sea (Montevideo Maru): 1 Jul42 Estonia

KRISTIANSEN Kristian PoW At Sea (Montevideo Maru): 1 Jul42 Norway

LANDHAUG Arthur PoW At Sea (Montevideo Maru): 1 Jul42 Norway

LIE Ivar PoW At Sea (Montevideo Maru): 1 Jul42 Norway

MOLLER Bjarne PoW At Sea (Montevideo Maru): 1 Jul42 Norway

MOSTAD Knut PoW At Sea (Montevideo Maru): 1 Jul42 Norway

MYHRE Reidar PoW At Sea (Montevideo Maru): 1 Jul42 Norway

NIELSEN Gustav PoW At Sea (Montevideo Maru): 1 Jul42 Sweden

NIKOLAISEN J A PoW At Sea (Montevideo Maru): 1 Jul42 Norway

OLSEN Gerhard PoW At Sea (Montevideo Maru): 1 Jul42 Norway

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PETTERSEN Egii PoW At Sea (Montevideo Maru): 1 Jul42 Norway

RINGSBAUG Arthur PoW At Sea (Montevideo Maru): 1 Jul42 Norway

SKAUG Magnus PoW At Sea (Montevideo Maru): 1 Jul42 Norway

TEIEN Hars PoW At Sea (Montevideo Maru): 1 Jul42 Norway

THORRSEN Finn PoW At Sea (Montevideo Maru): 1 Jul42 Norway

THORSELL K M F PoW At Sea (Montevideo Maru): 1 Jul42 Sweden

TYNAN James (Merchant Navy)

The entire ship’s crew was lost with the Montevideo Maru along with over 1,000 Australian Soldiers and civilian men taken prisoner at Rabaul MASAYA (New Orleans) Sunk (Air Bombardment), off Oro Bay PNG: 28 March 1943 HILE Thomas Daniel (Merchant

Navy) Brisbane QLD WHITE Merton R (Merchant

Navy) Penshurst NSW MILLIMUMUL (Trawler, Sydney) Fishing Sunk (Mine), off Broken Bay NSW: 26 March 1941 DEMPSEY James Joseph

(Merchant Navy) Enfield NSW

GIBSON Fredrick James (Merchant Navy) Born Ramsgate England

HORDERN Harold (Merchant Navy)

OSTERBURG Arthur Geijer (Merchant Navy)

REGAN Robert (Merchant Navy) Sydney NSW

RIXOM George William Clewlow (Merchant Navy) Bankstown NSW

WHITE Gordon Henry (Merchant Navy) Hobart TAS

NAM YONG (British) Recorded in the RAN History as being sunk on the Australian Station by submarine attack but providing no further detail Unable to be corroborated from other sources PETER SYLVESTER (US Liberty Ship) Enroute Melbourne VIC – Mumbai India Sunk (Torpedoed by German submarine U862), 800 nautical miles southwest of Fremantle WA: 5 February 1945 32 crew lost in the attack 143 crew and passengers (US Soldiers) rescued On 14 February 1945, No. 25 Squadron RAAF Liberator A72-124 crashed on take-off from Cunderdin WA on a search and rescue mission, killing 5 airmen RECINA (Yugoslavia) Enroute Whyalla SA – Newcastle NSW

Sunk (Torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-177), off Cape Howe NSW: 11 April 1943 ANTHONY John (Merchant

Navy) Newcastle NSW BAKER Frank (Merchant Navy)

Mother resided Hamilton NSW

BARUSIC Nikola (Merchant Navy)

BERNAL-CRNO Juan (Merchant Navy)

BUSKALIC Jakov (Merchant Navy)

CVITNOVIC Milan (Merchant Navy)

DEVIC Mate (Merchant Navy) DORKIN Vjekoslov (Merchant

Navy) DUNAT Mijo (Merchant Navy) DUNDOV Blasul (Merchant

Navy) FORETIC Ante (Merchant

Navy) GIROTTO Lovro (Merchant

Navy) JAKLIC Ivan Ladislav

(Merchant Navy) JELIC Mauricilv (Merchant

Navy) JUH Leopold (Merchant Navy) KEEBLE Edward (Merchant

Navy) KLARIC Ivan (Merchant Navy) MARCINE Ciprijan (Merchant

Navy) MILIN Ive (Merchant Navy) MONOPOLI Bartal (Merchant

Navy) MRVICA Ivan (Merchant Navy) PAVLOVIC Ivan (Merchant

Navy) PAVLOVIC Joso (Merchant

Navy) PESA Krato (Merchant Navy)

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PUTNIM Peter (Merchant Navy)

RADE Zeljko (Merchant Navy) ROWLEY Harvey Joseph

(Merchant Navy) Newcastle NSW

SCOTT Rodney Vincent Ryan (Merchant Navy) Newcastle NSW

SKULLY John George PA934 RAN KIA: 11Apr43 Woodville SA

TIPIC Nokolo (Merchant Navy) TURCIC Petar (Merchant Navy) VUCINA Domenik (Merchant

Navy) Ten survivors rescued by HMAS Moresby S’ JACOB (Netherlands) Sunk (Air Bombardment), Gulf of Papua: 8 March 1943 VAN DIERENDONCK

Hubertus Hendrik (Netherlands Merchant Navy)

Four unidentified crew STOKES William Ronald

Griffith QX58362 Wounds: 8Mar43 Sandgate QLD

US Soldier Wounds: 8Mar43

SAMUEL GOMPERS (US Liberty Ship) Sunk (Torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-10), off New Caledonia: 30 January 1943 Three crew, One Armed Guard lost SIANTAR Sunk (Torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-1) 200 nautical miles north west of Shark Bay WA: 3 March 1942 Lives lost unavailable STANVAC MANILA (US) Sunk (Torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-17) off Noumea: 23 May 1943 8 Crew, 3 Armed Guards, 1 US sailor lost TJINEGARA (Netherlands) Sunk (Torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-169) 90 nautical miles south west of Noumea: 25 July 1942

No lives lost VAN HEEMSKERK (Netherlands) Damaged (Air Bombardment) Merauke New Guinea: 26 December 1942 3 crew killed Beached (Air Bombardment), Milne Bay PNG: 14 April 1943 Up to 12 lives lost WILLIAM DAWES (US) Sunk (Torpedoed by a Japanese submarine), off Tathra Head NSW: 22 July 1942 One US Soldier, 4 Armed Guards lost Crew were landed at Merimbula NSW

Endnote: The RAN in the War of 1939-1945 Volume II 1942-1945, Footnote Page 557 The ships sunk on the Australia Station by submarine attack during the 1939-45 war were: in Eastern Australian coastal waters: Iron Chieftain, Iron Crown, Guatemala, George S. Livanos, Coast Farmer, William Dawes, Dureenbee, Kalingo, Iron Knight, Starr King, Recina, Kowarra, Lydia M. Childs, Fingal, Centaur, Portmar, Robert J. Walker. Elsewhere on the Australia Station: John Adams, Chloe, Tjinegara, Samuel Gompers, Aludra, Deimos, Mamutu, Peter Sylvester, Stanvac Manila, Nam Yong, Siantar.

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The RAN’s Histories do not provide consolidated lists of ships lost from other causes such as by mining, air bombardment or gunfire, or being scuttled or captured. Please contact [email protected] to advise of errors or omissions, or to suggest improvements to this document

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WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MILITARY MEMORIALS ......LEST WE FORGET WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MILITARY MEMORIALS MERCHANT SHIPS’ MEMORIAL, FREMANTLE Page 3 of 22 Largest ship (12,500 tons) lost