Honouring the Men who gave their lives whilst serving in the Merchant Navy
and whose names are on the Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll
and whose names are on the Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll
M.V. ABOSSO
WW2
WW2
M.V. Abosso was a motor vessel of 11,330 grt lost on 29 October 1942 in the North Atlantic at position 48° 30' N, 28° 50' W. Built as a passenger, mail and cargo ship, she was the flagship of Elder Dempster Lines. She had been converted into a Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship in WW2, carried 20 DEMS gunners in addition to her normal crew, and was put into service as a troop ship. Cause of loss was a torpedo fired by German submarine U-575. At the time of her loss she was en route from Capetown to Liverpool carrying 210 passengers - 149 military and 61 civilians including 44 internees, 10 women with children and several distressed British seamen. - benjidog.co.uk
Quartermaster John Lewis JONES
Merchant Navy - M.V. Abosso Died at Sea 29-10-1942, aged 38years Son of Mr. and Mrs. David Jones, of Pwllheli, Caernarvonshire; Husband of Ellen Jones, of North Wolongong, New South Wales Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England- Panel 2 Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll |