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. HAURAKI (London)
WW2
WW2
Assistant Steward William Robert Michael (Beau) AHERNE
Merchant Navy Died 12-9-1944 illness, aged 38years Son of Michael Robert Aherne, and of Elizabeth Aherne Husband of Dorothy Marjorie Aherne, of Sydney, New South Wales Resting: Kranji War Cemetery, Kranji, Singapore Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll |
Master Albert William CREESE
Merchant Navy
Died 31-8-1947
Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Creese
Husband of Annie Pauline Constance Creese.
Honoured - Springvale Crematorium, Melbourne, Victoria - Panel 1
The cremated remains have been scattered.
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll
Merchant Navy
Died 31-8-1947
Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Creese
Husband of Annie Pauline Constance Creese.
Honoured - Springvale Crematorium, Melbourne, Victoria - Panel 1
The cremated remains have been scattered.
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll
The Age (Melbourne, Vic) 2-9-1947
Capt. A. W. Creese
Captain Albert William Creese, who served for 35 years with, the Union Steamship Co., died at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital on Sunday. During the war, when skipper of the Hauraki, he was captured by the Japanese and subjected to the worst forms of brutality and torture. As a result of these beatings his health was seriously impaired, and on his return to Australia he was forced to enter Heidelberg Hospital, where his condition gradually failed. He is survived by a wife and a daughter, of Fellowes-street, Kew. The funeral will take place from Holy Trinity Church, Kew, at 1.15p.m. to-day, for Spring Vale crematorium.
Capt. A. W. Creese
Captain Albert William Creese, who served for 35 years with, the Union Steamship Co., died at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital on Sunday. During the war, when skipper of the Hauraki, he was captured by the Japanese and subjected to the worst forms of brutality and torture. As a result of these beatings his health was seriously impaired, and on his return to Australia he was forced to enter Heidelberg Hospital, where his condition gradually failed. He is survived by a wife and a daughter, of Fellowes-street, Kew. The funeral will take place from Holy Trinity Church, Kew, at 1.15p.m. to-day, for Spring Vale crematorium.