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
IRON CROWN (Sydney)
WW2
WW2
On 4 June 1942, Iron Crown , laden with iron ore, was off Cape Howe, near the Victoria/New South Wales border. Torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I.27, she sank quickly. Of her crew of forty-two, thirty-eight perished.
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Donkeyman Victor Hamilton MacDONALD
Born: Red Hill, Queensland Australian Merchant Navy Date of Engagement 22-6-1939 - Newcastle Died 4-6-1942 at Sea (Gabo Island, Victoria, Australia) aged 30years Son of John and Helen Macgregor Macdonald, of Mayfield, New South Wales. Honoured: Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales - Panel 10 Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll |
Master Archibald Anderson McLELLAN
Born: Balmain, Sydney, N.S.W. Australian Merchant Navy Date of Engagement 21-7-1939 Newcastle Died 4-6-1942 at Sea (Gabo Island, Victoria, Australia) aged 56years Son of Archibald Anderson McLellan and Jane McLellan Husband of Juliet Alice McLellan, of Chatswood, New South Wales. Honoured: Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales - Panel 8 Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll |
Chief Cook Matthew Henderson Buchanan MILLER
Australian Merchant Navy Died 4-6-1942 at Sea (Gabo Island, Victoria, Australia) aged 66years Husband of Lily Miller, of Glasgow, Scotland. Honoured: Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales - Panel 9 Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll |
Able Seaman William Young ORMISTON
Born: Glasgow, Scotland Australian Merchant Navy Died 4-6-1942 at Sea (Gabo Island, Victoria, Australia) aged 55years Son of Adam and Joan Ormiston Husband of Ellen Amelia Ormiston, of Marrickville, New South Wales. Honoured: Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales - Panel 9 Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll |
Steward Jack POULTON
Born: Pyrmont, New South Wales Australian Merchant Navy Date of Engagement 20-5-1941 Sydney, N.S.W. Died 4-6-1942 at Sea (Gabo Island, Victoria, Australia) aged 36years Son of George and Nellie Poulton. Honoured: Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales - Panel 10 Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll |
Carpenter Alexander McFadyen QUIN
Born: Grangemouth, Scotland Australian Merchant Navy Date of Engagement 7-3-1942 Adelaide, S.A. Died 4-6-1942 at Sea (Gabo Island, Victoria, Australia) aged 40years Son of James and Margaret Graham Quin. Honoured: Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales - Panel 8 Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll |
Ordinary Seaman William Henry RUSHFORD
Born: Newcastle, N.S.W. Australian Merchant Navy Date of Engagement 16-9-1941 Newcastle, New South Wales Died 4-6-1942 at Sea (Gabo Island, Victoria, Australia) aged 16years Son of John A. Rushford and Ida Rushford, of Newcastle, New South Wales Honoured: Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales - Panel 9 Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll |
Steward Thomas SCOTT
Born: Havelock, Marlborough, New Zealand Australian Merchant Navy Date of Engagement 18-5-1942 Newcastle, New South Wales Also served 2nd Battalion A.I.F. 1914-1918 Died 4-6-1942 at Sea (Gabo Island, Victoria, Australia) aged 64years Son of Charles Wallace Scott and Helen Scott Husband of Beatrice Florence Pamela Scott, of Coogee, New South Wales Honoured: Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales - Panel 10 Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll |
Fireman Joseph SMITH
Born: Glanville, South Australia Australian Merchant Navy Date of Engagement 18-5-1942 Newcastle, New South Wales Died 4-6-1942 at Sea (Gabo Island, Victoria, Australia) aged 24years Son of Joseph and Mary Jane Smith, of Glanville, South Australia. Honoured: Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales - Panel 10 Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll |
Able Seaman Joseph SMITHIES
Australian Merchant Navy Died 4-6-1942 at Sea (Gabo Island, Victoria, Australia) aged 55years Son of Joseph and Mary Jane Smith, of Glanville, South Australia. Honoured: Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales - Panel 9 Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll |
3rd Officer John Sinclair SUTHERLAND
Australian Merchant Navy Died 4-6-1942 at Sea (Gabo Island, Victoria, Australia) aged 26years Son of James S. Sutherland, and of Jean Sutherland, of Stromness, Orkney, Scotland. Honoured: Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales - Panel 8 Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll |