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
S.S. NEWHOLM (Newcastle)
WW1
WW1
S.S. Newholm was sunk on 8 September 1917 by torpedo fired by German submarine UC-31 She was en route from Bilbao to Middlesbrough with a cargo of iron ore.
Able Seaman Henry Sydney WILLIAMS
Born: Longreach, Queensland Mercantile Marine Killed in Action 8-9-1917, aged 23years Son of Alice and the late Henry Joseph Williams Husband of Ethel Williams (nee Charlton), of 119, Mile End Rd., South Shields. Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll |