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. PALMELLA (Liverpool)
WW1
WW1
S.S. Palmella was sunk on 22 August 1918 by torpedo fired by German submarine UB-92 - approximately 25 nautical miles North-West by West of South Stack Rock. She was en route from Liverpool to Lisbon.
Able Seaman Charles Sydney SALMON
Born: Sydney, N.S.W Mercantile Marine Killed in Action 22-8-1918 aged 54years Son of the late Charles and Elizabeth Salmon Husband of Harriet Salmon (nee Simpson), of 63, Gray St., Bootle, Lancs. Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England Honoured: Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll |