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. PIAKO (Plymouth)
WW2
WW2
S.S. Piako was sunk on 18 May 1941 by torpedoes fired by German submarine U-107.
Donkeyman George Herbert COLES
Born: Shrewton, Wiltshire, England Date of Engagement 4-4-1941, Albany Merchant Navy World War 2 Nominal Roll states last Ship as the Piako Died 30-1-1943 Honoured: Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll |
The Daily News (Perth, W.A.) 21-4-1943
NONE TO MOURN AUSTRALIAN SEAMAN In the Stars and Stripes draped casket in the Church of the Sea in New York are the remains of 24year old Australian Merchant Seaman George Coles for whom Requiem Mass is being Celebrated. Coles who was drowned when he fell from a ship in New York Harbour, had no friends or relatives in America. The Church Pews are empty. |
The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, N.S.W.) 31-3-1943
REQUIEM MASS was celebrated in the Church Of The Sea, New York, for an Australian merchant seaman, George Coles, who was drowned when he fell from his ship in New York Harbor. Coles had no friends or relatives in New York to mourn him. His coffin, draped with the American flag, is shown in front of the altar.
REQUIEM MASS was celebrated in the Church Of The Sea, New York, for an Australian merchant seaman, George Coles, who was drowned when he fell from his ship in New York Harbor. Coles had no friends or relatives in New York to mourn him. His coffin, draped with the American flag, is shown in front of the altar.