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. RYDAL HALL
WW1
WW1
S.S. Rydal Hall was sunk on 1 December 1917 by torpedo fired by German submarine UC-75 - approximately 14 nautical miles East by South of the Royal Sovereign Light Vessel. She was en route from Calcutta to Dunkirk with a cargo of manganese ore.
Third Mate Charles Albert Edward DARMODY
Born: Port Adelaide, Sth. Aust.
Mercantile Marine
Killed in Action 1-12-1917 aged 29years
Son of Francis Winks Darmody, Prospect, South Australia, & the late Emma Darmody (nee Birkhead).
Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England
Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll
Born: Port Adelaide, Sth. Aust.
Mercantile Marine
Killed in Action 1-12-1917 aged 29years
Son of Francis Winks Darmody, Prospect, South Australia, & the late Emma Darmody (nee Birkhead).
Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England
Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll