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. SOWWELL (London)
WW1
WW1
S.S. Sowwell was sunk on 19 April 1917 by torpedo fired by German submarine U-35 approximately 170 nautical miles West by South of Gibraltar. She was en route from Sagunto to Glasgow with a cargo of iron ore.
3rd Engineer Alexander Neil McKAY
Born: Melbourne, Victoria Mercantile Marine Killed in Action 19-4-1917 aged 21years Son of Alexander & Matilda McKay (nee Hansen), 41, Sixth Avenue, Maylands, Perth, Western Australia Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll |