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. Tanda (Glasgow)
WW2
WW2
S. S. Tanda was a British Merchant vessel which was torpedoed and sunk off the coast of Mangalore in the Arabian Sea in July 1944. It was on route from Melbourne to Bombay via Colombo.
Wireless Operator Robert Claude Vivian HUMPHERY
Merchant Navy Date of Engagement 8-6-1944, Sydney N.S.W. Died at sea 16-7-1944, aged 49years Son of Robert Arthur and Sharlie Maud Vivian Humphery, of Vaucluse, Sydney, Awarded King's Commendation for Brave Conduct Awarded Lloyd's War Medal Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England - Panel 106 Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll |