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. UMGENI
WW1
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S.S. Umgeni departed the Clyde on 7 November 1917 bound for Liverpool and Lagos but was last contacted on 9 November and not seen again. She is understood to have foundered in a gale somewhere to the West of Ireland.
The Ballarat Courier (Vic) 19-1-1918
STEAMER UMGENI.
MISSING SINCE NOVEMBER?
BODIES WASHED ASHORE.
(Reuter.)
Lloyd's reports, that the steamer Urngeni hen been missing since the beginning of Novembor. A number of bodies supposed to be those of members of the crew have been washed up..
Queensland Times (Ipswich, Qld) 19-1-1918
STEAMER UMGENI MISSNG.
(Reuter.)
London, Thursday.
Lloyd's report that the Steamer Umgeni (2622 tons) has been missing since the beginning of November, and that a number of bodies, supposed to be those of the members of the crew, have been washed up.
STEAMER UMGENI.
MISSING SINCE NOVEMBER?
BODIES WASHED ASHORE.
(Reuter.)
Lloyd's reports, that the steamer Urngeni hen been missing since the beginning of Novembor. A number of bodies supposed to be those of members of the crew have been washed up..
Queensland Times (Ipswich, Qld) 19-1-1918
STEAMER UMGENI MISSNG.
(Reuter.)
London, Thursday.
Lloyd's report that the Steamer Umgeni (2622 tons) has been missing since the beginning of November, and that a number of bodies, supposed to be those of the members of the crew, have been washed up.
Troop Cook John James COOPER
Born: London Mercantile Marine Presumed drowned 9-11-1917 aged 50years Son of Mary Ann Cooper, and the late James Cooper Husband of Bridget Catherine Cooper (formerly Rice, nee Donnelly), East Fremantle, Western Australia Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll |
J. LAWS
Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll
Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll