M.V. ANSHUN (London)  -  WW2

The steamship Anshun lying on her side in Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, where she was sunk by Japanese warships.

Anshun was a 3,188 GRT motor passenger/cargo ship that was bombed by an aircraft on 10 December 1941 at Manila harbour but survived. She was subsequently sunk on 6 September 1942 by gunfire from Japanese warship Tatsuta at Milne Bay New Guinea. - https://www.benjidog.co.uk/​

Chief Officer James William BENNETT
Merchant Navy
Died 10-12-1941, aged 39years
Son of James Ellis Bennett and Elizabeth Jane Bennett
Husband of Mary Elizabeth Bennett, of North Sydney, New South Wales
Honoured: -Tower Hill Memorial, London, England  Panel 9
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll