Honouring the Men who gave their lives whilst serving in the Merchant Navy
and whose names are on the Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll

S.S. AUSTRALIAN TRANSPORT (West Hartlepool)  -  WW1

S.S. Australian Transport was sunk on 23 August 1918 by torpedo fired by German submarine UC-27 at position 38° 08' N, 11° 10' E - approximately 40 nautical miles West-North-West of Maritimo Island. She was enroute from Karachi to Bizerta with a cargo of wheat and onions.

4th Engineer Officer George MENNIE
Born: Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria
Mercantile Marine
Killed in Action 23-8-1918, aged 23years
Son of John Newton Mennie & Margaret Mennie, Northcote, Bourke, Melbourne,
Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll