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. CELTIC  (Liverpool)  -  WW1

Requisitioned in 1914 by the Royal Navy, RMS Celtic was first converted to an armed merchant cruiser and subsequently as a troop ship. The Celtic was now a target and vulnerable to attack from either above or below, she was first struck by a mine in 1917 near the Isle of Man.

Senior Fourth Engineer Officer Stanley Angus McDONALD

Born: Queensland, Australia
Merchant Navy
Killed in Action 31-3-1918, aged 28years
Son of Minnie McDonald, of Indooroopilly, Queensland, Australia.
Resting: Belfast City Cemetery, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll

 

The Daily Mail ( Brisbane, Qld.)  13-4-1918
McDONALD.-- Killed at sea, by enemy attack, April 1, 1918, Stanley A. McDonald, aged 27 years 6 months, second engineer, son of the late Angus McDonald, Harrisville, and dearly loved only son of Mrs. M. McDonald,Station-road, Indooroopilly. "His duty done."