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

M.V.  DARKDALE (Glasgow)  -  WW2

Darkdale was a 8,145 GRT motor tanker that was sunk on 22 October 1941 by a torpedo fired by German submarine U-68 at position  (Jamestown Harbour, St Helena). She was operating as part of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary at the time of her loss.

First Radio Officer Leonard Frank REED
Merchant Navy
Died 22-10-1941, aged 31years
Son of Henry and Edith Reed
Husband of Kathleen Reed, of Peppermint Grove, Western Australia.
Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll

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