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. DUNTROON  -  WW2

MV Duntroon was a passenger ship built for the Melbourne Steamship Company that saw military service as a troopship between 1942 and 1949. 

Able Seaman William SIMS
Merchant Navy
Died: 22-9-1940, (heart Failure) Claremont, Perth, Western Australia
Resting: Fremantle Cemetery, Fremantle, Western Australia,
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll

The West Australian (Perth)  23-9-1940
SEAMAN'S FATAL COLLAPSE.
Robert Sims (about 45), seaman, collapsed at Claremont about 12.15 a m. yesterday. A doctor was summoned and he was found to be dead. Mr. Sims collapsed in the cloakroom of a hall just after the conclusion of a dance. The Coroner has been notified and a post mortem examination will be held.

Night Watchman Samuel WILD
Merchant Navy
Died 10-9-1940, (illness) Sydney, N.S.W.
Husband of Elsie May Wild.
Resting: Williamstown Cemetery, Victoria
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll

The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.) 13-9-1940
WILD-On September 9 suddenly), at Sydney, Samuel Wild (late m.v. Duntroon) beloved husband of Elsie May, and loving father of Tom and Maurice.