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. EMPIRE CHARMIAN (Barrow)  -  WW2

Empire Charmian was a 7,513 GRT heavy lift ship which was built in 1943 by Vickers Armstrong, Barrow in Furness

She was built for the Ministry of War Transport

Master Andrew SMITH
Awarded King's Commendation for Brave Conduct
Merchant Navy
Died 18-9-1943, aged 50years
Resting: Salerno War Cemetery, Italy
Son of Andrew and Mary Smith
Husband of Jessie Wood Smith, of Greenwich, New South Wales
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll

Daily Commercial News & Shipping List (Sydney, N.S.W.)  30-11-1943
OBITUARY- Captain Andrew Smith
Captain Andrew Smith, of the British Merchant Service, who was master of the Salamaua when she towed the Mako across the Tasman in August, 1938, and, by remarkable seamanship, saved the Mako when it twice broke adrift between Newcastle and Sydney, has died of wounds following an enemy air attack on his ship in the Mediterranean in September.

Daily Advertiser - Wagga Wagga, N.S.W.  10-11-1944
Captain Andrew Smith, master of the S.S. Empire Charmian, of Greenwich (N.S.W.), has been granted posthumous commendation, of King's Commendation for Brave Conduct