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 GEM (Glasgow)  -  WW2

M.V. Empire Gem hit on 24 January 1942 by a torpedo fired by German submarine U-66 with the loss of 49 lives.

Apprentice Miles De Beauvoir COOPER
Merchant Navy
Died 24-1-1942, aged 18years
Son of Ashley James Cooper and Caryll Cooper, of Greenwich Point, N.S.W.
Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England - Panel 41
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll