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. EMPIRE RUSKIN (South Shields) - WW2
The S.S. Empire Ruskin was a British merchant ship that was part of the Empire ship program during World War II. Managed by the Thompson SS Co. and owned by the Ministry of War Transport , she was lost at sea on January 18, 1943, when she sank near Gibraltar during the return journey of Convoy MKS-8.
Fireman Frederick COSIER
Merchant Navy
Died 18-1-1943, Gibraltar, aged 25years
Son of Ada Cosier, of Melbourne
Resting: Gibraltar (North Front) Cemetery, Gibraltar
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll
ERECTED BY THE "MEDITERRANEAN MISSION TO SEAMAN"
IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF
WILLIAM THOMSON
BERNARD GRAHAM
THOMAS DICKSON
IVOR BLACKFORD
HENRY ANDERSON
JAMES BLACK
WILLIAM BARRY
FREDERICK COSIER
JOHN FREE
JOHN WILSON
PETER WITHERS
ROBERT MUIR
MERCHANT SEAMAN WHO DIED
AT THE RESULTS OF AN EXPLOSIAN
ON BOARD S.S. EMPIRE RUSKIN
18 JANUARY 1943
The Herald (Melbourne, Vic) 13-2-1943
COSIER.-- Seaman Frederick (MN) beloved son of Ada and the late Edward Cosier, of 48 Tennyson Street, Kew and loving brother of Arthur (A.I.F. abroad), Edward William (A.I.F), Thelma (Mrs Oliver) Hazel
( Mrs Ashby) and Roy (A,I.F.) Buried at a British Mediterranean port. Aged 25 years. Duty nobly done.
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