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 TOWER (London)  -  WW2

S.S. Empire Tower was a 4,241 GRT steam cargo ship that was sunk on 5 March 1943 by torpedoes fired by German submarine U-130

Chief Engineer Officer William Dawson REID
Merchant Navy
Died 5-3-1943, aged 48years
Son of William and Katherine Reid
Husband of Jessie Melvin Reid, of Geelong West, Victoria
Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England - Panel 46
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll