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. HAURAKI (London)  -  WW2

The MV Hauraki was captured 12 July 1942 by the Japanese enroute from Freemantle in Australia to Columbo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). All 55 crewmen were taken to the Changi Prison (civilian) in Singapore.

Assistant Steward William Robert Michael (Beau) AHERNE
Merchant Navy
Died 12-9-1944 illness, aged 38years
Son of Michael Robert Aherne, and of Elizabeth Aherne
Husband of Dorothy Marjorie Aherne, of Sydney, New South Wales
Resting: Kranji War Cemetery, Kranji, Singapore
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll

5th Engineer Officer William Henry BRODIE
Merchant Navy
Died 10-8-1945, aged 30years
Son of Andrew & Janet Matilda Brodie of Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Resting: Yokohama War Cemetery, Yokohama, Kanto, Japan
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll

Master Albert William CREESE
Merchant Navy
Died 31-8-1947
Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Creese
Husband of Annie Pauline Constance Creese.
Honoured - Springvale Crematorium, Melbourne, Victoria - Panel 1
The cremated remains have been scattered.
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll

The Age (Melbourne, Vic)  2-9-1947
Capt. A. W. Creese
Captain Albert William Creese, who served for 35 years with, the Union Steamship Co., died at Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital on Sunday. During the war, when skipper of the Hauraki, he was captured by the Japanese and subjected to the worst forms of brutality and torture. As a result of these beatings his health was seriously impaired, and on his return to Australia he was forced to enter Heidelberg Hospital, where his condition gradually failed. He is survived by a wife and a daughter, of Fellowes-street, Kew. The funeral will take place from Holy Trinity Church, Kew, at 1.15p.m. to-day, for Spring Vale crematorium.

1st Mate William Angus TODD
Australian Merchant Navy
Died 19-4-1944, Japan aged 44years
Son of Capt. David & Jean Renfrew Todd of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Husband of Natalie Mary Todd, of Roseville, New South Wales
Resting: Yokohama War Cemetery, Yokohama, Kanto, Japan