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. HENRY R. JAMES (Bristol) - WW1
S.S. Henry R James was sunk on 16 July 1917 by torpedo fired by German submarine UC-48 - approximately 10 nautical miles East by North of Ile de Batz, Brittany. She was enroute from Bilbao via Brest to Middlesbrough with a cargo of iron ore.
Seaman William BURNS
Born: Sydney, N.S.W.
Mercantile Marine
Killed by Mine 16-7-1917, aged 36years
Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll
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