Honouring the Men who gave their lives whilst serving in the Merchant Navy
and whose names are on the Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll

IRON CROWN  (Sydney)  -  WW2

On 4 June 1942, Iron Crown , laden with iron ore, was off Cape Howe, near the Victoria/New South Wales border. Torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I.27, she sank quickly. Of her crew of forty-two, thirty-eight perished.


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Donkeyman Victor Hamilton MacDONALD
Born: Red Hill, Queensland
Australian Merchant Navy
Date of Engagement 22-6-1939 - Newcastle
Died 4-6-1942 at Sea (Gabo Island, Victoria, Australia) aged 30years
Son of John and Helen Macgregor Macdonald, of Mayfield, New South Wales.
Honoured: Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales  - Panel 10
Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll


Fireman John McCARRON
Born: Ireland
Australian Merchant Navy
Died 4-6-1942 at Sea (Gabo Island, Victoria, Australia) aged 42years
Son of James and Kate McCarron.
Honoured: Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales  - Panel 10
Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll


Boatswain/Bosun Peter McGREGOR
Australian Merchant Navy
Died 4-6-1942 at Sea (Gabo Island, Victoria, Australia) aged 48years
Son of James and Kate McCarron.
Honoured: Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales  - Panel 9
Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll


Master Archibald Anderson McLELLAN
Born: Balmain, Sydney, N.S.W.
Australian Merchant Navy
Date of Engagement 21-7-1939 Newcastle
Died 4-6-1942 at Sea (Gabo Island, Victoria, Australia) aged 56years
Son of Archibald Anderson McLellan and Jane McLellan
Husband of Juliet Alice McLellan, of Chatswood, New South Wales.
Honoured: Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales  - Panel 8
Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll


Chief Cook Matthew Henderson Buchanan MILLER
Australian Merchant Navy
Died 4-6-1942 at Sea (Gabo Island, Victoria, Australia) aged 66years
Husband of Lily Miller, of Glasgow, Scotland.
Honoured: Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales  - Panel 9
Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll


Able Seaman William Young ORMISTON
Born: Glasgow, Scotland
Australian Merchant Navy
Died 4-6-1942 at Sea (Gabo Island, Victoria, Australia) aged 55years
Son of Adam and Joan Ormiston
Husband of Ellen Amelia Ormiston, of Marrickville, New South Wales.
Honoured: Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales  - Panel 9
Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll


Steward Jack POULTON
Born: Pyrmont, New South Wales
Australian Merchant Navy
Date of Engagement 20-5-1941 Sydney, N.S.W.
Died 4-6-1942 at Sea (Gabo Island, Victoria, Australia) aged 36years
Son of George and Nellie Poulton.
Honoured: Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales  - Panel 10
Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll


Carpenter Alexander McFadyen QUIN
Born: Grangemouth, Scotland
Australian Merchant Navy
Date of Engagement 7-3-1942 Adelaide, S.A.
Died 4-6-1942 at Sea (Gabo Island, Victoria, Australia) aged 40years
Son of James and Margaret Graham Quin.
Honoured: Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales  - Panel 8
Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll


Ordinary Seaman William Henry RUSHFORD
Born: Newcastle, N.S.W.
Australian Merchant Navy
Date of Engagement 16-9-1941 Newcastle, New South Wales
Died 4-6-1942 at Sea (Gabo Island, Victoria, Australia) aged 16years
Son of John A. Rushford and Ida Rushford, of Newcastle, New South Wales
Honoured: Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales  - Panel 9
Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll


Able Seaman Christopher SANDISON
Australian Merchant Navy
Died 4-6-1942 at Sea (Gabo Island, Victoria, Australia) aged 54years
Honoured: Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales  - Panel 9
Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll


Steward Thomas SCOTT
Born: Havelock, Marlborough, New Zealand
Australian Merchant Navy
Date of Engagement 18-5-1942 Newcastle, New South Wales
Also served 2nd Battalion A.I.F. 1914-1918
Died 4-6-1942 at Sea (Gabo Island, Victoria, Australia) aged 64years
Son of Charles Wallace Scott and Helen Scott
Husband of Beatrice Florence Pamela Scott, of Coogee, New South Wales
Honoured: Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales  - Panel 10
Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll


Fireman Joseph SMITH
Born: Glanville, South Australia
Australian Merchant Navy
Date of Engagement 18-5-1942 Newcastle, New South Wales
Died 4-6-1942 at Sea (Gabo Island, Victoria, Australia) aged 24years
Son of Joseph and Mary Jane Smith, of Glanville, South Australia.
Honoured: Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales  - Panel 10
Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll


Able Seaman Joseph SMITHIES
Australian Merchant Navy
Died 4-6-1942 at Sea (Gabo Island, Victoria, Australia) aged 55years
Son of Joseph and Mary Jane Smith, of Glanville, South Australia.
Honoured: Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales  - Panel 9
Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll


Fireman Frank STEWART
Born: London
Australian Merchant Navy
Date of Engagement 17-6-1939 Sydney, N.S.W.
Died 4-6-1942 at Sea (Gabo Island, Victoria, Australia) aged 63years
Honoured: Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales  - Panel 10
Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll


3rd Officer John Sinclair SUTHERLAND
Australian Merchant Navy
Died 4-6-1942 at Sea (Gabo Island, Victoria, Australia) aged 26years
Son of James S. Sutherland, and of Jean Sutherland, of Stromness, Orkney, Scotland.
Honoured: Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales  - Panel 8
Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll


Fireman Robert Frederick TAYLOR
Born: London, England
Died 4-6-1942 at Sea (Gabo Island, Victoria, Australia) aged 49years
Son of William and Rebecca Taylor.
Honoured: Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales  - Panel 10
Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll


Cook Stanley TAYLOR
Australian Merchant Navy
Died 4-6-1942 at Sea (Gabo Island, Victoria, Australia) aged 25years
Honoured: Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales  - Panel 9
Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll


Able Seaman Mathew TRACEY
Australian Merchant Navy
Died 4-6-1942 at Sea (Gabo Island, Victoria, Australia) aged 40years
Honoured: Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales  - Panel 9
Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll


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