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. KYARRA (Fremantle, W.A.)  -  WW1

The Daily Mail (Brisbane, Qld)   17-6-1918
FATE OF THE KYARRA
SUNK BY TORPEDO.
MELBOURNE, Sunday. — News has been received in Melbourne of tho loss of the A.U.S.N. line steamer Kyarra,  formerly a popular passenger vessel engaged in the Australian coastal trade.
The steamer was torpedoed.
The Kyarra made one trip as a regulation hospital ship, and subsequently was used as a transport by the Commonwealth authorities. At the time of her destruction she was running under Imperial control.

The North Western Advocate & the Emu Bay Times (Tas.)  23-7-1918
SINKING OF THE KYARRA.
DISAPPEARED BOTTOM UP.
Joseph Hardy, a wireless operator on the Kyarra, in a letter to his relatives, tells how the vessel sank when torpedoed.
Hardy was relieving the regular operator, and was lifted out of his chair to the doorway, 10ft. away. Three of the crew were standing by the rail, and saw the torpedo coming, but were unable to escape. The explosion occurred at 8.50 a.m., and the ship sank at three minutes past 9 o'clock, going down stern first, turning over, and disappearing.

 

J BROWN
Born: London, England
Mercantile Marine
Killed in Action 26-5-1918, aged 33years
Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll

Fireman Duncan MacKENZIE
Born: Udrigle, Scotland
Mercantile Marine
Killed in Action 26-5-1918, aged 52years
Son of the late Murdo and Catherine Mackenzie.
Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll

Steward's Boy Laurence Albert McPHUN
Born: Hull, England
Mercantile Marine
Killed in Action 26-5-1918 aged 16years
Son of Mrs. Louisa McPhun, of 12, Tynemouth St., Hull.
Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll

Trimmer Henry Garnet Warmington MORLEY
Born: Australia
Mercantile Marine
Killed in Action 26-5-1918 aged 28years
Husband of Allison Trent Cook, of the Shack, Calangir, West Aust.
Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll

Fireman James Abbott NANLES

Also known as J.A. CLIFFORD

Merchant Navy
Killed in Action 26-5-1918 aged 28years
Son of Mr & Mrs A.B. Small of Sydney, N.S.W.
Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll

Fifth Engineer William SMALL
Merchant Navy
Killed in Action 26-5-1918 aged 16years
Son of Mr & Mrs A.B. Small of Sydney, N.S.W.
Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll