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. MATAFELE (Hong Kong) - WW2
The M.V. Matafele was a small cargo and passenger vessel built in Hong Kong in 1938 that became the HMAS Matafele when commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) during World War II. It was lost with all hands (4 Officers, 20 sailors, 13 Melanesian seaman) in the Coral Sea in June 1944.
2nd Mate Ernest Albert KOOSACHE
Born: Sydney, N.S.W.
Retired at age 60 after 35 years service with Chinese Maritime Customs
Merchant Navy
Died 7-12-1942, aged 69years
Son of Thomas Constantine and Elizabeth Ellen Koosache
Husband of Thelma Koosache, of Merrylands, New South Wales.
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Bomana, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll
The Sydney Morning Herald (N.S.W.) 12-12-1942
KOOSACHE.—December 7, 1942 (result of illness while serving as an officer of the Merchant Navy), Ernest Albert, loving father of Thelma, and beloved son of Elizabeth Koosache, and fond brother of Elizabeth Jane (deceased), Tom, Greta, Percy, Harold, Jim, and Jack.
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