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. MELBOURNE STAR (London) - WW2
Melbourne Star was a 11,076 GRT motor refrigerated cargo ship that was sunk on 2 April 1943 by German submarine U-129 at position 28° 05' N, 57° 30' W. At the time of the attack, the ship was travelling unescorted from Liverpool to Sydney via the Panama Canal carrying torpedoes and ammunition. She was struck by two torpedoes and sank within two minutes. Of the complement of 119 there were just 4 survivors.
Greaser Alec Coulthard
Merchant Navy
Date of Engagement 10-10-1941 - Brisbane, Queensland
Died at Sea 2-4-1943 aged 22years
Son of Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Coulthard, of Gladstone, Queensland
Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England - Panel 69
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll
Fourth Officer Norman Alfred LEUNIG
Merchant Navy
Died at Sea 2-4-1943 aged 22years
Son of Charles and Margaret Anne Leunig.
Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England - Panel 69
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll
Able Seaman Donald John MacKINNON
Merchant Navy
Died at Sea 2-4-1943 aged 27years
Son of Donald and Ann MacKinnon, of Melbourne, Victoria
Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England - Panel 69
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll
G. MARTIN
Merchant Navy
Died at Sea 2-4-1943
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll
Assistant Steward James D'Arcy MARTIN
Merchant Navy
Date of Engagement 13-3-1941 - Melbourne, Victoria
Died 2-4-1943, aged 25years
Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England - Panel 69
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll
Assistant Steward Henry James Brown WELCH
Born: Capetown, South Africa
Died 13-8-1942, aged 47years
Son of Henry & May Welch
Husband of Ethel Maud Welch, 33 Bellevue Parade, Hurstville, N.S.W.
Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England - Panel 69
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll
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