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. NELLORE (Greenock) - WW2
The SS Nellore was a British passenger and cargo steamship built in Greenock in 1913. During World War II, it was torpedoed and sunk by the Japanese submarine I-8 on June 29, 1944, in the Indian Ocean. Of the 209 people on board (passengers and crew), 79 were lost.
Apprentice Bryan Harding BROWNE
Australian Merchant Navy
Died 29-6-1944 at Sea
Son of Mrs. E. Browne, of North Adelaide. South Australia.
Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll
Master Frederick Oliver COLVIN
Australian Merchant Navy
Died 29-6-1944 at Sea
Husband of Mrs. A. M. Colvin, of Mosman, New South Wales
Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll
Senior Wireless Operator Hurtle Alonga Alexander GREER
Australian Merchant Navy
Died 5-7-1944 at Sea
Senior Son of Mrs. Eleanor Greer, of Caulfield, Victoria,
Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll
Purser Brian Vernon HOBSON
Australian Merchant Navy
Died 29-6-1944 at Sea
Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll
2nd Mate John Mackay NORTHE
Australian Merchant Navy
Died 29-6-1944 at Sea
Husband of Edna May Northe, of Brighton, Victoria
Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll
Purser Lloyd Ernest POLSON
Australian Merchant Navy
Died 19-8-1944 at Sea, aged 25years
Son of Ernest Charles and Victoria Roma Polson, of Cremorne, N.S.W.
Resting: Borella Kanattha General Cemetery, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll
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