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. NEWHOLM (Newcastle)  -  WW1

S.S. Newholm was sunk on 8 September 1917 by torpedo fired by German submarine UC-31  She was en route from Bilbao to Middlesbrough with a cargo of iron ore.

Able Seaman Henry Sydney WILLIAMS
Born: Longreach, Queensland
Mercantile Marine
Killed in Action 8-9-1917, aged 23years
Son of Alice and the late Henry Joseph Williams
Husband of Ethel Williams (nee Charlton), of 119, Mile End Rd., South Shields.
Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll