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.  OMRAH  -  WW1

"SS Omrah was an ocean liner for the Orient Steam Navigation Company built in 1899 for passenger service between the United Kingdom and Australia. During World War I, the ship was taken over for use as a troopship. On 12 May 1918, while headed from Marseilles to Alexandria, Omrah was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine UB-52 40 nautical miles (74 km) from Sardinia. One person aboard Omrah died in the attack."

Advertiser (Footscray, Vic.)  21-8-1915
MAIN.-- On the12th August (suddenly) on board s.s. Omrah, Robert Lindsay, dearly beloved husband of Clara Main, and beloved father of Edna, Cowper street, Footscray, late of Grangemouth, Scotland.
Deeply Mourned.