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. PANAMA (Liverpool)  -  WW2

M.V. Panama capsized and sank on 11 April 1945 when her engines failed in heavy weather in mid-Atlantic and her sand ballast shifted . She was en route from Cardiff to Philadelphia. Five survivors were picked up on 29 April 1945.

The Sydney Morning Herald (N.S.W.)  2-6-1945
PETTERSEN.—Lost at sea, result of enemy action, George Alfred (Merchant Navy), fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Pettersen, of North Bondi, and brother of Ruth (Mrs. Poignant), Joan (Mrs. Jenkins), Geoffrey, Jim (A.I.F.), Ted (R.A.A.F.), Phillip, aged 18 years. The supreme sacrifice.