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. PIAKO (Plymouth) - WW2
On the 18th May 1941 she was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-107, west of Monrovia. She was on passage from Albany to Freetown and Liverpool with refrigerated and general cargo. Ten of her crew were lost.
Donkeyman George Herbert COLES B.E.M.
Born: Shrewton, Wiltshire, England
Date of Engagement 4-4-1941, Albany
Merchant Navy
Son of Sydney & Florence Coles
Husband of Iris Josephine
World War 2 Nominal Roll states last Ship as the Piako
Died 30-1-1943
Resting: Calvary Allied Cemetery, Woodside , Queens County, New York, U.S.A.
Honoured: Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll
The Daily News (Perth, W.A.) 21-4-1943
NONE TO MOURN AUSTRALIAN SEAMAN
In the Stars and Stripes draped casket in the Church of the Sea in New York are the remains of 24year old Australian Merchant Seaman George Coles for whom Requiem Mass is being Celebrated. Coles who was drowned when he fell from a ship in New York Harbour, had no friends or relatives in America. The Church Pews are empty.
The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, N.S.W.) 31-3-1943
REQUIEM MASS was celebrated in the Church Of The Sea, New York, for an Australian merchant seaman, George Coles, who was drowned when he fell from his ship in New York Harbor. Coles had no friends or relatives in New York to mourn him. His coffin, draped with the American flag, is shown in front of the altar.
5th Engineer George John Falconer SIBLEY
Born: Killaloe, North Queensland
Merchant Navy
Died 18-5-1941 aged 22years
Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England - Panel 81
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll
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