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. PORT BRISBANE (London)  -  WW2

The British cargo vessel S.S. Port Brisbane was sunk in the Indian Ocean by the German auxiliary cruiser Pinguin on November 21, 1940, during World War II. 

Cadet Alexander Neil DAWSON
Died 21-11-1940, aged 17years
Son of Alexander and Ruth Beatrice Dawson, of Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
Honoured: Sydney Memorial, Rookwood, Sydney, New South Wales - Panel 8
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll