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. RIO VERDE - WW1
S.S. Rio Verde was sunk on 21 February 1918 by torpedo fired by German submarine U-100 approximately 4 nautical miles West of Crammock Head, Mull of Galloway. She was enroute from Glasgow to Milford Haven with a cargo of coal. 20 lives lost
1st Mate Francis Joseph Leslie MARTYN
Born: Australia
Mercantile Marine
Killed in Action 21-2-1918 aged 24years
Son of Francis Edward and Lydia Martyn, of 4, Upfold St., Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales
Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England
Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll
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