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. SWIFTPOOL (West Hartlepool)  -  WW2

S.S. Swiftpool was sunk on 5 August 1941 by a torpedo fired by German submarine U-372 ) off the west coast of Ireland 

The ship was on a voyage from Pepel, Sierra Leone, to Middlesbrough with a cargo of ore.

Second Engineer Officer Reginald Andrew HEATLEY
Merchant Navy
Died 5-8-1941, aged 60years
Son of Marshall Davis Heatley and Lavinia Heatley, of Hamilton, Tasmania
Husband of Florence Emily Heatley, of Albany, West Australia.
Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England - Panel 105
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll