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. UMGENI  -  WW1

S.S. Umgeni departed the Clyde on 7 November 1917 bound for Liverpool and Lagos but was last contacted on 9 November and not seen again. She is understood to have foundered in a gale somewhere to the West of Ireland.

 

The Ballarat Courier (Vic)  19-1-1918
STEAMER UMGENI.
MISSING SINCE NOVEMBER?
BODIES WASHED ASHORE.
(Reuter.)
Lloyd's reports, that the steamer Urngeni hen been missing since the beginning of Novembor. A number of bodies supposed to be those of members of the crew have been washed up..
Queensland Times (Ipswich, Qld)  19-1-1918
STEAMER UMGENI MISSNG.
(Reuter.)
London, Thursday.
Lloyd's report that the Steamer Umgeni (2622 tons) has been missing since the beginning of November, and that a number of bodies, supposed to be those of the members of the crew, have been washed up.

Troop Cook John James COOPER
Born: London
Mercantile Marine
Presumed drowned 9-11-1917 aged 50years
Son of Mary Ann Cooper, and the late James Cooper
Husband of Bridget Catherine Cooper (formerly Rice, nee Donnelly), East Fremantle, Western Australia
Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England
Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll

Seaman Lawrence GOLDNER
Born: Adelaide
Mercantile Marine
Presumed drowned 9-11-1917 aged 26years
Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England
Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll

J. LAWS
Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll

The Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, Victoria

Fireman Joseph LEVER
Born: Adelaide
Mercantile Marine
Presumed drowned 9-11-1917 aged 28years
Son of Lily Lever and the late Sidney Lever
Husband of Mary Jane Lever (nee Scott), of 26, Hale St., Liverpool.
Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England
Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll