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. VIENNA (Glasgow)  -  WW1

She was sunk on 11 September 1917 by torpedo fired by German submarine U-49,  approximately 340 nautical miles West by North of Ushant. She was en route from Brest to New York with a general cargo.


Second Engineer Allan COLLINS
Born: Minni, Australia
Mercantile Marine
Killed in Action 11-9-1917 aged 28years
Son of John and Mary Collins
Husband of Margaret Collins (nee Reid), of 16, Douglas St., Kilmarnock, Ayr
Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England
Honoured Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll