Honouring the Men who gave their lives whilst serving in the Merchant Navy
and whose names are on the Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll

M.V. WAIMARAMA (Southampton) -  WW2

She was a motor refrigerated cargo ship that was sunk on 13 August 1942 by aircraft bombing

4th Engineer Officer William MacKay HUTCHINSON
Merchant Navy
Died 13-8-1942 At sea (Mediterranean) aged 40years
Son of William and Janet Hutchinson.
Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England - Panel 116
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll

Second Refrigerator Engineer Arthur John ROOFF
Merchant Navy
Date of Engagement 4-1-1941, Sydney N.S.W.
Died 13-8-1942 aged 25years
Son of John and May Rooff, of Canterbury, New South Wales
Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England - Panel 116
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll

Electrician John Trevor THOMAS
Merchant Navy
Died 13-8-1942 At sea (Mediterranean) aged 30years
Son of James and Anne Thomas, of Cardiff
Husband of Beryl Thomas, of Carnegie, Victoria
Honoured: Tower Hill Memorial, London, England - Panel 116
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll