Martyrs of the 'Montevideo Maru'

THE Missionary Martyrs of the MONTEVIDEO MARU




A. THE TEN METHODISTS











The Martyr's NAMES (arranged alphabetical)

1. Sydney Colin BEAZLEY Carpenter Missionary (1909-1942)- from Western Australia - Age 33

Sydney Colin BEAZLEY, Carpenter Missionary, was born in 1909 at Northam, Western Australia,(son of Alfred Beazley & Mary Wright) brother of Kim Edward BEAZEY(1917 -2007) MHR, M.O., Minister of Education in the Whitlam Government; also uncle of Prof Kim BEAZLEY - ex-opposition and ALP leader.
Methodist Missionary Trainer at Rabaul, New Guinea. Taken prisoner January 1942 by the Japanese. He died in the early hours of the 1st July 1942 sinking of the Japanese prisoner-of war transport ship "MONTEVIDEO MARU" after it was torpedoed by an American submarine, off Luzon, in the northern Philippines, South China Sea



Father: Alfred BEAZLEY (1872 -1943) a Grocer of Northam, Western Australia
Mother: Mary Margaret WRIGHT (1883-1924) Western Australia

Born: 1909 in Northam, 97 ks northeast of Perth, Western Australia
Cultural Influence: Beazleys of Reading, Berkshire, England
Christianity: Methodist
Education: Northam & Fremantle, Western Australia

Occupation: 1931 Carpenter, South Fremantle, WA
Location: 1936 Goomalling, Toodyay, Western Australia
Qualities: Faithfulness
Mission: Missionary Carpenter and Trainer
Marriage: abt 1938
Wife: Beryl ?
Family: daughter Pauline BEAZLEY
Position: Missionary Trainer - 'Malakuna, Rabaul, New Britain, New Guinea
"Technical Training: 'Syd Beazley arrived in 1937, and four young men were selected as his first trainees. They were to be a 'travelling school' moving from job to job, and based at the Malakuna workshop.' Threlfell, Neville - 100 Years in the Islands" - The Methodist /United Church in the New Guinea Islands Region 1875-1975"

Prisoner of the Japanese Invaders: Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 'McArthur, Linggood, Pearson, Oakes, Simpson, Trevitt, Shelton, Poole, Pearce and Beasley were taken from their work and imprisoned with the soldiers and civilians in Rabaul" Neville Threlfell

Death: before dawn 1 July 1942 off Luzon, in the northern Philippines, in the South China Sea, upon the sinking of the 'Montevideo Maru' torpedoed by an american submarine


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2. Rev. William Lawrence Irving LINGGOOD,from Melbourne, Victoria, Age 40.

Reverend William Lawrence Irving LINGGOOD\
Missionary (MM), Raluana, New Britain
William Lawrence Irving LINGGOOD
Born: Apr-May-Jun Quarter 1902 in Rochford, Essex, England, Great Britain
Parents: son of Watch and Clock Maker, William Lawrence & Georgina Martha LINGGOOD
Cultural Influence: English
Education: Essex, England, & Victoria, Australia
Seminary: ?
Ordination:
Married: 1930 Victoria, Australia
Wife: Essie Mildred ANDERSON
Family: son: William Linggood, daughter: Loloma Linggood
Mission: Methodist Overseas Missionary Society of Australasia
Appointment:

Prisoner of the Japanese Invaders: Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea - " McArthur, Linggood, Pearson, Oakes, Simpson, Trevitt, Shelton, Poole, Pearce and Beasley were taken from their work and imprisoned with the soldiers and civilians in Rabaul;" Neville Threlfell


Death: 1 July 1942 in off Luzon, in the northern Philippines, in the South China Sea, upon the sinking of the 'Montevideo Maru' torpedoed by American submarine

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3. 'Reverend Laurie' Lawrance Archibald McARTHUR (1904-1942) - from Orroroo, South Australia, Age 38

'Reverend Laurie' Lawrance Archibald McARTHUR

Reverend 'Laurie' Lawrance Archibald McARTHUR

Birth: 9 July 1904 in Yednalie, nr Orroroo, Frome district, South Australia

Father: Archibald McARTHUR (1859 NZ - 1940 SA)
Mother: Florence Serena SYMONS (1872 SA 1967 SA)
Cultural Influence: Cornish, Scottish, Colonial New Zealand & South Australia
Christianity: Wesleyan, Methodist
Education: South Australia

Marriage: 14 February 1931 South Australia
Wife: Daisy Catherine Sabina HUGHES (1904-1977)
Family: two children
Early Ministry: Methodist Circuit, Maylands, Perth, Western Australia
Mission Ministry: Rabaul, New Britain, New Guinea
Occupation: Clergyman, Missionary [Methodist Missionary Society of Australasia]
Position: Member of Legislative Council for Territory of New Guinea

Prisoner of the Japanese Invaders: Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea - " McArthur, Linggood, Pearson, Oakes, Simpson, Trevitt, Shelton, Poole, Pearce and Beasley were taken from their work and imprisoned with the soldiers and civilians in Rabaul;" Neville Threlfell

Death: 1 July 1942 off Luzon, northern Philippines, in the South China Sea, upon the sinking of the 'Montevideo Maru'
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Postion: McARTHUR, Rev. Laurence Archie, 38, Missionary (MM), Rabaul, New Britain

4. Rev. William Daniel OAKES from Braidwood, NSW Age 36.

Rev. William Daniel OAKES
Born: 24 August 1905 Garston, Liverpool, England.
Parents: Daniel & Lucy Jane OAKES
Cultural Influence: English
Education:
Marriage: 1933 Burwood, Sydney, New South Wales
Wife: Marion Lilian JOHNSON (1909-2000) Daughter of Rev. George E Johnston
Family: father of George Daniel and Parker Oakes
Position: Methodist missionary on New Ireland & New Britain from 1933 to 1942.
Occupation: Missionary (MM), Pinikidu, New Ireland

Prisoner of the Japanese Invaders: Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea - " McArthur, Linggood, Pearson, Oakes, Simpson, Trevitt, Shelton, Poole, Pearce and Beasley were taken from their work and imprisoned with the soldiers and civilians in Rabaul;" Neville Threlfell


Death: before dawn 1 July 1942 off Luzon, in the northern Philippines, in the South China Sea, upon the sinking of the 'Montevideo Maru' torpedoed by an american submarine

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FROM - http://www.jje.info/lostlives/exhib/oakeswd/index.html

William Daniel OAKES
Methodist Misionary
Ulu, Duke of York Islands, 1933-1934
Pinikidu, New Ireland, 1934-1942

by George Daniel Oakes

Rev Dan Oakes with wife and young son George

Introduction

My father was the Rev. William Daniel Oakes. I last saw him when I was 7 years old in July, 1941, when my mother, younger brother and I were evacuated from New Ireland to Sydney on the Macdhui. I cannot remember too much of our life in New Ireland, however, we do have some papers and photos from this time. Also, a friend of Dan's from school days, Frank Mason, in the 1960s, wrote a short biography of Dan. I am using these documents to help me prepare this memoir. Dan was born in Garston, Liverpool, England on 24th August 1905. His father was a Marine Engineer and therefore away a lot. He had a younger sister and brother. (During the Second World War his brother, a bomber pilot, was shot down over Holland and when his sister heard of his death she took a stroke and died. Dan's parents, therefore in a short period of time in the War lost their 3 children.)
When Dan was a student at the Banks Road Council School, he did not distinguish himself as very clever but he certainly was a persistent lad with a definite will of his own. Dan joined the Boy Scouts at the Banks Road Methodist Church and in no time became a patrol leader, later, troop leader and in a few years, Scoutmaster. Frank Mason says that Dan was an impetuous young man; not in a woolly or careless way but, with the clarity of youth, he saw things as either black or white, no greys; as Yes! or No!, no Maybes? If the answer was 'yes', he did it; if 'no', wild horses would not bend him. Dan also took up Local Preaching and for this he studied diligently and began to acquire a library of his own, chiefly of second-hand books. He loved singing hymns and revelled in a rousing tune, especially if there were tit-bits for his tenor voice. He early heard the call to Overseas Mission work, and to prepare himself for the practical side of the work, resigned his position in an office and went into an engineering shop and qualified as a blacksmith.

In 1927, the Rev. D.C. Hughes visited England hoping to find young men who would be interested in becoming ministers in the NSW Methodist Church. Dan joined 11 other young men on the Hudson Bay, and sailed to Australia in 1928. This group was referred to as 'The Twelve Apostles'. Dan wrote to his mother every day on his journey out. Frank Mason read these letters and said that Dan had a very tidy mind and he set down every detail that was of interest - the mileage steamed each day, the weather, activities and the travel scene.

Australia

On arrival at Melbourne, Dan was sent as a Home Missionary to the small town of Braidwood near Canberra. On his arrival at Braidwood, his predecessor introduced him to a new, for Dan, form of transport - the pony and trap. Dan was to be his own driver and his parishioners would depend for his visits largely on the whim of the pony and the skill of Dan. While at Braidwood, Dan established a new Scout Troop, 1st Braidwood Troop. Whilst at Braidwood, Dan was accepted as a candidate for the ministry by the Methodist Conference. In his meticulous way Dan records the travelling and work of his first nine months at Braidwood. Frank Mason quotes: 'Travelled 1270 miles by pony; 1420 by car; held 89 services; paid 472 visits and baptized six children.'

In 1929, Dan became a student at Leigh College, the NSW Methodist Training Centre for Ministers. At the completion of his training after three years, he gained the essay prizes for Homiletics (the art of preaching), Peace and Missionary.
In 1932, he was appointed to the Milton Circuit on the south coast of NSW as a probation minister. This was a large country circuit with 9 Methodist Churches. Here he preached 50 services quarterly, including twice on week nights 'when the moon was full'. At the Methodist Synod in 1932, he offered for overseas mission work and was appointed to the Ulu Circuit in New Britain. Normally, ministers had to do three years as a probationer before they could be ordained and have the opportunity to marry. As in so many other situations Dan 'took time by the forelock' and became ordained on the 3rd March, 1933, after only one year; this because he had volunteered to become a missionary in New Guinea. There was a reason for this - on 19th April, 1933, he married Marion Lilian Johnson, the daughter of Rev. George E. Johnson who was at the time the Methodist minister at Burwood, Sydney - which is not far from Leigh College!

5. Mr Ernest Wilfred PEARCE from Sydney, Age 42

Mr Ernest Wilfred PEARCE
Methodist Missionary Society of Australasia

Born: 1900 Ashfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Father: John Harcourt PEARCE (1869 NSW – 1935 NSW) Carpenter and Builder of Ashfields & Merryfields, Sydney
Mother: Mary Hannah PETTIT (1870 Bathurst – 1935 Sydney, NSW)
Cultural Influence: English
Education: Sydney, New South Wales

Christianity: Methodist

Occupation: Accountant,
Business manager of the Methodist Mission District, at Rabaul,
Preacher, Catechist & Hymnologist
Missionary: New Britain: 1926.

"Wilf Pearce (with W. R Playford) as Chairman's Assistants at (Neville Threlfell, One Hundred Years in the Islands. pp.120)

Appointment: Mission Accountant & Chairman's assistant "

Handling the (Mission) District's money, and showing clearly how it was used, was a growing and important work. The District was fortunate to have the services of Wilf Pearce, a qualified accountant, as Chairman's Assistant from 1926 to 1933. K.C.Allsop served briefly in this position. Pearce then returned to the District in 1934, but was known as the Business Manager and then as the Accountant. As well as handling the finances efficiently, he was an active preacher in the Rabaul congregations, and carried out many personal and business errands for the missionaries on the out-stations." Neville Threlfell, One Hundred Years in the Islands. (pp.133-134)

Special Charism: Hymnologist and Catechist, Editor & Publisher -

"Wilf Pearce the Accountant, collected and edited a little book of Pidgin hymns and a catechism for their use." Neville Threlfell, One Hundred Years in the Islands. (pp.140_

Marriage: Saturday 1 February 1941 New Town Methodist Church, Rabaul, New Britian, Papua-New Guinea by the Rev. A. E. Chancellor
Wife: Eileen Elsa BRABIN (1912 – ?) born Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tasmania, daughter of Hobart, Tasmania-born Claude Albert BRABIN (1883 – ?) and Colac, Victoria-born Elsa Eva HILLHOUSE (1883 – ?)
Family: Rosemary Elsa Jean PEARCE (1942 Sydney – 2007) married Elwyn Robert LARKINS (1938 – 1999)




Prisoner of the Japanese Invaders: Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea - " McArthur, Linggood, Pearson, Oakes, Simpson, Trevitt, Shelton, Poole, Pearce and Beasley were taken from their work and imprisoned with the soldiers and civilians in Rabaul;" Neville Threlfell

Death: 1 July 1942 off Luzon, in the northern Philippines, in the South China Sea, upon the sinking of the 'Montevideo Maru' torpedoed by American submarine

6. Rev. Howard James PEARSON ,from Kadina, South Australia, age 29.

Rev. Howard James PEARSON

Born: 15 July 1913 in Kadina, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Father: Thomas William PEARSON (1879 – 1916) of Moonta, Yorke Peninsula, SA
Mother: Julia Adams ROWE (1884 – ) of Yorke Peninsula, South Australia

Cultural Influence: Cornwall; Kent & Devon, Southern England
Education: South Australia, Kings College, University of Adelaide,[Bachelor of Arts, Diploma of Education]

Seminary: In 1936 he was a student at Leigh College, NSW Methodist Training Centre for Ministers, and living at Haberfield, Sydney, New South Wales
Ordination: 1938 Rabaul, New Britain
Occupation 1: Clergyman



Occupation 2. Principal of New Britain Methodist College



Occupation 3. Missionary (MM) at Vunairima, New Britain

Marriage: ?
Wife: widow
Family: one son

Prisoner of the Japanese Invaders: early 1942 Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea - " McArthur, Linggood, Pearson, Oakes, Simpson, Trevitt, Shelton, Poole, Pearce and Beasley were taken from their work and imprisoned with the soldiers and civilians in Rabaul;" from Neville Threlfell

Death: 1 July 1942 off Luzon, in the northern Philippines, in the South China Sea, upon the sinking of the 'Montevideo Maru' torpedoed by American submarine

7. Reverend John William POOLE from N.S.W. Age 28

Reverend John William POOLE

Born: abt 1913 ? New South Wales, Australia

Father: Edgar Alan POOLE (1887-1967)Saddler of Dubbo, NSW
Mother: Ann Smith LYLE (1889-1971) of NSW

Cultural Influence: English-Australian, (his wife Cornish-German Australia)
Christianity: Wesleyan, Methodist
Education: New South Wales

Seminary: Leigh College, Liverpool Road, Strathfield, NSW
Ordination: NSW
Marriage: 1940 Rockdale, Sydney, New South Wales
Wife: Alice Jean COLDITZ (b. abt 1915 ? NSW
Family: ?
Mission: Methodist Overseas Mission of Australasia
Position: 1942 age 28, Missionary (MM), Kalas, New Britain

Prisoner of the Japanese Invaders: Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea - " McArthur, Linggood, Pearson, Oakes, Simpson, Trevitt, Shelton, Poole, Pearce and Beasley were taken from their work and imprisoned with the soldiers and civilians in Rabaul;" Neville Threlfell


Death: 1 July 1942 off Luzon, in the northern Philippines, in the South China Sea, upon the sinking of the 'Montevideo Maru' torpedoed by American submarine
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8. Reverend Herbert Bolus SHELTON born Tamworth NSW Aged 43

Reverend Herbert Bolus SHELTON

Born: 21st April 1898 in Tamworth, New England, New South Wales

Father: Robert SHELTON (? - 1933 NSW) of 'Swanwick' Camp Hill, Forbes, NSW
Mother: Mary Ann BOLUS (1861 SA - 1915 NSW) Adelaide-born, died 'Swanwick' Forbes, NSW
Cultural Influence: English, Early Colonial South Australia & NSW
Education: New South Wales
Military Service: W.W.1: Enlisted as Private No. R3135 at Bathurst then at Liverpool, NSW, on 21 November 1916 in the A.I.F. Description: age: 18, height: 5 ft 7 1/2 inches; weight: 154 lbs; complexion: dark; eyes: brown; hair: dark; religion: Methodist. Served with 'Z' Company, and 'X' Company. He served some time with the 33rd Battalion, 7th Brigade. Shelton transfererd from the 19th Battalion to the 56th Battalion, 14th Brigade. He was wounded in action at Paschendale, northern France, on 10 October 1917, and with a shell wound to the left elbow, and also suffering from Trench feet, invalided to England. He was given six months recuperation and then, the wound being healed, returned to active duty. Finally returned to Australia 10 January 1918. Demobilized 19 November 1918.
Occupation: In 1916 he was working as a Bank Clerk; in 1930 he was a Secretary in Strathfield, NSW
Seminary: Sydney, New South Wales
Ordination: New South Wales
Marriage: 1931 Chatswood, Sydney, NSW
Wife: Jean Frances SHOEBRIDGE 1903 – 1995 [later Mrs Harry STUART)
Family: ?
Appointment: Methodist Missionary Society of Australasia
Mission Theatre: New Britain

Prisoner of the Japanese Invaders: Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea - " McArthur, Linggood, Pearson, Oakes, Simpson, Trevitt, Shelton, Poole, Pearce and Beasley were taken from their work and imprisoned with the soldiers and civilians in Rabaul;" Neville Threlfell

Death: 1 July 1942 in off Luzon, in the northern Philippines, in the South China Sea, upon the sinking of the 'Montevideo Maru' torpedoed by American submarine

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9.Rev. Thomas Nevison SIMPSON The Mallee, Sth Australia, age 33.

Rev. Thomas Nevison SIMPSON

Born: 18 March 1909, London, England, Great Britain

Father: William Simpson, ex-soldier of the Highland Light Infantry, later a 'journeyman pastry cook'
Mother: Maria Theresa Nevison
Education: 'Royal Caledonian Asylum' (boarding school)
Orphaned: 1918 stayed in 'Royal Caledonian Asylum'
Institutional Link: 'Barwell Boys Scheme' sent British boys to South Australia to be 'farm apprentices'
Emigrated: May 1924 on the Benalla for South Australia
Location: Jabuk & Lameroo, South Australia

Seminary: Wesley College in Adelaide
Missionary Training: George Brown College, Sydney, NSW
Ordination:
Mission service: 1936, Missionary (MM), New Hanover & New Ireland PNG

Tom became the first missionary on the New Hanover District circuit. Over the next six years, he established the mission, supervising the building of the church, houses, jetty and roads.

Marriage: 7 September 1937, Rabaul, New Britain
Wife: Nellie SUDLOW
Family: 1. Margaret SImpson born May 1941 Kavieng (later Henderson)
2. John Simpson b. abt 1943 in Australia


His daughter, Margaret Henderson's Story

From "YOURS SINCERLEY, TOM - A Lost Child of the Empire "
by
Margaret Henderson

Thomas Nevison SIMPSON
Methodist Missionary
New Hanover 1936 - 1942
by
Margaret Henderson



FROM : THE MONTEVIDEO MARU FOUNDATION
My life as the Daughter of the Rev. Thomas Nevison Simpson:
A Missionary on New Hanover in Pre-War PNG
by
Margaret Henderson

Prisoner of the Japanese Invaders: early 1942, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea - " McArthur, Linggood, Pearson, Oakes, Simpson, Trevitt, Shelton, Poole, Pearce and Beasley were taken from their work and imprisoned with the soldiers and civilians in Rabaul;" Neville Threlfell

Death: 1 July 1942 in off Luzon, in the northern Philippines, in the South China Sea, upon the sinking of the 'Montevideo Maru' torpedoed by American submarine

10. Reverend Jack William TREVITT from N.S.W. Age 28

Reverend Jack William TREVITT

Father: Ernest Alfred TREVITT (1878-1960) Dentist of Ryde & Eastwood, Sydney NSW
Mother: Ethel Amelia WARDROP (1882-1968) from Murwillumbah, NSW

Birth: abt 1913 Ryde, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cultural Influence:
Christianity: Methodist
Education:
Seminary: 1936 Student living at No.32 Rutledge st, Eastwood, Ryde West
Marriage: about 1938 ?
Wife: Melville
Family: son Bruce Trevitt
Appointment: Australasian Methodist Mission
Position: 1942 Rev. Jack William, 28, Missionary (MM), Vunairima, New Britain

Death: 1 July 1942 - off Luzon, in the northern Philippines, in the South China Sea, upon the sinking of the 'Montevideo Maru'
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B. THE THREE CATHOLICS




1. Rev. Brother Clifford Ambrose BRENNAN, Age 26, Rabaul, New Britain

Rev. Brother Clifford Ambrose BRENNAN



Appointment: Missionary,
Station: Catholic Mission of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Rabaul, New Britain,

Residence: - 1943?

Death: 1 July 1942 in off Luzon, in the northern Philippines, in the South China Sea, upon the sinking of the 'Montevideo Maru' torpedoed by American submarine

2. Rev Father J. HENNESSY - Marist Mission Society

Rev Father J. HENNESSY

Station: Marist Mission Society


Prisoner of the Japanese Invaders: early 1942, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Death: 1 July 1942 in off Luzon, in the northern Philippines, in the South China Sea, upon the sinking of the 'Montevideo Maru' torpedoed by American submarine

3. Rev. Father David Bertram McCULLAGH, age 31,

Missionary, Rabaul, New Britain

Rev. Father David Bertram McCULLAGH,

Born: abt 1911 in Marrickville, Sydney, New South Wales,

Father: John McCULLAGH (? – 1940) Labourer of Marrickille [m.1906 Perth WA]
Mother: Amelia Murray BROWN (? – 1961)

Education: 1936 Sacred Heart Monastry, Randwick, (Kensington), New South Wales [Seminary Sudent]

Appointment: Missionary,
Station: Catholic Mission of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Rabaul, New Britain,


Prisoner of the Japanese Invaders: early 1942, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Death: 1 July 1942 in off Luzon, in the northern Philippines, in the South China Sea, upon the sinking of the 'Montevideo Maru' torpedoed by American submarine

C. THE TWO SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS



1. Pastor Edwin Malcolm ABBOTT, From Sydney, Age 33,

Pastor Edwin Malcolm ABBOT

Born: 1909 in Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Father: Edwin Victor ABBOTT (1877-1954) born Blackburn, Lancashire, England, died Chatswood, NSW
Mother: Florence Isabel H D MOORE (1976-1964)
born Dubbo, New South Wales, died Katoomba, NSW
Education: New South Wales, Australia

Occupation: 1933 Clerk - at No.1215 Pacific Highway, Turramurra, NSW

Training:

Marriage: QLD or PNG
Wife: Una Frances SPRENGEL (1906 QLD - 1989 NSW)

Mission Superintendent, Rabaul, New Britain

FROM: - CIVILIAN EVACUEES who were EVACUATED from RABAUL and PORT MORESBY - Dec 1941

On the ship "MV NEPTUNA"

14. ABBOTT, Una Frances; Aged 35; Home Duties; (Wife of Pastor ABBOTT, Edwin Malcolm; Civilain; Lost on Montevideo Maru)

Occupation: early 1942 Accountant - at No.107A Fox Valley ROad, Wahroonga, Turramurra

Prisoner of the Japanese Invaders: early 1942, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Death: 1 July 1942 in off Luzon, in the northern Philippines, in the South China Sea, upon the sinking of the 'Montevideo Maru' torpedoed by American submarine

Abbott's widow, Una Frances Abbott, nee Sprengel

2. Mr Trevor David COLLETT age 29,

Mr Trevor David COLLETT

Mission Sawmiller, Mussau, New Ireland


Marriage: 1934 Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales
Wife: Olga Muriel WILES
she died at age 85, on the 23 February 1990 at Kenthurst, Sydney, New South Wales

Family: daughter Anthea COLLETT, born: abt 1938


FROM - CIVILIAN EVACUEES who were EVACUATED from RABAUL and PORT MORESBY - Dec 1941

On the ship 'MV MACDHUI' -

21. COLLETT, Olga Muriel (nee DILES); Aged 37; Home Duties; with -

21a. COLLETT, Anthea; Aged 4; Child; (Wife and child of COLLETT, Trevor David; Civilian, Lost on Montevideo Maru).


Prisoner of the Japanese Invaders: early 1942, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea

Death: 1 July 1942 in off Luzon, in the northern Philippines, in the South China Sea, upon the sinking of the 'Montevideo Maru' torpedoed by American submarine

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