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SS Waratah

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s.s. WARATAH

A passenger and cargo steamship built in 1908 for the Blue Anchor Line to operate between Europe and Australia.

Project to honor those that perished in disaster July 1909. In July 1909, on only her second voyage, the ship, en route from Durban to Cape Town, disappeared with 211 passengers and crew aboard.

Please add owners of Blue Anchor Line, crew, passengers and their families to this project-page

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PASSENGERS

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——B——

——C——

——D——

  • Mrs Dawes
    • and child
  • Mr Donaldson
  • Mrs DUNN
    • Miss D. DUNN (7 years old)
    • Miss B. DUNN (2 years old)

——E——

——F——

——G——

  • Mr M.J. Govendo
  • Mrs Govett

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——I——

  • Mrs Ibbett

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  • Mrs Lascelles
  • Miss K. Lees = relative of Col. Browne
  • Mr R. Lowenthal
  • Mrs A. Lyon
    • and infant (1)

——M——

  • Mr J. Mc.Causland
  • Miss Miller
  • Miss B. Murphy
  • Mr E.A. Murphy

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  • Mr C.B. Nicholson

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  • Mr P. O'Connor

——P——

  • Ernest Bonar PAGE c.1877-1909
  • Mrs Page-.....
  • Mrs Petrie
  • Master Petrie
  • Mrs A.E. Press

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——T——

——W——

  • Mrs WILSON
  • Mrs WILSON
  • Miss L. WILSON
  • Miss WILSON (8 years old)
  • Mr WRIGHT
  • Mrs Wright-.....

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  • Miss Young

CREW

  • J.E. Ilbery - Master and Commander
officers
  • C. Owen - chief officer
  • H.F. Hemy - second officer
  • J.P. Morgan - third officer
  • G. Thruston - fourth officer
  • J. Jewers - officer
  • P. Skailes - purser and chief steward
  • Howard Cecil FULFORD 1881-1909 - surgeon
engineers
  • G. W. Hodder - chief engineer
  • A. Hunter - second engineer
  • T. Humphreys - senior third engineer
  • J.H. Jamieson - senior fourth engineer
  • F. Monk - fifth engineer
  • F.T. Hunt - junior engineer
  • J. Hamilton - junior engineer
  • R.A. Hamelton - refrigerating engineer
boatswain a.o.
  • A. Georgeson - boatswain
  • E. Stace - boatswain's mate
  • E.J. Schafer - boatswain's mate and lamp trimmer
  • S. Pearson - donkeyman
  • H.A. Gibbs - apprentice
  • N. Clarke - apprentice
  • R. Walker - carpenter
  • H. Barr- carpenter's mate
  • S. Templeton - chief cook
  • C.W. Southwell - cook
  • A. Sach - cook
  • F. Sale - cook
  • P. Oxford - barman and storekeeper
  • K. Papinean - pantryman
  • S.E. Gorham - pantryman
  • F. Shasal - assistant pantryman
  • A.E. Phillips - baker and confectioner
  • J. Jones - second baker
  • O.E. Haysom - butcher
  • F. Poland - assistant butcher
  • P. Murray - sculleryman
  • W. Smith - storekeeper and refrigerating greaser
  • W. Walters - greaser
seamen
  • J. Costello - able seaman
  • W. Harding - - able seaman
  • C. Allen - able seaman
  • G.W. Ambrose - able seaman
  • M. McIlver - able seaman
  • J.Shea - able seaman
  • H.G. Smith - able seaman
  • W. Rackliff - able seaman
  • A.P. Moore - able seaman
  • T. Newman - able seaman
  • A. Martin - able seaman
  • W. Belshaw - able seaman
  • C. Turkle - able seaman
  • W. Waite - able seaman
  • R. Robinson - ordinary seaman
greaser / fireman / trimmer
  • A. Cumming - greaser and fireman
  • B. Steiner - greaser and fireman
  • W. Comper - greaser and fireman
  • J. Conn - greaser and fireman
  • A. Brown - fireman and trimmer
  • C. Butcher - fireman and trimmer
  • R. Bocker - fireman and trimmer
  • J. Clarke - fireman and trimmer
  • F. Dorander - fireman and trimmer
  • C. French - fireman and trimmer
  • J. Immelmann - fireman and trimmer
  • J. Jacobson - fireman and trimmer
  • K. Lindross - fireman and trimmer
  • J. Lydiard - fireman and trimmer
  • J. Nelson - fireman and trimmer
  • W. Reinsch - fireman and trimmer
  • O. Schelier - fireman and trimmer
  • H. Seiffort - fireman and trimmer
  • H. Tanner - fireman and trimmer
  • C. Samuelson - fireman and trimmer
  • A. Sandon - trimmer
  • H. Taylor - trimmer
  • W. Thornton - trimmer
  • J. Steel - trimmer
  • W. McKierian - trimmer
  • G. Meek - trimmer
  • H. McCrone - trimmer
  • J. Kelly - trimmer
  • T. Coulson - trimmer
  • H. Dance - trimmer
  • G. Dixon - trimmer
  • A. Bellringer - trimmer
  • F. Benson - trimmer
steward / servant
  • A. Nicholls - forecabin steward
  • J.C. Clark - assistant steward
  • S. Whitehorn - stewardess
  • E. Swan - stewardess
  • W.M. Campbell - general servant
  • A. Blake - general servant
  • C. Baxter - general servant
  • P. Bonham - general servant
  • L. Burgess - general servant
  • A. Dennison - general servant
  • P.R. Alexander - general servant
  • W.R. Allen - general servant
  • C. Hammond - general servant
  • H.W. Harding - general servant
  • T. Ings - general servant
  • P. Isaacs - general servant
  • W. Edwards - general servant
  • A.R. Francis - general servant
  • W. McPhee - general servant
  • P.F. Monaghan - general servant
  • W.B. Rogers - general servant
  • E. Rumbold - general servant
  • W. Smith - general servant
  • E. Sterne - general servant
  • G. Sudbury - general servant
  • W. Thomas - general servant
  • F. Trott - general servant
  • E.J. Walters - general servant
  • F.M. Wellington - general servant
  • W.G. White - general servant
  • A. Woodcock - general servant
  • G. Wyborn - general servant

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  • Thanks to Andrew van Rensburg - Waratah revisited Blog
  • Thanks to Pauline Conolly for her hard work ; now we have more correct information
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