Category: Montevideo Maru Sinking, 1942

Categories: Australia, World War II | Military Disasters | Maritime Disasters

This category contains profiles of persons associated with this disaster.

The Montevideo Maru was a Japanese transport ship ("hell ship") which was torpedoed by the USS Sturgeon off the Philippines on 01 Jul 1942. It was carrying Australian Prisoners of War and civilian Internees from a variety of nationalities, but predominantly Australian. The personnel aboard the Sturgeon were unaware that the Montevideo Maru was carrying prisoners. Over 1000 lives were lost. [Wikipedia: SS Montevideo Maru]

The ship was built in Nagasaki, Japan in 1926, 7,266 tons. Originally operated by Osaka Shosen Kaisa Shipping Line between Japan and South America before being requisitioned by the Imperial Japanese Navy.

For more information about the Montevideo Maru, including genealogy research resources, see Montevideo Maru research resources

Rabaul Montevideo Maru Memorial

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Clifford Abbott 30 Jun 1903 Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Edwin Abbott 1909 Waverley, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

William Abbott 16 Jul 1912 Isisford, Queensland, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Max Ackland 06 Jan 1912 Geelong, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Arthur Adams 14 Nov 1915 Golden Square, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Harry Adams 1892 Bristol, England, United Kingdom - 01 Jul 1942

Basil (Ah Chow) Andrew 1916 Orbost, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Dudley Ainsbury 29 Nov 1921 Mount Garnet, Queensland, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Montague Alcock 23 Aug 1922 Candelo, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Colin Allatt 17 Sep 1912 Brunswick, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Alfred Allen 02 May 1911 Carlton, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Arthur Allen 27 May 1893 Evercreech, Somerset, England, United Kingdom - 01 Jul 1942

John Allen 11 Oct 1920 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

William Allen 1904 Wood Green, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 01 Jul 1942

Donald Alley 11 Jul 1906 Clinton, Otago, Otago, New Zealand - 01 Jul 1942

Kenneth Allsop 1910 Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Olvar Andersen 17 May 1919 Oslo, Norway - 01 Jul 1942

Victor Andersen 23 Aug 1913 Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway - 01 Jul 1942

Reginald Anderson abt 12 Sep 1921 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Herbert Andrew 19 Jan 1912 Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom - 01 Jul 1942

Eric Angwin 01 Apr 1905 Bendigo, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

William Apsey abt 08 Feb 1920 Prahran, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Alfred (Archer) Spencer 11 Jan 1912 Carlton, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

William Armstrong 27 Apr 1904 Darlington, Durham, England, United Kingdom - 01 Jul 1942

William Armstrong 15 Sep 1913 Perth, Western Australia, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Duncan Arnold 04 May 1919 Prahran, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Earle Arrow 08 Jun 1923 Parkes, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

James Arthur 25 May 1911 Richmond, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Norman Ash 01 Oct 1901 Dover, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 01 Jul 1942

Stanley Ashby 1894 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 01 Jul 1942

Ivan Ashley 15 May 1924 Geelong, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

John Atherton 06 Mar 1895 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

William Atkinson 03 May 1904 New Lambton, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Frederick Attwood 18 Mar 1914 Steyning, Sussex, England, United Kingdom - 01 Jul 1942

Albert Austine 08 Dec 1908 London, England, United Kingdom - 01 Jul 1942

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Andrew Baird 15 Apr 1912 Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Ivan Baird 12 May 1918 Taihape, Wellington, New Zealand - 01 Jul 1942

Robert Baldwin 08 Jan 1912 Carlton, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Alfred Banks 14 Sep 1876 Dublin, Ireland - 01 Jul 1942

Lance Bapty 29 Jun 1919 Wollombi, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

James Barber 18 Sep 1907 London, England, United Kingdom - 01 Jul 1942

Elvin Barker 21 Nov 1912 Saint Arnaud, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Charles Barnes 13 Jul 1875 Bristol, England, United Kingdom - 01 Jul 1942

Terry Barnett 18 Sep 1922 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Anthony Barraclough 25 Mar 1923 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Richard Barrett 23 Jun 1920 Waratah, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Ronald Barrett 20 Mar 1921 Footscray, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Nelson Barry 11 Nov 1918 Wonthaggi, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Thomas Bartels 19 Jun 1919 Lindisfarne, Tasmania, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Arthur Barton 28 Jan 1913 Echuca, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Alan Batchler 09 Oct 1920 Hobart, Tasmania , Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Vincent Bath 26 Aug 1890 Toowong, Queensland, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Raymond Baxter 18 Mar 1918 Camberwell, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Lionel Bayly 31 May 1907 Singapore - 01 Jul 1942

Robert Beames 20 Nov 1901 Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Sydney Beazley 18 May 1909 Northam, Western Australia, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Norman Beck 1895 South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Harold Beckett 1901 Mount Magnet, Western Australia, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Nils Hjalmar Beckman 07 Apr 1917 Munsö, Stockholm, Sweden - 01 Jul 1942

Reginald Beecroft 28 Sep 1920 Wandsworth, London, England, United Kingdom - 01 Jul 1942

Robert Begg 22 Jun 1915 Glen Waverley, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Terance Belcher 24 Jun 1919 Brunswick, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

David Bell 20 Dec 1909 Carlton North, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Donald Bell 01 May 1912 Herberton, Queensland, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Frederic Bennett 26 Jan 1904 Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Reginald Bennett abt 27 Jul 1916 Kew, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Charles Benson 15 Nov 1898 Bath, Somerset, England, United Kingdom - 01 Jul 1942

William Benzley 23 Jun 1906 Richmond, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

B cont.

Roger Berman 19 Nov 1917 Scone, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

John Bernaldo 10 Sep 1921 Prahran, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Harry Bernstein 20 Aug 1899 Whitechapel, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 01 Jul 1942

Keith Berwick 24 Feb 1918 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Norman Berwick 09 May 1921 Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Charles Bethune 23 Mar 1917 Gardenvale, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Ernest Beuthin 08 Apr 1910 Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Victor Bexton 18 Jun 1918 Lindfield, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Peter Biden 01 Jul 1919 Camberwell, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 01 Jul 1942

Herbert Bierton 22 Dec 1907 Ealing, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 01 Jul 1942

Charles Bignell 29 Oct 1919 Tulagi, British Solomon Islands Protectorate - 01 Jul 1942

Robert Bird 17 Oct 1907 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Frederick Birkin 27 Jul 1916 Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Conrad Bischoff 27 Jan 1924 Port Moresby, Territory of Papua - 01 Jul 1942

Helge Bjorklof 11 Nov 1905 Kalajoki, Oulu, Finland - 01 Jul 1942

Charles Bleasby 24 Oct 1921 Collingwood, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Daniel Blennerhassett 04 Apr 1915 Preston, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Leslie Boisen 27 Mar 1921 Stawell, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Alexander Bollman 11 Mar 1919 Maryborough, Queensland, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Benn Bolt 09 Sep 1914 Sandefjord, Vestfold, Norway - 01 Jul 1942

Cyril Booth 08 Feb 1918 Kerang, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Charles Boswell 27 May 1919 Richmond, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Herbert Bowman 08 Nov 1920 Rose Park, South Australia, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

William Box 1894 London, England, United Kingdom - 01 Jul 1942

Charles Boyd abt 26 Jul 1921 Sherrington, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom - 01 Jul 1942

Jack (Boyd) Thornton 03 Apr 1916 Waverley, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

John Boyle 05 Aug 1913 Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Paul Boyle 06 Feb 1917 Wee Waa, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

John Bradbury 05 Feb 1917 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Robert Brain 1904 Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Peter Brandal 05 May 1895 Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Norway - 01 Jul 1942

Clifford Brennan 22 Mar 1916 Balmain, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

George Brett 1894 Woolwich, London, England, United Kingdom - 01 Jul 1942

Hamilton Brinston 28 Sep 1898 Mount Morgan, Queensland, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Frederick Broadbent 13 Apr 1913 Leongatha, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

George Broadbent abt 21 May 1921 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Alfred Brock 09 Apr 1918 South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Richard Bromilow 21 Oct 1915 Geelong, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Colin Brooker 26 Aug 1918 Dunolly, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

John Brough 04 Feb 1907 South Leith, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 01 Jul 1942

Charles Brown 19 Mar 1910 Brighton, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Edward Brown 27 Jul 1922 Yalgoo, Western Australia, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

John Brown 25 Mar 1922 Wyreema, Cambooya, Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Kenneth Brown 15 Jul 1915 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 01 Jul 1942

Kenneth Brown 19 Feb 1921 Dromana, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Leslie Brown 03 Aug 1920 South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Leslie Brown abt 01 Feb 1919 Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Max Brown 23 Feb 1923 Homebush, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Robert Brown abt 21 Jan 1878 Paddington, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Thomas Brown abt 1895 Newington, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom - 01 Jul 1942

Victor Brown abt 17 Dec 1920 Moorabbin, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Wallace Brown 20 Mar 1923 Brunswick, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Ronald Brown-Bishop 25 Mar 1919 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Patrick Browne 25 Dec 1912 Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Arthur Bruckshaw 1899 Hendon, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 01 Jul 1942

Robert (Brunton) Alexander 21 Sep 1920 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Charles Bryen 1910 Waverley, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Thomas Bullinaria 06 Nov 1918 Lismore, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

John Bunney 01 Mar 1872 Simonstown, South Africa - 01 Jul 1942

Charles Burdett 19 Oct 1919 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Ernest Burgess 15 Oct 1906 Picton, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

John Burgess 24 Mar 1913 Saint Peters, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Ian Burgoyne 29 Jun 1919 Carlton, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

John Burke 28 Oct 1892 Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Reginald Burns 21 Feb 1913 Tungamah, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

David Burrell 12 Dec 1921 Merbein, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Robert Burrowes 17 Feb 1918 South Perth, Western Australia, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

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Jack Burton 24 Sep 1915 Richmond, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Edward Butler 31 Mar 1917 Allora, Queensland, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Ernest Bye 02 Nov 1881 Finchampstead, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom - 01 Jul 1942

Patrick Byrne 23 Sep 1922 Bulli, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

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Raymond Cairns 22 May 1922 North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Neill Callaghan 17 Jan 1914 Bexley, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Allan Cameron 16 Oct 1918 North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

John Cameron 15 Jul 1910 Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom - 01 Jul 1942

William Cameron 04 Aug 1911 Carlton, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Charles Campbell 18 Mar 1901 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Cecil Cannon 07 Feb 1900 Penrith, Colony of New South Wales - 01 Jul 1942

Albert Carr 02 Aug 1902 Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

John Carr 21 Jun 1922 Singapore - 01 Jul 1942

Lewis Carr 1894 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Lewis Carson 1894 Yannathan, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Ernest Carter 15 Jun 1920 Kaniva, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

James Carter 24 Sep 1915 Barraba, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

John Carter 01 Feb 1914 Rainbow, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Noel Carter 25 Dec 1921 Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Kevin Casey 12 Jun 1921 North Arm, Queensland, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Francis Chalmers 10 Jan 1918 Maryborough, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Peter Champ 21 Jul 1919 Toorak, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

George Cheney 26 Apr 1918 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Drene Chenhall 09 Oct 1919 Malvern, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Reginald Chisholm 14 May 1904 Evandale, Tasmania, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Ivan Clark 28 Oct 1898 Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

John Clark 1896 Geelong, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Robert Clark 04 Sep 1889 Glebe, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Clifford Clarke 21 Sep 1917 Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Robert Clarke 23 Feb 1900 Murchison, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Maurice Clay 19 May 1919 Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom - 01 Jul 1942

Charles Claydon 30 Oct 1902 Brentford, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 01 Jul 1942

Colin Clunn 04 Nov 1880 Cooktown, Queensland, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Forbes Cobb 1889 Ellerston, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Alexander Cobden 11 Mar 1910 Linton, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Alfred Cock 01 Oct 1916 Broadmeadows, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Frederick Cocking 25 Aug 1911 Amphitheatre, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Arthur Cocksedge 14 Jun 1911 Yarram Yarram, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Ralph Codd 19 Feb 1915 North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Thomas Cody 15 Dec 1917 Coleraine, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Peter Coe 28 Mar 1906 Naracoorte, South Australia, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Thomas Cogan 03 Sep 1918 Perth, Western Australia, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Trevor Collett 1913 Wee Waa, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Harold Collins 27 Apr 1915 Wodonga, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Lindsay Collins 20 Jun 1917 Footscray, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Thomas Connop 08 Nov 1899 Talbotville, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Leo Considine 26 Nov 1905 Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Colin Cook 01 Jul 1923 Willow Tree, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Eric Cook 11 Nov 1921 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 01 Jul 1942

Robert Cook 1901 Annandale, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Arthur Coomber 27 Jun 1902 Erskineville, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Albert Cooper 24 Nov 1917 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Arthur Cooper 07 Jan 1923 Moruya, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Eric Cooper 08 Jun 1912 Morwell, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Robert Cooper 1902 Goorambat, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

William (Cooper) Dockrill 1883 Luton, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom - 01 Jul 1942

William Cooper 30 May 1901 Shepparton, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Philip Coote 27 Nov 1885 Wood Green, London, England - 01 Jul 1942

Richard Core 19 Apr 1920 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Kevin Corley 28 Jul 1914 Gympie, Queensland, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Sydney Cornelious 15 Oct 1920 Coburg, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

James Cortous 03 Oct 1921 Geelong, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Colin Coulthard 16 Jun 1911 Yarram, Victoria, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Hector Cox 07 Nov 1904 Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

Walter Cracknell 11 May 1913 Maitland, New South Wales, Australia - 01 Jul 1942

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