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Avoceta

British steam passenger ship

Photo courtesy of State Library of New South Wales

This is a listing of people associated with this ship.
We also have a detailed page on the British steam passenger ship Avoceta.

Aboard Avoceta when hit on 26 Sep 1941

You can click on any of the names for possible additional information

		Name	Age	Rank	Served on
		Aguirre, Carmen Isobel Henrietta, Civilian	42	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Aguirre, Enrique Manuel, Civilian	38	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Aitken, Janet Stevenson Hardie, Civilian	36	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Andrews, Ernest Frederick, Civilian	73	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Andrews, Rita Lucia, Civilian	60	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Bagot, Frederick, RNVR	31	Passenger (Surgeon Lieutenant)	Avoceta +
		Barham, Leslie Charles, RN	26	Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)	Avoceta +
		Barker, Alan David, Civilian	1	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Barker, Donald John, Civilian	6	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Barker, Elizabeth Grace, Civilian	10	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Barker, Ida Winifred, Civilian	43	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Barker, Kathleen Maud, Civilian	15	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Barker, Margaret Eileen, Civilian	8	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Barker, Norman Eric, Civilian	3	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Barker, Ruth Helen Sheila, Civilian	13	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Barnett, Thomas Edward Unsworth, Merchant Navy	37	Chief Cook	Avoceta +
		Baxter, William Robert, Civilian	49	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Breeze, Edmund James, Merchant Navy	31	Butcher	Avoceta +
		Cassels, Beryl Rosalie, Civilian	1	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Cassels, Hazel Jessie Wynne, Civilian	7	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Cassels, Primrose De Havilland, Civilian	12	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Cassels, Rosalie Lucy Adela, Civilian	35	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Clayton, Bertha Jeanne, Civilian	29	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Cobban, Clement Lee, Civilian	62	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Cobban, Marie Rose Gabrielle, Civilian	48	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Collim, John, RN	19	Convoy Ordinary Signalman	Avoceta +
		Cooper, Arthur, RM		Marine (DEMS gunner)	Avoceta +
		Corcoran, Joseph, Merchant Navy	31	Assistant Steward	Avoceta +
		Cosgrove, Joseph, Merchant Navy	29	Assistant Steward	Avoceta +
		Costello, Philip John, Merchant Navy	21	Assistant Steward	Avoceta +
		Creighton, Kenelm Everard Lane, RN	58	Rear Admiral (Commodore)	Avoceta
		Crutchley, Adele Jeanne Henriette Rose, Civilian	49	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Crutchley, Cecile Yvonne, Civilian	22	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Crutchley, Evelyn Marie Henriette, Civilian	21	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Crutchley, Yvonne Theresa, Civilian	11	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Dale, Harold, Merchant Navy	35	Steward	Avoceta +
		Davey, Edward James, RN	25	Convoy Ordinary Signalman	Avoceta +
		Davies, Birt, Civilian	63	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Dean, James, Merchant Navy	46	Storekeeper	Avoceta +
		Dooley, John, Merchant Navy	23	Trimmer	Avoceta +
		Doughty, George William Charles, Merchant Navy	33	Assistant Steward	Avoceta +
		Dunlop, Andrew Crawford, Civilian	56	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Dunlop, Denise, Civilian	22	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Dunlop, Georgette Louise, Civilian	48	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Farnan, Elizabeth, Civilian	42	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Fawcett, John Henry, Merchant Navy	20	Able Seaman	Avoceta
		Fawcett, William, Merchant Navy	36	Steward	Avoceta +
		Fisher, Robert James, Merchant Navy	37	Able Seaman	Avoceta +
		Fitzmaurice, Phillip Anthony, Merchant Navy	18	Galley Boy	Avoceta +
		Foley, Daniel, Merchant Navy	53	Donkeyman	Avoceta +
		Frith, Arthur, Merchant Navy		Passenger (DBS)	Aguila, Avoceta
		Fursdon, Florence Rose Mary, Civilian	71	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Fursdon, Grace, Civilian	44	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Goddard, Lois Christine, Civilian	2	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Goddard, Michael John, Civilian	5	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Goddard, Muriel Alice, Civilian	33	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Goddard, Rosemary A., Civilian	6	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Goddard, Russell, Civilian	35	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Golden, Patrick, Merchant Navy	36	Assistant Steward	Avoceta +
		Gough, John Edward, Merchant Navy	25	Assistant Steward	Avoceta +
		Griffiths, John, RN	29	Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)	Avoceta +
		Hancock, Thomas, Merchant Navy	58	Assistant Steward	Avoceta +
		Hayes, Raymonde Marie Eugenie, Civilian	41	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Inder, Samuel, Merchant Navy	19	Trimmer	Avoceta +
		Jennings, Joseph, Merchant Navy	40	Assistant Steward	Avoceta +
		Jones, Evan John, Merchant Navy	21	Able Seaman	Avoceta +
		Kitchlu, Saraswati, Civilian	26	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Lakser, Magdelene Cicily, Civilian	37	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Larson, Norman Arthur, RCNVR	30	Telegraphist	Avoceta +
		Lingham, Elizabeth, Civilian	40	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Lingham, Ferdinand James Lingham, Civilian	52	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Lingham, Gordon, Civilian	12	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Lloyd, Ann Edith May, Civilian	4	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Lloyd, Elaine Gabrielle, Civilian	28	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Macfarlane, Murella, Civilian	54	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Maguire, Patrick Edward, Merchant Navy	35	Greaser	Avoceta +
		Marsden, William Atherton, Merchant Navy	16	Cadet	Avoceta +
		Marshall, Musserwanji, Civilian	72	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Martin, Harold, Merchant Navy		Master	Avoceta
		McColl, Samuel, Merchant Navy	44	Able Seaman	Avoceta +
		Mitchell, Ernest Thomas, Merchant Navy	25	Second Engineer Officer	Avoceta +
		Moorhouse, James, Merchant Navy	26	Carpenter	Avoceta +
		Morris, Grahame, Merchant Navy	19	Third Radio Officer	Avoceta
		Murphy, Peter, Merchant Navy	46	Boatswain (Bosun)	Avoceta +
		Newton, Elvira, Civilian	62	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Newton, Ernest Alfred William, Civilian	2	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Newton, Ernest William, Civilian	68	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Newton, Henry Seth Ernest, Civilian	8	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Newton, James Jack Theodore, Civilian	6	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Newton, Marcelle Marie Yvonne, Civilian	36	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Newton, Theodosia Anneliese Johanna, Civilian	29	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Nicholls, Harrita, Civilian	45	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Nicholson, Nellie, Civilian	1	Passenger	Avoceta +
		O'Neil, Lionel Henry, Merchant Navy	29	Fourth Engineer Officer	Avoceta +
		Oliffe-Smith, Fred, Civilian	47	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Oliffe-Smith, Gilberte, Civilian	38	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Phillips, Walter, Merchant Navy	33	Pantryman	Avoceta +
		Pierce, John Francis, Merchant Navy	33	Fireman and Trimmer	Avoceta +
		Plas, Gerald Cornelius James, Merchant Navy	28	Second Officer	Avoceta +
		Quinn, Harold William, Merchant Navy	37	First Radio Officer	Avoceta +
		Reed, George Ramsay, Merchant Navy	24	Third Engineer Officer	Avoceta +
		Reeves, Donald Edwin, Civilian	67	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Rowan, Nicholas, Merchant Navy	52	Fireman and Trimmer	Avoceta +
		Rowan, Thomas, Merchant Navy	54	Fireman and Trimmer	Avoceta
		Salem, Mathilde Marie Fortuna, Civilian	44	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Scarisbrick, Charles William, Civilian	49	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Slater, Edward Ellerton, Merchant Navy	53	Chief Steward	Avoceta +
		Stanley, Elizabeth Rebecca Frances, Civilian	58	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Stanley, James Frederick, Merchant Navy	17	Second Radio Officer	Avoceta +
		Stanley, Revd. Edward John Theodore, Civilian	61	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Sutherland, Marjorie, Civilian	37	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Swift, William, Merchant Navy	22	Sailor	Avoceta +
		Thomas, Alfred, Civilian	51	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Thomas, William, Merchant Navy	29	Able Seaman	Avoceta +
		Topuz, Josephine Alice, Civilian	1	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Topuz, Olive Laura Mary, Civilian	20	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Travis, John, Merchant Navy	42	Pantryman	Avoceta
		Werner, Max Gerald, Merchant Navy	56	Assistant Steward	Avoceta +
		White, Mildred, Civilian	54	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Wilkinson, James, Merchant Navy	41	Assistant Steward	Avoceta +
		Williams, Harold Ernest, Merchant Navy	34	Third Officer	Avoceta +
		Williams, Thomas, Merchant Navy	58	Chief Engineer Officer	Avoceta +
		Williamson, Frank Glover, RN	23	Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)	Avoceta +
		Yahiel, Luna, Civilian	61	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Yahiel, Semtov Jacob, Civilian	64	Passenger	Avoceta +
		Zink, Mary Elizabeth Gertrude, Civilian	60	Passenger	Avoceta +

126 persons found.

Served on indicates the ships we have listed for the person, some were stationed on multiple ships hit by U-boats.

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