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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

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NameAgeRankServed on
BritishAguirre, Carmen Isobel Henrietta, Civilian42PassengerAvoceta +
BritishAguirre, Enrique Manuel, Civilian38PassengerAvoceta +
BritishAitken, Janet Stevenson Hardie, Civilian36PassengerAvoceta +
BritishAndrews, Ernest Frederick, Civilian73PassengerAvoceta +
BritishAndrews, Rita Lucia, Civilian60PassengerAvoceta +
BritishBagot, Frederick, RNVR31Passenger (Surgeon Lieutenant)Avoceta +
BritishBarham, Leslie Charles, RN26Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Avoceta +
BritishBarker, Alan David, Civilian1PassengerAvoceta +
BritishBarker, Donald John, Civilian6PassengerAvoceta +
BritishBarker, Elizabeth Grace, Civilian10PassengerAvoceta +
BritishBarker, Ida Winifred, Civilian43PassengerAvoceta +
BritishBarker, Kathleen Maud, Civilian15PassengerAvoceta +
BritishBarker, Margaret Eileen, Civilian8PassengerAvoceta +
BritishBarker, Norman Eric, Civilian3PassengerAvoceta +
BritishBarker, Ruth Helen Sheila, Civilian13PassengerAvoceta +
BritishBarnett, Thomas Edward Unsworth, Merchant Navy37Chief CookAvoceta +
BritishBaxter, William Robert, Civilian49PassengerAvoceta +
BritishBreeze, Edmund James, Merchant Navy31ButcherAvoceta +
BritishCassels, Beryl Rosalie, Civilian1PassengerAvoceta +
BritishCassels, Hazel Jessie Wynne, Civilian7PassengerAvoceta +
BritishCassels, Primrose De Havilland, Civilian12PassengerAvoceta +
BritishCassels, Rosalie Lucy Adela, Civilian35PassengerAvoceta +
BritishClayton, Bertha Jeanne, Civilian29PassengerAvoceta +
BritishCobban, Clement Lee, Civilian62PassengerAvoceta +
BritishCobban, Marie Rose Gabrielle, Civilian48PassengerAvoceta +
BritishCollim, John, RN19Convoy Ordinary SignalmanAvoceta +
BritishCooper, Arthur, RMMarine (DEMS gunner)Avoceta +
BritishCorcoran, Joseph, Merchant Navy31Assistant StewardAvoceta +
BritishCosgrove, Joseph, Merchant Navy29Assistant StewardAvoceta +
BritishCostello, Philip John, Merchant Navy21Assistant StewardAvoceta +
BritishCreighton, Kenelm Everard Lane, RN58Rear Admiral (Commodore)Avoceta
BritishCrutchley, Adele Jeanne Henriette Rose, Civilian49PassengerAvoceta +
BritishCrutchley, Cecile Yvonne, Civilian22PassengerAvoceta +
BritishCrutchley, Evelyn Marie Henriette, Civilian21PassengerAvoceta +
BritishCrutchley, Yvonne Theresa, Civilian11PassengerAvoceta +
BritishDale, Harold, Merchant Navy35StewardAvoceta +
BritishDavey, Edward James, RN25Convoy Ordinary SignalmanAvoceta +
BritishDavies, Birt, Civilian63PassengerAvoceta +
BritishDean, James, Merchant Navy46StorekeeperAvoceta +
BritishDooley, John, Merchant Navy23TrimmerAvoceta +
BritishDoughty, George William Charles, Merchant Navy33Assistant StewardAvoceta +
BritishDunlop, Andrew Crawford, Civilian56PassengerAvoceta +
BritishDunlop, Denise, Civilian22PassengerAvoceta +
BritishDunlop, Georgette Louise, Civilian48PassengerAvoceta +
BritishFarnan, Elizabeth, Civilian42PassengerAvoceta +
BritishFawcett, John Henry, Merchant Navy20Able SeamanAvoceta
BritishFawcett, William, Merchant Navy36StewardAvoceta +
BritishFisher, Robert James, Merchant Navy37Able SeamanAvoceta +
BritishFitzmaurice, Phillip Anthony, Merchant Navy18Galley BoyAvoceta +
BritishFoley, Daniel, Merchant Navy53DonkeymanAvoceta +
BritishFrith, Arthur, Merchant NavyPassenger (DBS)Aguila, Avoceta
BritishFursdon, Florence Rose Mary, Civilian71PassengerAvoceta +
BritishFursdon, Grace, Civilian44PassengerAvoceta +
BritishGoddard, Lois Christine, Civilian2PassengerAvoceta +
BritishGoddard, Michael John, Civilian5PassengerAvoceta +
BritishGoddard, Muriel Alice, Civilian33PassengerAvoceta +
BritishGoddard, Rosemary A., Civilian6PassengerAvoceta +
BritishGoddard, Russell, Civilian35PassengerAvoceta +
BritishGolden, Patrick, Merchant Navy36Assistant StewardAvoceta +
BritishGough, John Edward, Merchant Navy25Assistant StewardAvoceta +
BritishGriffiths, John, RN29Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Avoceta +
BritishHancock, Thomas, Merchant Navy58Assistant StewardAvoceta +
BritishHayes, Raymonde Marie Eugenie, Civilian41PassengerAvoceta +
BritishInder, Samuel, Merchant Navy19TrimmerAvoceta +
BritishJennings, Joseph, Merchant Navy40Assistant StewardAvoceta +
BritishJones, Evan John, Merchant Navy21Able SeamanAvoceta +
IndianKitchlu, Saraswati, Civilian26PassengerAvoceta +
BritishLakser, Magdelene Cicily, Civilian37PassengerAvoceta +
CanadianLarson, Norman Arthur, RCNVR30TelegraphistAvoceta +
BritishLingham, Elizabeth, Civilian40PassengerAvoceta +
BritishLingham, Ferdinand James Lingham, Civilian52PassengerAvoceta +
BritishLingham, Gordon, Civilian12PassengerAvoceta +
BritishLloyd, Ann Edith May, Civilian4PassengerAvoceta +
BritishLloyd, Elaine Gabrielle, Civilian28PassengerAvoceta +
BritishMacfarlane, Murella, Civilian54PassengerAvoceta +
BritishMaguire, Patrick Edward, Merchant Navy35GreaserAvoceta +
BritishMarsden, William Atherton, Merchant Navy16CadetAvoceta +
IndianMarshall, Musserwanji, Civilian72PassengerAvoceta +
BritishMartin, Harold, Merchant NavyMasterAvoceta
BritishMcColl, Samuel, Merchant Navy44Able SeamanAvoceta +
BritishMitchell, Ernest Thomas, Merchant Navy25Second Engineer OfficerAvoceta +
BritishMoorhouse, James, Merchant Navy26CarpenterAvoceta +
BritishMorris, Grahame, Merchant Navy19Third Radio OfficerAvoceta
BritishMurphy, Peter, Merchant Navy46Boatswain (Bosun)Avoceta +
BritishNewton, Elvira, Civilian62PassengerAvoceta +
BritishNewton, Ernest Alfred William, Civilian2PassengerAvoceta +
BritishNewton, Ernest William, Civilian68PassengerAvoceta +
BritishNewton, Henry Seth Ernest, Civilian8PassengerAvoceta +
BritishNewton, James Jack Theodore, Civilian6PassengerAvoceta +
BritishNewton, Marcelle Marie Yvonne, Civilian36PassengerAvoceta +
BritishNewton, Theodosia Anneliese Johanna, Civilian29PassengerAvoceta +
BritishNicholls, Harrita, Civilian45PassengerAvoceta +
BritishNicholson, Nellie, Civilian1PassengerAvoceta +
BritishO'Neil, Lionel Henry, Merchant Navy29Fourth Engineer OfficerAvoceta +
BritishOliffe-Smith, Fred, Civilian47PassengerAvoceta +
BritishOliffe-Smith, Gilberte, Civilian38PassengerAvoceta +
BritishPhillips, Walter, Merchant Navy33PantrymanAvoceta +
BritishPierce, John Francis, Merchant Navy33Fireman and TrimmerAvoceta +
BritishPlas, Gerald Cornelius James, Merchant Navy28Second OfficerAvoceta +
BritishQuinn, Harold William, Merchant Navy37First Radio OfficerAvoceta +
BritishReed, George Ramsay, Merchant Navy24Third Engineer OfficerAvoceta +
BritishReeves, Donald Edwin, Civilian67PassengerAvoceta +
BritishRowan, Nicholas, Merchant Navy52Fireman and TrimmerAvoceta +
BritishRowan, Thomas, Merchant Navy54Fireman and TrimmerAvoceta
BritishSalem, Mathilde Marie Fortuna, Civilian44PassengerAvoceta +
BritishScarisbrick, Charles William, Civilian49PassengerAvoceta +
BritishSlater, Edward Ellerton, Merchant Navy53Chief StewardAvoceta +
BritishStanley, Elizabeth Rebecca Frances, Civilian58PassengerAvoceta +
BritishStanley, James Frederick, Merchant Navy17Second Radio OfficerAvoceta +
BritishStanley, Revd. Edward John Theodore, Civilian61PassengerAvoceta +
BritishSutherland, Marjorie, Civilian37PassengerAvoceta +
BritishSwift, William, Merchant Navy22SailorAvoceta +
BritishThomas, Alfred, Civilian51PassengerAvoceta +
BritishThomas, William, Merchant Navy29Able SeamanAvoceta +
BritishTopuz, Josephine Alice, Civilian1PassengerAvoceta +
BritishTopuz, Olive Laura Mary, Civilian20PassengerAvoceta +
BritishTravis, John, Merchant Navy42PantrymanAvoceta
BritishWerner, Max Gerald, Merchant Navy56Assistant StewardAvoceta +
BritishWhite, Mildred, Civilian54PassengerAvoceta +
BritishWilkinson, James, Merchant Navy41Assistant StewardAvoceta +
BritishWilliams, Harold Ernest, Merchant Navy34Third OfficerAvoceta +
BritishWilliams, Thomas, Merchant Navy58Chief Engineer OfficerAvoceta +
BritishWilliamson, Frank Glover, RN23Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)Avoceta +
BritishYahiel, Luna, Civilian61PassengerAvoceta +
BritishYahiel, Semtov Jacob, Civilian64PassengerAvoceta +
BritishZink, Mary Elizabeth Gertrude, Civilian60PassengerAvoceta +

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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