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Opawa

British motor merchant

Photo courtesy of Wellington Harbour Board Maritime Museum Collection

This is a listing of people associated with this ship.
We also have a detailed page on the British motor merchant Opawa.

Aboard Opawa when hit on 6 Feb 1942

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

		Name	Age	Rank	Served on
		Appleton, Thomas Frederick, Merchant Navy	36	Second Engineer Officer	Opawa +
		Ball, James, Merchant Navy	44	Chief Refrigerator Engineer	Opawa +
		Batchelor, Ewart William, Merchant Navy	38	Able Seaman	Opawa +
		Baxter, Clifford Lionel, Merchant Navy	36	Able Seaman	Opawa +
		Blake, Kenneth Henry George, Merchant Navy	20	Junior Engineer Officer	Opawa +
		Budge, Lionel Gerald, Merchant Navy	30	Fourth Engineer Officer	Opawa +
		Casey, Reginald Patrick, Merchant Navy	24	Assistant Steward	Opawa +
		Chastney, Frederick Hilary, Merchant Navy	23	Eighth Engineer Officer	Opawa +
		Childs, Albert, Merchant Navy	38	Refrigerator Greaser	Opawa +
		Cooper, Frank Denis, Merchant Navy	35	Third Officer	Opawa +
		Cowell, Henry Walter George, Merchant Navy	33	Boatswain (Bosun)	Opawa +
		Cowles, Albert Frederick, Merchant Navy	24	Able Seaman	Opawa +
		Crawley, Frederick Norman, Merchant Navy	20	Greaser	Opawa +
		Davison, Jan C., Merchant Navy	19	Apprentice	Opawa
		Downie, Robert Campbell, Merchant Navy	27	Fourth Officer	Opawa
		Edwards, George James, Merchant Navy	29	Second Radio Officer	Opawa +
		Elliott, William T., Merchant Navy	30	First Electrician	Opawa
		Evans, Wilfred George, Merchant Navy	47	Master	Opawa
		Fisher, John D., Merchant Navy	21	Able Seaman	Opawa
		Fraser, Hector, Merchant Navy	34	Third Engineer Officer	Opawa +
		Friend, Arthur John, Merchant Navy	32	Able Seaman	Opawa +
		Gay, George William, Merchant Navy	19	Ordinary Seaman	Opawa +
		Gittings, Peter Charles, Merchant Navy	29	Third Radio Officer	Opawa +
		Halls, Samuel Ernest, Merchant Navy	52	Chief Engineer Officer	Opawa
		Harding, Barry, Merchant Navy	19	Apprentice	Opawa +
		Harris, Kenneth P., Merchant Navy	26	Ninth Engineer Officer	Opawa
		Hartnett, Edmund Saxelby, RNZNVR	26	Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)	Opawa +
		Irwin, Laurence George, Merchant Navy	21	Able Seaman	Opawa +
		Johnston, Andrew, Merchant Navy	19	Ordinary Seaman	Opawa +
		Jones, John Jenkin, Merchant Navy	36	Assistant Steward	Opawa +
		Jowett, George William, Merchant Navy	20	Steward’s Boy	Opawa +
		Joyce, Edward, Merchant Navy	29	Refrigerator Greaser	Opawa +
		Lambie, David Core, Merchant Navy	24	Second Cook and Baker	Opawa +
		Lawrence, Stephen, Merchant Navy	38	Greaser	Opawa +
		Levins, John E., Merchant Navy	22	Able Seaman	Opawa
		Lindholm, Dennis John, Merchant Navy	19	Ordinary Seaman	Opawa +
		Long, Norman McMillan, Merchant Navy	24	Seventh Engineer Officer	Opawa +
		Luard, Peter Frank, Merchant Navy	20	Apprentice	Opawa
		MacKinnon, Neil, Merchant Navy	17	Refrigerator Greaser	Opawa +
		Mapletoft, John Albert, Merchant Navy	42	Chief Cook	Opawa +
		Martin, John, Merchant Navy	31	Greaser	Opawa +
		Massey, Matthew, Merchant Navy	26	Able Seaman	Opawa +
		McCulloch, Peter Alexander, Merchant Navy	26	Second Electrician	Opawa +
		Melrose, Cecil, Merchant Navy	28	Ordinary Seaman	Opawa
		Mignot, John, Merchant Navy	20	Assistant Steward	Opawa +
		Moody, Cecil G., RN	33	DEMS gunner	Opawa
		Morgan, Thomas G., Merchant Navy	17	Steward’s Boy	Opawa
		Moss, Stanley William, Merchant Navy	36	Chief Steward	Opawa +
		Mudge, James, Merchant Navy	19	Galley Boy	Opawa +
		Mutch, James, Merchant Navy	29	Donkeyman and Storekeeper	Opawa +
		Oliver, George Edward, Merchant Navy	23	Carpenter	Opawa +
		Osborne, George William Guy, Merchant Navy	24	Second Refrigerator Engineer	Opawa +
		Owens, Oamarn T., Merchant Navy	27	Assistant Steward	Opawa
		Pease, Joseph Lionel, Merchant Navy	30	Fifth Engineer Officer	Opawa
		Penfold, Alfred, Merchant Navy	20	Ordinary Seaman	Opawa +
		Raison, Henry Bernard, Merchant Navy	22	Butcher and Assistant Cook	Opawa +
		Raves, Allan, Merchant Navy	18	Assistant Steward	Opawa +
		Redwood, William, Merchant Navy	37	Chief Officer	Opawa +
		Smith, Albert Edward, Merchant Navy	22	Tenth Engineer Officer	Opawa +
		Southall, William Alan, Merchant Navy	19	Apprentice	Opawa +
		Stark, Frank Charles, Merchant Navy	24	Greaser	Opawa +
		Steel, John Edward, Merchant Navy	32	Greaser	Opawa +
		Stilton, George Eric John, RNZN	34	Able Seaman (DEMS gunner)	Opawa +
		Taylor, John Godfrey, Merchant Navy	28	Second Officer	Opawa +
		Taylor, Ralph Frederick, Merchant Navy	22	Sixth Engineer Officer	Opawa +
		Telford, Thomas, Merchant Navy	38	Greaser	Opawa +
		Walder, Robert Percival, Merchant Navy	21	Ordinary Seaman	Opawa +
		Warrick, Albert Henry, Merchant Navy	21	Ordinary Seaman	Opawa +
		Wilby, Edward Philip, Merchant Navy	27	First Radio Officer	Opawa
		Workman, John, Merchant Navy	19	Third Electrician	Opawa +

70 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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