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His daughter Barbara Dilts Joike reflects; "I also do not have many memories of him. Able Seaman Thomas Goodwin, Royal Navy Service Number 192409, was the son of Roger & Rebecca Goodwin and husband of Margaret. Dull was born in Wood County, Ohio about 1899 and at the time of enlistment he lived in Arcanum, Ohio. Please ensure the tag is appropriate for the record. I was brought up to the hospital with a number of others that had been hurt. Please note that different ships with the same name have not been distinguished in the ship search. Pvt. Forces. You may search for a ship by entering the first letter of the name. He enlisted into the Army at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 17 July 1918 at the age of 18 years 1 month old. Finally, the islands of the Caribbean have been grouped together under a single West Indies heading, with the exception of the large islands of Cuba, Haiti/Dominican Republic and Jamaica, which have their own entries. 1948-9: Fitted out as a one class ship at Birkenhead. Read tagging guidelines. It is now Sunday afternoon and I shall write you an account of myself. The inclusion of Dutch, German, Swedish, Portuguese and other foreign ships means that some ships will have names that may initially look like mis- transcriptions. Pvt. Just after breakfast on Sunday morning 6 October 1918 there was a great jarring and the ship trembled severley. River ports on such navigable rivers as the Amazon and the Yukon mean that, for example, inland locations such as Manaus (Brazil) and Dawson City (Canada) are included. On 7 September 1918, he registered for WWI draft and was serving as the YMCA Ocean Transport Secretary en route to Paris when he sailed on the HMS Otranto. Pvt Smith enlisted into the Regular Army 8 March 1918 at Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia. Discover your ancestors who left Ireland and Great Britain between 1890 and 1960. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, Company 2, from Fort Screven Georgia. This was some consolation, but it was 8:30 Sunday night when we landed. Sugar was sent to Europe for the service men who did not get it because it was on the wharf in France and got rained on. see description line storage D28 144038857786 Swadner was born in Greenville, Ohio about 1898 and at the time of enlistment he lived in Arcanum, Ohio. Cuzco. The wave seemed like huge mountains. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. Where an age is given for a passenger in the original list, we have calculated the approximate year of birth using the simple subtraction of the age from the year of voyage. Embarking at Brisbane, Melbourne, Hobart, Colombo, Naples, Toulon, Gibraltar, Sydney, Adelaide and Fremantle. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, Company 1, from Fort Screven Georgia. All British ports found so far within the BT27 passenger lists are given in an alphabetical A-Z drop-down list. "SS Lucania" - partial passenger list for voyage from Ireland to New York in 1898 "Germanic" - partial passenger list for voyage from Queenstown, Ireland to New York in 1903. He has no known grave and is recorded on the Chatham Naval Memorial in Kent, UK. OANFA 1903 7,902 gross tons. partial passenger list. However, in 1933, she was given a comprehensive refit to become a One Class Liner, accommodating just 770 Tourist Class passengers and she was listed as being 14,983 GRT. Roy C. Dilts was most likely in the same unit from Ft. Screven, Georgia as Cpl. Presumably Pvt. It is considered the first Gothic novel in the English language, and it is often said to have founded the horror story as a legitimate literary form. PASSENGER LISTS Journey to Australia Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild THE COMPASS PASSENGER LISTS If you find a ship you would like to research you will find the URL link under the site name and also at the bottom of the page. Private Pearl B. Horn, USA, likely taken at Fort Dade, which was on Egmont Island in the Tampa Bay Harbor. Battle was drowned during the sinking on October 6, 1918. In the stories that Pearl Horn told to his son Paul, he told about the adventure of, Having to jump on to the deck of the British destroyer, and that many refused to do so and according to the various accounts that are now available on the web, over 400 died. He had served 16 years in the navy prior to the war and was called up again in August 1914. He worked hard at home to regain strength and range of motion and was far more successful that had been predicted by his surgeon. Victor Morris Perrin passed away in 1967 in Naples, Florida. The "RMS" prefix stands for Royal Mail Ship, as she carried overseas mail under a contract between Orient Line and Royal Mail. This list is only for people who came to Tasmania and Norfolk Island on convict transport ships, and were not convicts, e.g. 1817-1829 : Indexes of Tasmanian Convicts (Tasmania GenWeb) - inculdes several passenger lists 1817-1829. In a letter to his mother, he tells in an interesting manner the story of the accident. Please note that the A-Z drop-down list of countries includes larger and less precise entities such as Africa, Antarctica, Far East, Mediterranean Ports and South America, for cases where more specific information is not available. Pvt. The American landsmen thought they would be safer on board the larger vessel than the small naval craft but this was to their undoing and explained why so many were lost. It is not known what the reason for his death was. A solution is being designed so that customers will only be charged once for the information contained within these duplicate pages. It is not necessary to select a destination country before searching. He was selected as part of the September Automatic Replacement Draft, from Fort Screven Georgia. His father, Samuel Dull of Arcanum, Ohio, was notified as next of kin of his death. 406 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. Have you found an error with this catalogue description? For Dutch ships, for example Damsterdijk, also spelt Damsterdyk, only one version of the name has been selected, allowing you to view passenger lists for both spellings with one search. McAfee was born in Coldwater, Ohio about 1897 and at the time of enlistment he lived at R. F. D. 1, Coldwater, Ohio. Smith sailed on the HMS Otranto on 25 September 1918 with the C.A.C. The arrival of an ancestor in Australia is a key moment in a family's history. Customs Passenger Lists between 1820 and 1891 asked for each immigrant's name, their age, their sex, their occupation, and their country of origin, but not the city or town of origin. Pvt. Belfast, Ireland. S.A.R., [September Automatic Replacement] C.A.C., Otranto then resumed her pre-war role as a passenger liner, now refitted to carry 1,412 tourist-class passengers. KAITLIN - Kelly Marie Tran RORY - Ben Daniels PROFESSOR ALCOTTE - Cyril Nri MARIANNE - Carlyss Peer CONOR - Akie Kotabe NADJULA - Munirih Grace HARRIS - Kerry Shale AGENT MURPHY- Danielle Lewis OTHER VOICES: Laurel Lefkow, Christopher Ragland, Eric Meyers, Gianna Kiehl, Eric Sirakian, Chris Kelly, Maddy Kelly, Merk Nguyen 28 min He is buried in the Chatham Naval Memorial, grave reference 28. This ship had gone wrong and could not be steered, so on a raging wave she plunged right into the middle of our ship, tearing a great hole in her side. The accident happened not far from the same place where the Lusitania was sunk near Ireland. The default setting is All, which allows you to search all ports at the same time. London: SS Otranto (Orient Line) travelling from Brisbane to London. Twentieth century lists include even more details and can give the town or county of origin, as well as the names of other family members, destination, physical description, and . The lifeboats were useless, as they had been crushed to pieces. Steamship Line: Norddeutscher Lloyd (North German Lloyd) Class of Passengers: Cabin. Accordingly, you may wish to check under both Curacao and Caracas if you are trying to find a person who went to one or other of these destinations. Weeks was from Waynesboro, Georgia and was assigned to the September Automatic Replacement Draft at Ft. Screven. This information was shared with me by a relative of Seaman Ludlow. 1954 Nov 12. BT - Records of the Board of Trade and of successor and related bodies Division within BT - Records of the Commercial, Companies, Labour, Railways and Statistics Departments BT 26 - Board of Trade:. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Fort Thomas, Kentucky on 23 July 1918 at the age of 18 years old. Australian Shipping 1788-1968: Vessels arriving by year. I thank one for my safety, and I pray for brothers and my chums safety. He sailed aboard the HMS Otranto on the 25th September 1918 and he was killed during the 6 October sinking of the Otranto. Sea departure cards are marked on the search results as 'card'. Your son, Dear Mother, the saddest thing that I have to write is that I havent heard a word of brother Clyde, but I am living in hopes that he was among the number saved. He was drowned during the sinking. About this time the HMS Mounsey was coming along side and the swells crashed the two ships together. For instance, Curacao (West Indies) and Caracas (Venezuela) can look extremely similar and it is not always possible to be confident that you have identified the correct place (not least because a single voyage to the Caribbean could conceivably call at both places). Charles was serving during WWI and his unit, C.A.C. He enlisted into the Regular Army at Columbus Barracks, Ohio on 31 July 1918 at the age of 19 1/2 years old. Not long after breakfast, about 9:30 oclock, we felt a great jar. During the first decades of the 20th century, the . ORIENT LINE PASSENGER LIST RMS ORONTES Australia service 1953 EMIGRANTS - $97.58. Hudson was from Jakin, Georgia and was assigned to the September Automatic Replacement Draft from Ft. Screven. Hirt was assigned to the Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Screven, Georgia. Just then a great wave rushed over the top and I was completely under water that was icy cold. First Settlers of New Hampshire. She took part in the invasion of French North Africa later that year and the landings in Sicily and Salerno in 1943. 1, from Ft. Screvens, Georgia. They then boarded a train in Wilkes Barre and rode into Baltimore, Maryland. Lisa Hughson related about her grandfather Owen Tucker and his brother Edward Tucker both from Liverpool, England who were both crewmen aboard the HMS Otranto when she sank with both brothers surviving the sinking. Like rival Dutch shipping company Nederland Line's passenger ship Oranje, the Royal Rotterdam Lloyd's William Ruys served the Netherlands-Indonesia route after the war, having been built in 1947 for that purpose. When we landed I found I couldnt walk very well. Was assigned to Machine Gun Company K, 1st Kansas Infantry (Co. K 137th Infantry). Firstly, the simple calculation ignores the date of voyage within the year: for instance, a passenger who was aged 21 and who travelled on 1st January 1911 is more likely to have been born in 1889, while a passenger of the same age who travelled on 31st December 1911 is much more likely to have been born in 1890, yet both will displayed in your results with the calculated year of birth of 1890. National Work Council. This will allow you to view all of the voyages that a ship undertook from the UK, between 1890 and 1960. She took part in the invasions of French North Africa (Operation Torch), Sicily (Operation Husky) and Italy (Operation Avalanche). HMS Otranto men listed on The Australian Naval War Memorial in Canberra: M. McNally, lost while serving on the Otranto. He is buried in Grave 190 in Kilchomen, Islay Island, Scotland. The wildcard is denoted by a * and can be used in both the first name and the last name search fields. Pvt. The National Archives give no warranty as to the accuracy, completeness or fitness for the purpose of the information provided. 1965 P&O acquired the whole of the Orient Line shareholding and the company became a P&O subsidiary. Corporal Toy C. Dilts was in the US Army Coast Artillery and on October 6th was on the Troopship Otranto when she collided with the P&O liner H.M.S. For instance, a person living in Scotland is more likely to have sailed from Glasgow or one of the other Scottish ports. On the far side of the ring you can see 5 British Naval Officers watching the match. Pvt. We were delayed four or five hours. A man from my hometown saw me when I was eleven while I was unveiling the monument to the service men and he told me that he was on the same ship and saw my dad try to jump from the Otranto to the Mounsey which had pulled alongside and he fell in between. Likewise German ships which would naturally include an umlaut in their name may be spelt with a 'u' or with a 'ue'. HMS Otranto, killed and died, casualty lists, November 1918 World War 1, Casualty Lists of the Royal Navy and Dominion Navies Researched & compiled by Don Kindell 1st - 31st OCTOBER 1918 in date, ship/unit & name order SS Leinster, lost 10 October 1918 with Royal Navy men onboard (Dave Martin, click to enlarge) on to November 1918 Notes: His body was recovered and later returned to Farmington, Illinois for burial. Again, lots of love to all. His family came to see him off in New York before he left, signing a $10,000 life insurance before he left.