Merchant Navy Memorial

Parkes, ACT

Merchant Navy Memorial
Merchant Navy memorial
The Merchant Navy War Memorial Fund Ltd

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Memorial Name
Merchant Navy Memorial
Address

Wendouree Drive, Parkes ACT 2600

Memorial Type
Monuments
Conflicts
First World War, 1914–18
Second World War, 1939–45

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James Tynan was an assistant steward/saloon boy on the Norwegian merchant ship the MV Herstein in 1942. James came from Sydney. The MV Herstein was sunk by

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