RAF Singapore Auxiliary vessel "Aquarius' sunk 15.2.42 - crew names?
Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2019 10:50 pm
I research and compile memorial documents on the ships sunk and identities of those on board, during the evacuation of Singapore in February 1942.There were no passenger lists for these vessels which carried several thousands of British civilian women, children, men and escaping service,men during the last four days before the Surrender. Well over a thousand people lost their lives in the sinking of these vessels.
My documents can be viewed on the COFEPOW or Malayan Volunteer Group websites - under Evacuation Ships.
My current piece of research is on the RAF Auxiliary vessel the 'Aquarius' which was sunk on 15 February 1942 - with only three survivors who all died on a deserted island near Banka Island off the east coast of Sumatra.
My query is where could I find the names of the officers and crew ( totaling 32 men) on 'Aquarius' which left England for Singapore in the 1930s and served as a rescue /supply vessel for the RAF Flying Boat Squadron in Singapore prior to the War with the Japanese?
I have not been able to find anything searching online in the UK Archives - but they may be under a file i am not aware of.
Thanks,
Michael Pether
Auckland
New Zealand.
My documents can be viewed on the COFEPOW or Malayan Volunteer Group websites - under Evacuation Ships.
My current piece of research is on the RAF Auxiliary vessel the 'Aquarius' which was sunk on 15 February 1942 - with only three survivors who all died on a deserted island near Banka Island off the east coast of Sumatra.
My query is where could I find the names of the officers and crew ( totaling 32 men) on 'Aquarius' which left England for Singapore in the 1930s and served as a rescue /supply vessel for the RAF Flying Boat Squadron in Singapore prior to the War with the Japanese?
I have not been able to find anything searching online in the UK Archives - but they may be under a file i am not aware of.
Thanks,
Michael Pether
Auckland
New Zealand.