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There were more POWs in the water than crew members. The POWs were holding pieces of wood and using bigger pieces as rafts. They were in groups of 20 to 30 people, probably 100 people in all. They were singing songs. I was particularly impressed when they began singing Auld Lang Syne as a tribute to
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Australia's history. A nominal list made available by the Japanese government in 2012 revealed that a total of 1,054 prisoners (178 non-commissioned officers, 667 soldiers and 209 civilians) died on the
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delivering a total of 3,400 kilowatts (4,600 hp) and giving it a speed of 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h). Before the war, the ship operated as a passenger and cargo vessel, travelling mainly between Japan and Brazil carrying
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before dawn on 1 July 1942. At least one torpedo hit, causing the vessel to take on water and sink 11 minutes later. Australians in the water sang "
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their dead colleagues. Watching that, I learnt that Australians have big hearts.
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1311:"'Measure of comfort': Wreckage from Australia's worst maritime disaster found"
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was discovered at a depth of over 4,000 m (13,000 ft) in the
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1344:"Japanese Ship, Torpedoed in 1942 With P.O.W.s Aboard, Is Found"
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A Story of the Salvos, Compass, ABC television, 20 April 2008
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392:. It was proceeding without escort to the Chinese island of
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944:"Silence broken on Australia's worst maritime disaster"
550:, in the same way that he had supported the search for
1571:"How Long Do Dead Bodies Remain Intact in the Ocean?"
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near the northern Philippine coast on 30 June 1942.
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1405:"Montevideo Maru Memorial at Ballarat POW Memorial"
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2308:World War II shipwrecks in the South China Sea
1719:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in July 1942
753:List of ships sunk by submarines by death toll
16:Japanese ship sunk in World War II (1925–1942)
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1008:"MV Montevideo Maru – A Japanese Prison Ship"
685:The Rabaul garrison has been described as a "
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1651:"Montevideo Maru remembered 70 years on"
1449:A Very Long War: The Families Who Waited
632:The song "In the Valley" from the album
336: (GRT) ship was constructed at the
1379:Australia Broadcasting Corporation News
1373:Morris-Grant, Brianna (22 April 2023).
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491:Tom Vernon Garrett, the grandfather of
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1497:from the original on 10 November 2009
1415:from the original on 10 November 2009
783:"Montevideo Maru 1926–1942 OSK Lines"
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495:lead singer and government minister
462:. Based on a report made to OSK, of
1309:Galloway, Anthony (22 April 2023).
560:On 18 April 2023, the wreck of the
320:was one of three ships (along with
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1354:from the original on 22 April 2023
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1290:from the original on 22 April 2023
1230:from the original on 26 April 2023
1188:from the original on 23 April 2023
1082:from the original on 23 March 2019
1075:Australian Dictionary of Biography
981:"Montevideo Maru – About the List"
882:from the original on 25 April 2023
793:from the original on 28 April 2014
472:Among the missing prisoners were:
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2303:Ships sunk by American submarines
1577:from the original on 14 July 2011
1469:. Pymble, N.S.W.: HarperCollins.
1455:, 2000. Retrieved 29 January 2010
1263:from the original on 1 April 2011
1070:"Page, Harold Hillis (1888–1942)"
1014:from the original on 9 April 2013
812:Australia, National Archives of.
665:dropping of atomic bombs on Japan
309:was discovered on 18 April 2023.
195:Refrigerated passenger/cargo ship
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1569:Brendan Borrell (10 June 2009).
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368:participated in the invasion of
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2313:Maritime incidents in July 1942
2293:2023 archaeological discoveries
852:from the original on 6 May 2022
1632:, a tribute to civilians from
1601:National Archives of Australia
1282:Law, Heather (21 April 2023).
942:Mark Simkin (6 October 2003).
715:Minister for Defence Personnel
663:, only to die days before the
530:In late January 2010, Federal
338:Mitsubishi Zosen Kakoki Kaisha
287:. It was sunk by the American
230:7.6 m (25 ft) loaded
114:Mitsubishi Zosen Kakoki Kaisha
1:
1220:"Corporal John Laurie Ramsay"
597:, on the eastern side of the
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1342:Ives, Mark (22 April 2023).
667:, in August 1945. Professor
576:. Australian prime minister
1170:Yim, Noah (13 April 2023).
1045:. Australian War Memorial.
758:List of Japanese hell ships
540:Prime Minister of Australia
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1516:Twomey, Christina (2007).
1010:. Claire Déglon Marriott.
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1251:"Now for Montevideo Maru"
818:montevideomaru.naa.gov.au
546:, to back the search for
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1544:"Death – The Last Taboo"
1439:10 November 2009 at the
1068:Sweeting, A. J. (1988).
214:130 m (430 ft)
179:General characteristics
2053:HM Motor Gun Boat
1573:. Scientific American.
1209:, Rob Mitchell, page 22
910:. montevideomaru.info.
599:Australian War Memorial
538:, called upon the then
635:Earth and Sun and Moon
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526:Discovery of the wreck
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1546:. Australian Museum.
1443:, Lost Lives quoting
1316:Sydney Morning Herald
908:"The Montevideo Maru"
842:"Japanese Transports"
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709:Number of casualties
532:Member of Parliament
361:World War II service
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1785:Christopher Newport
1671: /
1636:who died in the war
1467:John Curtin: a life
1182:News Corp Australia
906:Rod Miller (2003).
348:6ST60 six-cylinder
330:Osaka Shosen Kaisha
93:Osaka Shosen Kaisha
1675:18.617°N 119.483°E
1465:David Day (2006).
1348:The New York Times
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987:on 16 January 2013
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1207:One Bloke's Story
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1006:Alice M. Bowman.
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