Crew List

Crew List

The full “Tulagi” crew list follows. Notes on column headings are at the bottom of the page.

 

Name/Surname (1)	Given/Other Names (2)	Capacity (3)	Survivor (4)	Story & Picture (5)
Abdul Hakim		General Servant; vict.
Abdul Rahman	[… Rohman Noor Mian]	Fireman; eng.
Abdul Rashid		Fireman; eng.
Ahmad Husain	[… Hossein]	General Servant; vict.
Ali Bin Sariwee	[… Sarawee]	Quartermaster; deck	+
Amos Helwend		Quartermaster; deck	+
Basu Mian Abdul Bhooya	[… Abdol …]	Fireman (Greaser?); eng.	+
Beloo Gomes	[Baloo …]	Second Cook; vict.
Board	Edwin John	Third Officer	**
Boyce	Herbert Reginald	Petty Officer; RANR	**
Brown	John David	Deck Cadet	**
Charles	Richard Thomas	Second Officer	+
Ghulam Akbar	[Golam …]	General Servant; vict.
Habib Ullah	[Habibulla Abdul Abir]	Fireman; eng.
Habu Ullah	[Habee Culla Rohim Ulla]	Fireman; eng.
Harag Ali	[Harug Ali Hamidullah]	Fireman; eng.
Harrison	John Bainbridge	Deck Cadet
Hartill-Law	Lloyd Victor	Second Radio Officer
Hazelwood	Norman	Electrician
Jabar Ali	[Jubber Allee Jooka Mea]	Fireman; eng.
Jacobs	Dudley Gerald Stewart	Chief Steward and Purser	+
Johnson	David Kingsley	Able Seaman; RANR	**
Kalapen	Elsewhere: Kelapen; Kalipen; Kalapuelu	Quartermaster; deck	+
Kalil Bin Assan		Quartermaster; deck
Kassin Bin Mahomed		Quartermaster; deck
Khurshid Alam	[Khoor Seed Albun]	Fireman; eng.
Kistna	[Kisina Naik]	Topass; vict.
M. Rozario		Chief Cook & Baker; vict.
McManus	William James	Chief Officer
Millar	Leonard Walter Aleric	Master
Moffitt	John Robert	Fifth Engineer Officer		John’s Story; brother Max’s recollections; John’s Picture.
Mohan Bin Poah		Quartermaster; deck
Morrison	George Angus	Third Engineer Officer
Morton	Hector Maxwell	Able Seaman; RANR	**	Hector’s Story; Dianne Morton’s recollections; Hector’s Picture.
Muhammad Ishaq		Chief Cook & Baker; vict.
Murphy	John Francis	Able Seaman; RANR	**
Musad Ali	[Mossad Ali Shoraffah Bhutan]	Fireman; eng.
Musharraf Ali	[Mushraf Ali Abdul Matabbie]	Serang & Donkeyman; eng.
Mutasir Ali	[Motossir Ali Mohamed Assim]	Fireman; eng.
Muzaffar Ullah	[Mozaffer Meah Rohome Ulla]	Fireman; eng.
Reid	George Newton	First Radio Officer
Sakim Ali		Second Cook; vict.
Sayid Ullah	[Syedulla Kanos Mohamed]	Fireman; eng.
Selamat Bin Sayos		Bhandary; deck
Shariatullah		General Servant; vict.
Smedley	Gladstone Lionel	Fourth Engineer Officer	**
Ward	Leycester John Rawden Therry	Chief Engineer Officer	+
Webber	Clifton Harris	Able Seaman; RANR	**
Williams	Arthur William John	Third Radio Officer
Young	Norman Arthur	Second Engineer Officer
Zahid Ali	[Jabed Ali Adil Mohamed]	Fireman; eng.
Zahid Ullah	[Jobidulla Alla Johir Ulla]	Fireman; eng.
Zahir Husain	[Zaheer Hosain]	General Servant; vict.
Zahuruddin		Second Cook; vict.

 

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Notes on the column headings are as follows:

(1)  Names of non-Europeans are as per the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (C.W.G.C.)

(2)  Christian names are as per the C.W.G.C. Other names [ ] are as per the Burns Philp “Tulagi” crew agreement. A blank implies that the C.W.G.C. name is the same as the crew agreement name.

(3)  Abbreviations under “Capacity” are:

RANR: DEMS Gunner of the Naval Reserve;
deck: Malay, assigned to the deck, ex m.v. “Mangola”;
vict.: Indian, assigned to victualling, ex K.P.M.;
eng.:  Indian, assigned to the engine, ex m.v. “Mangola”.

(4) Survivors:

+  survived the raft drift [Raft 1];
**  did not survive the raft drift [Raft 2];
[ blank ]  lost at the sinking.