The sinking of the ship was Australia's worst-ever maritime disaster, killing an estimated 979 Australian citizens, including at least 850 troops. | via philstarlife
This handout photo taken in 1941 and obtained on April 22, 2023 from the Australian War Memorial shows the Japanese transport ship Montevideo Maru at sea.
The sinking of the Montevideo Maru was Australia's worst-ever maritime disaster, killing an estimated 979 Australian citizens, including at least 850 troops. "At long last, the resting place of the lost souls of the Montevideo Maru has been found," Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. "When we saw those images it was the moment of a lifetime, very exciting," Captain Roger Turner, technical director of the expedition, told AFP by phone from aboard the Fugro Equator survey vessel.The ship had split into two sections, with the bow and stern lying about 500 meters apart on the seabed, he said.
"We're very conscious that it is a grave, it is a war grave for some 1,100 people—both our Allied military and civilians but also the Japanese crew and guards," Turner said. Andrea Williams, an Australian whose grandfather and great-uncle were civilian internees who perished on the ship, was also with the team that found it.
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