Aboard the SS Wimmera on her final voyage departing Auckland on 25 June 1918 were 76 passengers. They comprised a mixture of families, couples, friends, single travellers and soldiers on leave – men, women and children.
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Among the passengers joining the Wimmera on her final voyage to Sydney were several large and small family groups.
Aboard the Wimmera on her final voyage were several married couples plus others who were travelling in company with one other family member or friends.
Two serving and two returned soldiers were also travelling aboard the Wimmera as passengers on her final trip across the Tasman.
Including the four serving or former soldiers, there were 31 passengers aboard the Wimmera on her final voyage who were travelling alone – by far the largest cohort of travelers.
The passengers aboard the Huddart Parker steamer Wimmera on her final voyage comprised 30 women, 26 men, 11 boys and 9 girls.
This page provides the names and personal details of all 76 passengers who were aboard the ss Wimmera on her final voyage from Auckland and at the time of her sinking on 26 June 1918.
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