G'day, The Australian Ex-Prisoners of war Memorial Wall is under coinstruction in Ballarat.....at last ! The committee wants to include the names of Merchant seamen who were POWs. We have a list for WW2, but it appears that no such list is available for WW1. Can any one help, please !! Ted Lynes

Ted The Australian Ex-Prisoners of war Memorial Wall is under coinstruction in Ballarat The committee wants to include the names of Merchant seamen who were POWs. We have a list for WW2, but it appears that no such list is available for WW1. Perhaps someone could correct me but since merchant seamen were civilians and not service personal would not the correct description be internee rather than prisoner of war. I think it is great in this day and age that nominal rolls are on computer databases that have full names and details and are easily updated. No matter how hard researchers try they will miss names, misspell names and get details wrong. Printed Nominal Rolls are out of date before they are published. I find sad to walk pass World War I memorials with surnames and initials that have become meaningless over to years. At the Brunswick Road tram stop I look the names on the memorial and wonder who they were. Anthony Staunton