tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379962256741902605.post708138117024519164..comments2024-03-29T00:43:01.355-07:00Comments on Military History: The last voyage of the SS Ulysses Philip Cracknellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03742419743648086989noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379962256741902605.post-79383632965271229932023-08-30T20:49:26.111-07:002023-08-30T20:49:26.111-07:00Many thanks for emailing the photo.Many thanks for emailing the photo.Philip Cracknellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03742419743648086989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379962256741902605.post-72667499933656635672023-08-25T22:17:58.143-07:002023-08-25T22:17:58.143-07:00Hi Phillip, I have just googled "SS Ulysses&q...Hi Phillip, I have just googled "SS Ulysses" and read your excellent article. The reason I googled was because my wife bought some artefacts from an auction sale house in Sydney, and in it was a candlestick holder engraved "SS Ulysses". I'll email a photo. RgdsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379962256741902605.post-60357948213109928562023-06-22T02:30:25.504-07:002023-06-22T02:30:25.504-07:00Hi Helen - thanks so much for that additional info...Hi Helen - thanks so much for that additional information and correction of dates.Philip Cracknellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03742419743648086989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379962256741902605.post-23551248919166984022023-05-18T09:43:26.422-07:002023-05-18T09:43:26.422-07:00Hi Philip, thank you for such fascinating detail r...Hi Philip, thank you for such fascinating detail regarding the story of the last voyage of the SS Ulysses. My grandmother, Mrs Nancy Keil Boyd (née Anderson) was on board on that fateful voyage, as you have listed above. Just a few points: she was born in 1895 and married my grandfather, Andrew Graham Boyd in 1924. He was indeed a rubber planter in Malaya. Whilst Nancy escaped Singapore on the SS Ulysses, my grandfather spent the rest of the war as a civilian internee in Changi. They both returned to Malaya after the war but Nancy died in 1948. Andrew remarried in 1950 and died in 1989 at the age of 92. Best regards, Helen SmithHelen Smithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379962256741902605.post-63360583407831589392021-11-28T03:29:50.694-08:002021-11-28T03:29:50.694-08:00Hi George: Thanks for the message Mrs Lillian McA...Hi George: Thanks for the message Mrs Lillian McAuslan was standing with her two daughters and nearby was Mrs Chapman standing with her 6-year old son (Richard). I don't know about the son David but he does not appear to have been on the vessel. He may have been older and at boarding school - I don't have information on him. PhilipPhilip Cracknellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03742419743648086989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379962256741902605.post-26651561742500466362021-11-24T19:35:22.298-08:002021-11-24T19:35:22.298-08:00Philip, I have come across the McAuslan family on ...Philip, I have come across the McAuslan family on my Ancestry.com research, and now the Ulysses story. One question. On the manifest you have listed mother Lilian, Ailsa and another daughter Elizabeth. On the photo Lilian appears to be with her daughter Ailsa, but also a son, not another daughter. She had a son called David. I am wondering if there is an error here. You have been in contact with Alison, maybe she could clarify. Regards, George GilchristAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09562742748174513214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379962256741902605.post-86898271324386439342017-08-27T03:23:00.574-07:002017-08-27T03:23:00.574-07:00Dear Adam: Thank you for that link. I have correc...Dear Adam: Thank you for that link. I have corrected the name to Betty. Your father's story on the link was most interesting. Thanks.Philip Cracknellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03742419743648086989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379962256741902605.post-32470730486249535372017-08-21T20:09:26.360-07:002017-08-21T20:09:26.360-07:00Hi Philip, this is fabulous. My father (Richard Ch...Hi Philip, this is fabulous. My father (Richard Chapman) and grandmother are featured here, although she's listed here as Frances Chapman her name was Betty. My dad died a few ago but there's an account of this sinking in a recent article on him at this link https://vetpracticemag.com.au/4254-2/ Adam Chapmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8379962256741902605.post-82490312917728003982017-07-22T01:11:30.751-07:002017-07-22T01:11:30.751-07:00Philip, this is a cracking true life war story. Ve...Philip, this is a cracking true life war story. Very interesting. Many thanks for researching and sharing. Glenn Smith<br /><br />glenn2121https://www.blogger.com/profile/00541190141070650362noreply@blogger.com