Ships’ Passenger Lists & the Role of New Zealanders in the Conflict by Michael Pether

Michael Pether of New Zealand has carried out extensive research on the topic of the evacuation of Singapore in February 1942. Anyone interested in this topic would benefit greatly from reading his work. Below is listed some of the research that Michael has done to date – 2025.

The Broad Perspective: An overview of the events that lead to the sinking or beaching of the ships listed below and the aftermath.

Passenger List of HMT St. Breock [Revised January 2021]

Passenger List of Changteh [Version 1.0.0, September 2022]

Passenger List of HMS Dragonfly [Revised September 2019]

Passenger List of Elizabeth – a launch

Passenger List of HMS Fanling (or ‘HMS Fan Lin’) [Version 1.2.1; February 2020]

Passenger List of Hong Tat [Version 1.0.0 January 2020]

Passenger List of RAF Auxiliary Aquarius [Revised January 2020]

Passenger List of HMS Giang Bee

Passenger List of HMS Grasshopper

Passenger List of HMS Fuh Wo [Revised September 2023]

Passenger List of HMS Yin Ping

Passenger List of SS Tandjong Pinang

Passenger List of SS Kuala

Passenger List of HMS Pahlawan [Version 1.0.0: July 21]

Passenger List of Poelau / Pulo Soegi [Revised February 2020]

Passenger List of ML 433 [Revised January 2021]

Passenger List of ML 311 [Revised November 2020]

Passenger List of Harbour Defence Motor Launch 1062 [Version 2. 0. 1; November 2020]

Passenger List of SS Redang [Revised July 2020]

Passenger Lists of SS Rantau and SS Relau. [Version 1.0.1; February 2025]

Passenger List of HMS Scorpion (T67) [Version 1.0.0 May 2021]

Passenger List of HMS Siang Wo [Version September 2023]

Among the most studied of the ships is the Vyner Brooke. A document containing details of its sinking, the horrific aftermath, and a list of the passengers dated July 2024 can be read here.

Commemorative Address: “On Radji Beach“. Delivered at the Tin Winning Museum, Muntok, Bangka Island, on 16th February, 2019

NEW ZEALANDERS INVOLVED IN THE CONFLICT