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Born: 6 September 1869
Died: 5 July 1939
William Johnston Wyllie was the captain of the SS Ulimaroa, an Australian owned ship which was requisitioned by the New Zealand government in 1916 for war purposes. It was was used to carry New Zealand and Indian troops as well as cargo. [JSB]
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- Birth record
- Death record
- Relationship
- Organisation
- Main sources
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- APPENDIX No.6, MERCHANT SHIPS EMPLOYED IN GOVERNMENT WAR-SERVICE [P 481, 495] (webpage)
- William Johnston Wyllie (photograph)
- OFF THE BRIDGE Captain Wyllie to Retire Fifty Years at Sea (newspaper article)
- Death Notice (newspaper article)
- SS Ulimaroa, transporting troops at the end of World War I. [1919, State Library of Victoria] (photograph)
- NEW ZEALAND TRANSPORT SHIPS (webpage)
- Commemorations
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- Wyllie, W.J. on the Scots Kirk Presbyterian Church Mosman Roll of Honour