''Wollongbar'' was a 2,239-ton passenger steamship built by the

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in 1922 for the

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, as a replacement for which was wrecked in 1921.

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She was torpedoed by the Imperial Japanese Navy

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while in a convoy on 29 April 1943. When she sank, thirty four crew members died and five of her crew waited until they were rescued by two fishermen, Tom and Claude Radleigh, and taken to Port Macquarie. Three returned to Sydney after a night's rest. Frank Emson, greaser, was rushed to hospital and W. J. Mason, chief officer, spent 10 days in hospital. Both eventually recovered. In 2020 the shipwreck was confirmed discovered by Heritage NSW.

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