Rookwood Necropolis Merchant Navy Memorial and Columbarium Middle Image Image Image 0 / 0 - Prev Next Description / Background Note: For all enquiries about visiting Rookwood and its memorials, please contact Rookwood Cemetery directly. This memorial is a roofed columbarium, made from brick and wood and set within a memorial garden. A plaque is attached to the front wall of the structure, inscribed with a dedication to members of the Merchant Navy who died while serving in the First and Second World Wars. Inscription Plaque Erected to the memory of members of the Merchant Navy who lost their lives through enemy action in World Wars I and II, many of whom were well known in the Port of Sydney and the burial or depositing of ashes of seamen of all nations. "They that go down to the sea in ships these men see the works of the Lord" Psalm 107. Erected by the Merchant Navy War Memorial Appeal through the Sydney Mission to Seamen ('The Flying Angel') 1948. Do you know more about this war Memorial? Click here to learn how you can contribute Sidebar Address Hawthorn Avenue Rookwood NSW 2141 Local Government Area Cumberland Council Setting Garden/park Memorial type Other Recorded by Rusty Priest AM Year of construction 1948 Conflict/s First World War, 1914–18 Second World War, 1939–45