Australia Australia - Marion Barter, 51, missing after trip to UK, June 1997 #7

[Estelle]

BBM
From reading the full manifest there were still 300 passengers on board that did not disembark in Australia, some of whom had an address in India so it is possible the Chusan went to India after Australia IMO

Yes possibly.

Wikipedia says: For most of her working life, she carried passengers between London, Bombay, and Japan, but from 1963 also operated to Sydney, Australia. In 1973, she retired from service and was sold to be scrapped at Chou’s Iron and Steel Company Ltd. in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.[2]

Can anyone find the route?

 

[mishy66]

yes I think she said she was coming back from a trip with her parents when she met him

So possibly coming back from a trip with parents and got off somewhere......where they then met....?

 

[Estelle]

P&O Chusan


In January 1970 she had the honour of sailing the final London to India service, leaving Tilbury on the 15th Sep 1970, thus ending P&O’s long association with India. I n July 1971, Chusan suffered a fire in the funnel uptakes while docked in Southampton.

From December 1971 to January 1972, she operated P&O’s first cruise program out of Cape Town, South Africa.

 

[ikarka]

Yes possibly.

Wikipedia says: For most of her working life, she carried passengers between London, Bombay, and Japan, but from 1963 also operated to Sydney, Australia. In 1973, she retired from service and was sold to be scrapped at Chou’s Iron and Steel Company Ltd. in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.[2]

Can anyone find the route?

Haven't quite found the route; but I found this newspaper ad which refers to passengers leaving Adelaide on the Chusan (dates line up) for the "Far East" which I would guess includes India. Looking promising but I am going to do some more checking!

 

[mishy66]

The way I read this is that these passengers EMBARKED in Adelaide on the Chusan on 20 Feb 1970. THEY DID NOT DISEMBARK.

Please correct me if I am wrong.

ah yes, that is correct

 

[KiwiNZ]

Yes possibly.

Wikipedia says: For most of her working life, she carried passengers between London, Bombay, and Japan, but from 1963 also operated to Sydney, Australia. In 1973, she retired from service and was sold to be scrapped at Chou’s Iron and Steel Company Ltd. in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.[2]

Can anyone find the route?

11 Feb 1970 - SHIP ENDS AN INDIAN LINK - Trove (nla.gov.au)

 

[Estelle]

BBM
From reading the full manifest there were still 300 passengers on board that did not disembark in Australia, some of whom had an address in India so it is possible the Chusan went to India after Australia IMO

In January 1970 she had the honour of sailing the final London to India service

 

[RDBL2022]

Y

They interview her on the Luxembourg episode.

es I thought that. Time to recap what she said! The plot thickens!

How did they find the money to send David to RMIT University in Melbourne on a pension?

Here’s a curve ball! My sisters theory is that DD was the one that went into the bank to withdraw the money out and the teller sighted her. Plausible??

 

[ikarka]

So if you look at the outward passenger list previously found for passengers embarking from Adelaide, they list the disembarkation points. I am not 100% sure but my guess is:
SG -> Singapore
HK -> Hong Kong
CO -> Colombo
CT -> Calcutta
UK -> UK, pretty self explanatory

If this is correct then yes it did have the last London to India service, and yes the dates line up with DdH's story - except she's not on the passenger list, that I can find.

 

[KiwiNZ]

 

[Estelle]

11 Feb 1970 - SHIP ENDS AN INDIAN LINK - Trove (nla.gov.au)

View attachment 333677

11/2/1970
SHIP ENDS AN
INDIAN LINK
BOMBAY, Tuesday (AAP-Reuter). — A 123'
year-old direct sea passenger service between
India and Britain ended on Sunday when the P
& O liner, Chusan, steamed out of Bombay
harbour to a full ceremonial farewell.
An Indian Navy band played as the 24,000
ton liner sailed for ports in East Asia' and
Australia. P & O Lines, who were the first company to
begin, in 1847, a scheduled passenger service
between Britain and India, were also the last
to break it.

 

[Belleandsebastian]

I can see her parents (possibly as Walker is a common name) but not her.

 

[KiwiNZ]

Y

es I thought that. Time to recap what she said! The plot thickens!

Here’s a curve ball! My sisters theory is that DD was the one that went into the bank to withdraw the money out and the teller sighted her. Plausible??

we have debated that 1000 times, jury's still out lol

 

[Estelle]

View attachment 333682

So it left Sydney on March 14. Was that in 1970?

 

[SLouTh]

The Chusan must have sailed from India to Australia ....

From Estelle's Link:

The final regular P&O passenger ship sailing from India was on February 8th, 1970, when Chusan departed from Bombay's Ballard Pier - thus ending more than a century of scheduled UK-India main-line voyages.
P&O Chusan (pandosnco.co.uk)

And arrived in Freemantle Aus on 17/02/1970
View digital copy (naa.gov.au)

IMO

 

[SLouTh]

So it left Sydney on March 14. Was that in 1970?

That has to be March 1971 .... by the publish date ... Wed 28th October 1970

 

[Belleandsebastian]

The Chusan must have sailed from India to Australia ....

From Estelle's Link:

The final regular P&O passenger ship sailing from India was on February 8th, 1970, when Chusan departed from Bombay's Ballard Pier - thus ending more than a century of scheduled UK-India main-line voyages.
P&O Chusan (pandosnco.co.uk)

And arrived in Freemantle Aus on 17/02/1970
View digital copy (naa.gov.au)

IMO

I only see a ‘Miss G Walker’

 

[Lord Peter Flimsy]

Are they complicit similar to Fred & Rose West although this crime is all about money & greed.

 

[SLouTh]

So if you look at the outward passenger list previously found for passengers embarking from Adelaide, they list the disembarkation points. I am not 100% sure but my guess is:
SG -> Singapore
HK -> Hong Kong
CO -> Colombo
CT -> Calcutta
UK -> UK, pretty self explanatory

If this is correct then yes it did have the last London to India service, and yes the dates line up with DdH's story - except she's not on the passenger list, that I can find.

I am super impressed that you can find the passenger lists!!!!

Do you know if there is a way to find out who boarded the Chusan in the UK ??? The embarkation list for this time period???

Thanks

 

[mishy66]

The Chusan must have sailed from India to Australia ....

From Estelle's Link:

The final regular P&O passenger ship sailing from India was on February 8th, 1970, when Chusan departed from Bombay's Ballard Pier - thus ending more than a century of scheduled UK-India main-line voyages.
P&O Chusan (pandosnco.co.uk)

And arrived in Freemantle Aus on 17/02/1970
View digital copy (naa.gov.au)

IMO

Yes this is the passenger list that was put up yesterday and the only Walker on it is this :