ANA Skymaster Amana Crash - Passengers

Passengers

On its fatal flight the Amana was carrying 24 passengers, including 2 infants. All except Edgar Forwood died in the crash or the ensuing inferno. Passengers included:

• Five Polish immigrants (including an infant), previously of the Northam Migration Camp, travelling to Adelaide.
• The Anglican Bishop of the Riverina, Bishop Charles Murray.
• The Anglican Dean of Newcastle, New South Wales, the Very Reverend Norman Blow.
• Victor Anquetil, an executive of Charles Read Limited in Melbourne.
• Stan Baker, an employee of Ampol Petroleum Company. In 1931 Mr Baker was booked to fly on the fatal flight of the Southern Cloud but finally travelled by train instead.
• Kenneth Douglas, the Managing Director of Winterbottom Motor Company.
• Douglas Engler, secretary of the Pioneer Bus Company.
• Vincent Finnigan, a world authority on diesel-electric locomotives and electric traction.
• Six other male passengers, four other female passengers and an infant.