The discovery last week of the wreck of the Montevideo Maru was a welcome final chapter in what has been a desperately painful story for the families of those who died in Australia's worst maritime disaster.
The ship, which was torpedoed by an American submarine, took an estimated 979 Australian troops and civilians to their deaths off the coast of the Philippines in July 1942.
The location of the wreck remained a mystery for more than 80 years, before a team led by not-for-profit Silentworld Foundation discovered it after 12 days of searching in the South China Sea.
