089343 Accession Number: 089343

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The ship's office aboard the troopship HMAS Kanimbla, where the ship's ledgers, containing all pay accounts, are kept under the supervision of Lieutenant John Oliver Newman, Royal Australian Naval Reserve. He enlisted in the RANR as an Ordinary Seaman Supply Assistant on 1 April 1941 at the age of 22 and was promoted to Paymaster Sub Lieutenant on 2 April 1942 and served until 11 January 1947.

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Accession Number
089343
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
3 May 1945
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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