| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | PR03664 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | 1 box: 12cm |
| Object type | Diary, Letter, Papers, Album |
| Maker |
Unknown Winsor, Jacob Thomas |
| Place made | At sea, Australia, Ceylon, India, Indian Ocean: Red Sea, Singapore, Somaliland, Yemen: Aden |
| Date made | 1925-1947 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Winsor, Jacob Thomas (Petty Officer, b.1902 - d.1989)
Description
Collection relating to the service of 10896 Petty Officer Jacob Thomas Winsor, Royal Australian Navy, 1925-1947. Collection consists of: (a) diary kept by Petty Officer Jacob Thomas Winsor, from 3 September 1939 to 2 January 1941; (b) album with decorative cover (painted and embossed Japanese scene) containing sixty-five black & white photographs. Photographs depict British (HMS Georgic, HMS Glenearn), Italian (Galileo Galilei) and Australian ships (HMAS Hobart, HMAS Westralia); Berbera, British Somaliland; evacuees from Berbera aboard HMAS Hobart; the liner RMS Georgic burning at Port Tewfik (Gulf of Suez); evacuees (possibly Australian nurses) from Padang; (c) typed transcript of diary of Petty Officer Winsor from 3 September 1939 to 2 January 1941; (d) album containing seventeen black & white photographs relating to the WW2 service of Petty Officer Winsor; (e) certificates of service and discharge documents relating to Petty Officer Winsor; (f) collection of roneod leaflets entitled 'Did You Know?' detailing information about a number of ships; (g) hand-written account of a day long sight-seeing trip in Bombay [undated, and not written in the hand of PO Winsor].