Collection related to S/7918 Able Seaman Jack Edward Hawtin

Album includes looseleaf album pages of 266 photographs taken during service and after the war
Wedding portrait including 36065 Able Seaman Malcolm James McCann
HMAS Cerberus class group including: Eddie Osborne; Clarrie Bridge; Tony Clark; Charlie Irvine; Digger Riley; Dutchie Holland; Kevin McDonald; Jack Hawtin.
Collection relating to the Second World War service of S/7918 Able Seaman Jack Edward Hawtin. No cover on album, some original images replaced with modern copies prior to donation. Album covers time from enlistment and training at Flinders Naval Depot, HMAS Kanimbla, Milne Bay, Bougainville, Lingayen Gulf, a certificate from the Memorial acknowledging his donation of negatives (incorporated into the Second World War official run of negatives)

S/7918 Jack Edward Hawtin was born in Sydney in 1925. After school he worked at Swaine's Stationery, and enlisted in the RAN aged 18. An Able Seaman, Hawtin's job was to drive the landing boats between large vessels and/or the shore.
Post-war he married pianist Norma Murray, and they bought a mixed business to run. After retiring, for many years he worked as a Volunteer Guide at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney. Many of the speeches and stories offered were from his time at the ANMS, and detail people he met, and 'war stories' he researched.
Jack died in 2001.