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Accession Number | ART22779 |
Collection type | Art |
Measurement | Overall: 45.6 x 31 cm (irreg) centre measurements |
Object type | Work on paper |
Physical description | coloured crayons on paper |
Maker |
Hodgkinson, Roy |
Place made | Ceylon: Colombo |
Date made | 1945 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain |
A 'nor easter' or 'not entitled' (Lieutenant Peter Martin, Petty Officer George Howe)
Shows a situation during open muster payment on HMAS Napier. The bos'n's mate pipes "clear lower decks, hands fall in for payment abaft the tubes. A sailor is seen standing in the correct manner ready to receive his pay (he hopes) only to find by some circumstance is "not entitled" (insufficient funds for any one of a few reasons). He is entitled to call at the ships's office later to investigate. The Paying Officer is Lieutenant Peter Gordon Martin, Royal Australian Navy. He is a Watch keeper in the "Napier" and also runs the ship's office and action information centre. Petty Officer C.Howe, Royal Australian Naval Reserves, is informing Lieutenant Martin that the unfortunate matelot is a "Nor' Easter." l: unidentified seaman, centre: Petty George Rex Howe, Royal Australian Naval Reserves.
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