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'Gunsmoke to Chalkdust - A Sailor's Memoir' Book
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Details
Registration number
cwa-org-12-2025.17.1
ISBN
Item type
Books
Material
Paper
Width
175 mm
Height or length
261 mm
Depth
21 mm
Weight
751 g
Inscriptions and markings
On cover "GUNSMOKE / TO / CHALKDUST / A SAILOR'S MEMOIR / JACK AARON" with "Presented to the HMA PERTH (38) Museum / Jack Aaron / Commissioning Crew / Boston Naval Shipyards / 17 JUL 65" written inside in black ink by author.
Place made
Canberra, ACT, Australia
Year
Primary significance criteria
Social or spiritual significance
Comparative significance criteria
Interpretive capacity
Well provenanced
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Geotag
-35.030449, 117.912878
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Last modified
Monday, 9 February, 2026
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