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Black and White Photograph of Charles Frederick JACKMAN Sailing with Friends

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1943

Overview

A black and white photograph showing Charles Frederick JACKMAN on board the sailing ship ‘Dauntless’ in a group of five (5) men and two (2 women) taken in January 1943. The group members and location (Emu Point) are named on the back of the photograph, along with the date 1943. The photograph shows some signs of curling inwards.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2021.8.15

Item type

Photographs

Themes

Photography

Material

Photographic Paper

Width

101 mm

Height or length

69 mm

Weight

1 g

Inscriptions and markings

“Douglas Betty George / Hilda Blondi Myself / & Doreen / On Board Dauntless / Jan 1943 Emu Pt.” handwritten on back in pencil.

Contextual information

Charles Frederick JACKMAN was born on 9 May 1919 in Lockwood, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. He travelled to Fremantle, Western Australia in 1934, arriving on 23 December via Colombo. JACKMAN enlisted in the 24th Heavy Artillery Battery, Royal Australian Artillery (militia) on 29 July 1937 at the age of eighteen (18). He spent three (3) years and ten (10) days in service at the Princess Royal Fortress, Albany, Western Australia, and qualified as a “Layer” and “Lewis Gunner” before being discharged on 7 August 1940. On 27 August 1940, JACKMAN enlisted in the 5th Veterinary Hospital as and was discharged as “Medically Unfit” on 21 January 1941. He worked locally including at the Freemasons Hotel on Stirling Terrace for three (3) months until July 1941, and the Vacuum Oil Company from 28 June 1943 until 17 January 1946. JACKMAN married Betty Milne at St John the Evangelist Church in Albany on 12 April 1947, and died in Albany on13 July 1985. He is buried in Allambie Cemetery, Albany.

Keywords

Charles Frederick JACKMAN

Princess Royal Harbour

Albany

Place made

Albany, Western Australia, Australia

Year

1943

Primary significance criteria

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Object’s condition or completeness