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Reference Letter from 'Freemasons Hotel, Albany' for Charles Fredrick JACKMAN

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Freemasons Hotel

1941

Overview

A beige paper A5 reference letter for Charles Frederick JACKMAN typed in black ink, with the handwritten signature of the Manager of the Freemasons Hotel, Albany WA. dated 19th July 1941. On the reverse is a circular purple stamp with the numbers 1-12 in the border inside the stamp with ‘Received 25 June 1943’ in the centre. The letter shows signs of having been folded and punched and stapled on the left-hand side.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-12-2021.8.18

Item type

Letters

Themes

Communication

Material

Paper

Width

203 mm

Height or length

177 mm

Weight

2 g

Inscriptions and markings

On front “FREEMASONS HOTEL / ALBANY / 19th July,1941 Phone 8 / TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. / Mr. C. Jackman has been employed at this hotel / for the past three months as Barman, during which / time he has proved himself a reliable, conscientious / and willing worker. He is of sober habits and leaves / here of his own accord. / Yours faithfully. / S.G. Clarke Manager” with “RECEIVED / 28 JUN 1943” on back.

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

Freemasons Hotel

Albany

Place made

Albany, Western Australia, Australia

Year

1941

Primary significance criteria

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Object’s condition or completeness