Discharge Book Number

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Originally Posted by Richard Quartermaine

528396 Sydney Port Line 6.11.1949. But British first ( Port Line Newcastle, NSW) and then Australian paper discharges before that dating from January 1947 when I bit the British bullet.
Richard

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This is going the long way round to get a British Merchant Navy Discharge Book but I never regretted the effort!
Richard

alf corbyn gravesend 17/11/47 to 16/01/48 R397928 FIRST SHIP p&o STRATHEDEN. finger printed at tilbury. pool dock street london

So far John & Jim 162 apart :cool: that is well close to each other. Are they close enough ? Discharge Book wise.
John & Keith 245 apart

Mine is R 571764, 23rd. April 1952 at Birkenhead. First ship "Bellerophon" Blue Funnel. Nearest to mine is Capt. Kong (576086) and John Sabourn (575129).

Alec.

R736983 prince of wales dover,1960, 1st ship PERSIC,shaw savill.

And mine is R770014 TS Dolphin issued Leith

Best regards all Steve

You old shellbacks make me feel positavely young! R797900 Regards, T.G. (only 74).

R716556 Vindi November 1959 first ship British Faith.

R729086 issued Cornhill, Liverpool 1960.

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Originally Posted by alf corbyn

alf corbyn gravesend 17/11/47 to 16/01/48 R397928 FIRST SHIP p&o STRATHEDEN. finger printed at tilbury. pool dock street london

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Just a little in front Alf.
I was Vindicatrix Sept /Nov 1947 No R 396040 issued London First ship MV Loch Garth Royal Mail Lines. Stayed at sea thirty years till 1977

Stuart Henderson