Re: Discharge Book or not
I have my Dads discharge book from the first world war No 934682 still in near pristine condition.
Des
Re: Discharge Book or not
I have 3 Des all full even had to go back to the first one issued as wasn’t full, had to use latterly. Didn’t really matter though , I only kept for personal reasons and for a record of seatime for myself , as one had to prove at least 2 years seatime in every 5 years , or had to go back to school for an updating of any technical advances you had missed. I have a name list of 81 ships , but even this is short by at least 3 which. I had 3 paper discharges which I have lost together with their names. Doubt very much today if a discharge book is absolutely necessary. Salary’s etc. are worked out and paid direct to bank accounts . If you haven’t got one chances are the employer would get you one. Discharge books were totally unnecessary offshore in Australia in 2002. People just signed ships Articles as APA which I assume meant as per company accounts. Cheers JS