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George Sparks in his first officer's merchant navy uniform
George Sparks in his first officer's merchant navy uniform

George Sparks in his first officer's merchant navy uniform

Datec 1900
Object number00027266
NamePhotograph
MediumSilver gelatin print, paper
DimensionsImage: 45 x 102 mm
Mount: 188 x 134 mm, 1 mm
Overall: 0.027 kg
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Muriel Hunt
DescriptionPhotograph of George Sparks wearing his merchant navy officer's uniform.HistoryAccording to the donor, Muriel Hunt, the cap was owned by her mother's brother George Cameron Sparks of Mount Street, North Sydney. George drowned off the American coast while first officer of the schooner MARY DODGE in about 1900. George was in his early twenties when he died. The MARY DODGE was a wooden, three masted schooner built in 1882 and owned by Charles Nelson of San Francisco.