Examination paper IV for Royal Australian Navy candidates
DateMarch 1930
Object numberANMS0831[026]
NameExamination paper
MediumInk on paper
DimensionsOverall: 254 x 192 mm
ClassificationsEphemera
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Margaret Kiley-Balas
DescriptionThis navigation examination paper was issued by the Navy Office of the Department of Defence to John Berchmans Kiley as part of his higher education training.HistoryJohn Berchmans Kiley was born on 29 January 1910 and joined the Royal Australian Navy in 1925. He began his naval service on HMAS TINGIRA, a ship for boy sailors moored at Rose Bay in Sydney, where he trained for 15 months. He went on to join HMAS SYDNEY and travelled to England, returning home on HMAS AUSTRALIA. Kiley also served in HMAS MELBOURNE, and undertook four years of training at HMAS CERBERUS studying a range of gunnery courses. Kiley reached the rank of Leading Seaman, and to his great disappointment was invalidated out of the navy around 1930 due to respiratory illness.SignificanceThis navigation exam paper is an important record of the higher education that sailors undertook in the Royal Australian Navy.
