Post Office and Customs House, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Maker Gowen Sutton Company Limited (Canadian, 1916 - 1960)

Date1928

Object numberANMS0823[003]

NamePhotograph

MediumBlack and white photographic print on paper.

DimensionsOverall: 89 x 68 mm

ClassificationsPhotographs

Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Margaret Kiley-Balas

Terms

Halifax

DescriptionThis photographic postcard depicts the post office and customs house at Halifax in Nova Scotia, Canada. John Berchmans Kiley collected postcards and photographs from his global travels while serving in the Royal Australian Navy.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 on 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 photographic postcard from Canada provides clear visual evidence of the places visited by Australian naval personnel in the 1920s.