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Image Not Available for Collection of documents relating the marine engineer Walter John Donaldson
Collection of documents relating the marine engineer Walter John Donaldson
Image Not Available for Collection of documents relating the marine engineer Walter John Donaldson

Collection of documents relating the marine engineer Walter John Donaldson

Date1894-1938
Object numberANMS1162
NameArchive series
MediumPaper based material
ClassificationsEphemera
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Arthur Cowley
DescriptionThis collection of 23 documents relates to marine engineer Walter John Donaldson. Walter Donaldson trained and served as a marine engineer at sea and later worked as a marine engineer with the Maritime Service Board of New South Wales in Sydney. The collection consists of one certificate of a 'child being sufficiently educated'; one reference from Fort Street School; one Maritime Service Board of New South Wales Officer's Journal; one certificate of membership from the Insitute of Marine Engineers; two certificates of competency; one certificate of approval from the NSW Department of Labour and Industry; three mechanical drawing certificates and 13 certificates of discharge. The documents span the period 1894-1938.