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Journals, photographs and promotional brochures collected and used by Eric Bolton Beeham relating to his apprenticeship as a sea cadet

Subject or historical figure Eric Bolton Beeham (Australian, born 1917)

Date1930 - 1938

Object numberANMS0836

NameArchive series

MediumPaper

ClassificationsEphemera

Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Elaine Beeham

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DescriptionThis collection of 17 items were used and compiled by Eric Bolton Beeham during his apprenticeship as a sea cadet with P&O from 1930 to 1938. The series consists of nine P&O promotional brochures; one P&O apprentice's journal; one black and white photograph of RMS RANCHI; three photograph albums containing photographs, newspaper clippings and cigarette cards; and three Navigational Workbook and Journals kept by Beeham during his apprenticeship on RMS STRATHNAVER. The items span the period 1930 - 1938.HistoryThe extensive career of Captain Eric Beeham spans the period from 1936 to 1982, during which there was a great deal of change in the Australian commercial and industrial shipping industries. Beeham first went to sea as a cadet with P&O working on RMS MALOJA and RMS STRATHNAVER in 1936. During World War II Beeham worked on troopships and minesweepers and commanded the patrol boat HMAS NEROUS amongst others. After the war he worked for a number of different shipping companies including Australian & Oriental Line, later becoming a pilot for the Maritime Services Board in NSW.