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Image Not Available for Collection of eight documents relating to Captain Robert Menzies
Collection of eight documents relating to Captain Robert Menzies
Image Not Available for Collection of eight documents relating to Captain Robert Menzies

Collection of eight documents relating to Captain Robert Menzies

Date1943 - 1980
Object numberANMS0310
NameArchive series
MediumPaper
ClassificationsEphemera
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Robert Menzies
Terms
    DescriptionThis collection of eight documents relate to the maritime career of Captain Robert Menzies. They consist of one report of a summons case no. 478, Robert Menzies versus Arthur W Reeve; one report regarding the CARADALE dispute sent by Captain Menzies; one personal letter; one letter sent by Menzies to the Marine Superintendent, James Patrick and Company Proprietary Limited; three newspaper clippings relating to the charging of seaman over their refusal to take a ship to sea and one newspaper clipping regarding the Merchant Navy leading the Anzac Day march. The documents span the period 1943 – 1980.HistoryThe CARADALE incident relates to the charging of eight seamen with having ‘willfully disobeyed the lawful command of Captain Robert Menzies’ while at the port of Newcastle from Saturday 24 February 1945 to Thursday 1 March 1945.
    Image Not Available for Collection of 27 personal papers relating to Captain Robert Menzies
    Collection of 27 personal papers relating to Captain Robert Menzies
    1934 - 1982
    Image Not Available for Letter addressed to HON RG Menzies concerning the Commonwealth fleet
    Letter addressed to HON RG Menzies concerning the Commonwealth fleet
    Sir Robert Gordon Menzies
    1954
    Image Not Available for Letter from Basil Helm to the RT Hon Robert Gordon Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia
    Letter from Basil Helm to the RT Hon Robert Gordon Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia
    Basil Helm
    1952
    Major-General Ter Poorten and Prime Minister Menzies on board TSS ORANJE II
    Major-General Ter Poorten and Prime Minister Menzies on board TSS ORANJE II
    Samuel J Hood Studio
    28 June 1941
    Major-General Ter Poorten and Prime Minister Menzies on board TSS ORANJE II
    Major-General Ter Poorten and Prime Minister Menzies on board TSS ORANJE II
    Samuel J Hood Studio
    28 June 1941
    Captain J.D. Birch of the ORDCADES shaking hands with Sir Robert Menzies
    Captain J.D. Birch of the ORDCADES shaking hands with Sir Robert Menzies
    Sir Robert Gordon Menzies
    1959-1960
    Image Not Available for Captain J.D. Birch of the ORCADES shaking hands with Sir Robert Menzies
    Captain J.D. Birch of the ORCADES shaking hands with Sir Robert Menzies
    Sir Robert Gordon Menzies
    1959-1960
    Robert Menzies at the keel laying of RIVER CLARENCE at Cockatoo Island Dockyard
    Robert Menzies at the keel laying of RIVER CLARENCE at Cockatoo Island Dockyard
    Samuel J Hood Studio
    19 July 1941
    Robert Menzies at the keel laying of RIVER CLARENCE at Cockatoo Island Dockyard
    Robert Menzies at the keel laying of RIVER CLARENCE at Cockatoo Island Dockyard
    Samuel J Hood Studio
    19 July 1941
    Robert Menzies at the keel laying of RIVER CLARENCE at Cockatoo Island Dockyard
    Robert Menzies at the keel laying of RIVER CLARENCE at Cockatoo Island Dockyard
    Samuel J Hood Studio
    19 July 1941
    Robert Menzies at the keel laying of RIVER CLARENCE at Cockatoo Island Dockyard
    Robert Menzies at the keel laying of RIVER CLARENCE at Cockatoo Island Dockyard
    Samuel J Hood Studio
    19 July 1941
    Robert Menzies at the keel laying of RIVER CLARENCE at Cockatoo Island Dockyard
    Robert Menzies at the keel laying of RIVER CLARENCE at Cockatoo Island Dockyard
    Samuel J Hood Studio
    19 July 1941