Cease!! The Heart of Jesus is with me

Date1920s

Object number00036216

NameAmulet

MediumCloth

DimensionsOverall: 42 x 35 mm

ClassificationsClothing and personal items

Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from John B Kiley

Terms

DescriptionWhite woollen scapula with a red embroidered image of the Sacred Heart of Jesus worn under clothing by Catholics to provide a sense of connection to a religious order or devotion. This badge was worn by John Berchmans Kiley while serving in the Royal Australian Navy in the late 1920s.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 served on HMAS SYDNEY for around 12 months before joining HMAS HMAS MELBOURNE on its last voyage to England in 1928, returning home on the new HMAS AUSTRALIA in the same year. John 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 religious badge is part of a collection of personal effects belonging to John Berchmans Kiley.