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Collection of postcards sent by Fred Halliday

Date10 December 1907

Object numberANMS1113

NameArchive series

MediumInk on paper

ClassificationsEphemera

Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Carole E Kellogg

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DescriptionThis collection of 17 postcards were sent by Third Engineer Fred Halliday to his family in England from various ports around Australia. Halliday was the Third Engineer on the SS DALMORE on a voyage to Australia between August 1907 and March 1908 and sent the postcards during this time.HistoryFred Halliday married Edwina Webster (to whom several of the postcards are adressed) in 1911 and soon after, left on a voyage to India where he contracted tuberculosis. He was returning to England in the ship's hospital on the SS MALWA when on the 2nd February he died and was buried at sea off the coast from Marseilles, France. He was 28 years old. According to his grandaughter, Carole E. Kellogg, he never saw his only child, a daughter, Carole's mother. Carole inherited the postcards and they were a cherished possession from a grandfather she never knew.SignificanceThese postcards are a complete set of one young British sailor's voyage to Australia in 1907-1908. They are an insight into a sailor's experiences of Australia, as well as a record of their messages to family and friends.