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Title: what is the uniform this man is wearing?
Post by: wallaroo on Tuesday 21 May 13 07:29 BST (UK)
The photo shows an unidentified possible member of my family. This photo may possibly be easily dated because Mitchell & Co. were appointed photographers by Governor Duff who was in office for the short period of 2 years - Duff was appointed in March 1893 and died of multiple hepatic abscesses and septicaemia on 15 March 1985.
Did the appointment message have to be immdediately removed or could this be on the bottom for some time after his death?
The other thing I would like to know is what kind of work does the uniform signify?

cheers
Title: Re: what is the uniform this man is wearing?
Post by: Wiggy on Tuesday 21 May 13 07:38 BST (UK)
I think he died in 1895   ;) ;) ;D ;D

sorry that doesn't help with the uniform does it - ;)  Does prove I read your post though!  ;) ;)

Wiggy  :)
Title: Re: what is the uniform this man is wearing?
Post by: wallaroo on Tuesday 21 May 13 08:28 BST (UK)
oh dear Wiggy, I'm laughing here. Thanks for the reply, at least I know this thing is working. Bye Wallaroo
Title: Re: what is the uniform this man is wearing?
Post by: KGarrad on Tuesday 21 May 13 08:34 BST (UK)
The badge on the cap looks like a shipping company emblem?
Title: Re: what is the uniform this man is wearing?
Post by: Wiggy on Tuesday 21 May 13 08:37 BST (UK)
Quote from: KGarrad on Tuesday 21 May 13 08:34 BST (UK)
The badge on the cap looks like a shipping company emblem?

That's what I was thinking - but which!    :-\ ::)
Title: Re: what is the uniform this man is wearing?
Post by: wallaroo on Tuesday 21 May 13 16:03 BST (UK)
Is there someone in RootsChat or somewhere else that describes uniforms and the dates they were issued?
Title: Re: what is the uniform this man is wearing?
Post by: Hibee on Tuesday 21 May 13 19:47 BST (UK)
Looks like a thistle on the buttons.

Hibee
Title: Re: what is the uniform this man is wearing?
Post by: Man of Kent on Tuesday 21 May 13 20:06 BST (UK)
Try this, you will find a link to a local Genealogy Forum.
http://www.nla.gov.au/family-history/genealogy-selected-websites
Title: Re: what is the uniform this man is wearing?
Post by: stevew101 on Tuesday 21 May 13 20:13 BST (UK)
If the badge is a Thistle - Burns, Philip and Company Limited (A shipping line based in Sydney Austrailia) were using the Thistle emblem on their flags certainly around 1943.  Not sure if they were using it earlier.  Not sure if that is any help or not.

Steve
Title: Re: what is the uniform this man is wearing?
Post by: KGarrad on Tuesday 21 May 13 20:16 BST (UK)
Bingo!

http://www.ssmaritime.com/MS-Bulolo.htm

Actually Burns, Philp & Company
Title: Re: what is the uniform this man is wearing?
Post by: stevew101 on Tuesday 21 May 13 20:20 BST (UK)
Got a bit more - Burns Philp and Co was formed in 1883, and ceased trading in 1970.

http://www.flotilla-australia.com/burnsphilp.htm
Title: Re: what is the uniform this man is wearing?
Post by: wallaroo on Wednesday 22 May 13 07:14 BST (UK)
many thanks stevew101 for your interesting link to BP which I remember well from my teenage days of delivering a shipping newspaper to BP and many other companies in Sydney. Cheers wallaroo
Title: Re: what is the uniform this man is wearing?
Post by: stevew101 on Wednesday 22 May 13 07:15 BST (UK)
Hopefuly thats the one you are seeking
Title: Re: what is the uniform this man is wearing?
Post by: wallaroo on Wednesday 22 May 13 15:51 BST (UK)
I hope so stevew101. I am having trouble finding a bloke in our tree that would have been born c.1853. In  a family of sailors there is only one that we know anything about :((