While re-typing the on board newspaper 'The Innocents Afloat' I thought I would google a few of the people featured in the Personal Sketches section. I am no expert googler so the results are pretty hit and miss:
The Ship's Commandant: Colonel Frederick William Hurcombe
The Ship's Adjutant: Lieutenant Jack Andrew Robertson
The Quartermaster: Lieutenant Louis Joseph Butler
Senior Medical Officer: Captain Herbert William Franklands
Church of England Chaplain: Captain William Edmund Moorhouse
Roman Catholic Chaplain: Captain Matthias Joseph Smith
Presbyterian Chaplain: Captain William John Gray
The Matron: Matron Matilda McNeill
Nursing Sisters: Sister Hilda Clapp, Sister Elenor Jeffries, Sister Wilson, Sister Cowley, Sister Kelly
Ship's Sergeant-Major: Warrent Officer Gerald Mack
YMCA Secretary: Rev. H.A.Brewer (Article in WA newspaper about his service)
I have found links to a school in Uganda that had a Rev H.A. Brewer as headmaster from 1920 - 1931... given the article refers to his previous work in Uganda I am confident it is him
Australian Comforts Commissioner: Mr. Ivo Whiston Kerr
I am now able to return to Uncle Bert's first hand account of his experiences... Chapter 5 about to begin....
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