Service Record

From

To

Tantallon Castle

Cadet

1956

8/1957

Winchester Castle

Jnr 4th Officer

1/1958

6/1958

Winchester Castle

Extra 4th Officer

6/1958

8/1958

Winchester Castle

4th Officer

8/1958

9/1958

Kenilworth Castle

4th Officer

11/1958

2/1959

Durban Castle

4th Officer

3/1959

5/1959

Pendennis Castle

4th Officer

6/1959

8/1959

Edinburgh Castle

4th Officer

10/1959

4/1960

Rothesay Castle

3rd Officer

10/1960

1/1961

Roslin Castle

2nd Officer

6/1961

4/1962

Kinnaird Castle

2nd Officer

6/1962

5/1963

Capetown Castle

Jnr 2nd Officer

6/1963

11/1963

Kenya Castle

Jnr 2nd Officer

11/1963

2/1964

Stirling Castle

Jnr 2nd Officer

8/1964

11/1964

Left

Company

1965


Edward John Thorpe

From Gen Botha Muster List

Joined Union Castle Line as Cadet and eventually promoted to Chief Officer.

1965 moved to Australia and in Sydney joined the Australian Stevedoring Industry Authority as a Port Inspector.

1978 joined P&O as a Supercargo and later transferred to OCL as a Ship Planner.

Later retired from there.

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