Edward Joseph Huysmans
aka E.J. Huzsman, E.J. Huseyman, E.J. Huysman
Fleet Engineer
The Argus 27 December 1879
The following appointments are notified in the Gazette : R. Muirhead Collins to be lieutenant of H.M.V.S. Cerberus appointment to date from December 13, 1878; E. J. Huysmans to be an engineer of H.M.V.S. Cerberus, appointment to date from February 13, 1879; Navigating Sub Lieutenant J. L. Stalker to be navigating lieutenant in the Victorian naval forces, promotion to date from July 1, 1879; Sub-Lieutenant J. Scott to be lieutenant in the Victorian Naval Reserve, seniority to date from October 1, 1879.
The Argus, 14 November 1889.
Edward James Huysmans appointed Fleet Engineer
Victorian Government Gazette, 31 August 1888.
On 14 November 1889 a death notice in The Argus reported that Edward John Huysmans died on the 13th aged 46.
died: 14 11 1889
Name inscribed on the Silver Soup Tureen presented to Paymaster James Arthur Thompson by members of the crew of HMAV Cerberus and the Naval Torpedo Corps connected with the Torpedo Accident in 1881.
photograph courtesy of Shirley & David Joy.Mystery of the Silver Soup Tureen
source:
Victorian Navy Monument, Williamstown Cemetery
Erected by the Officers, Petty Officers and Men of the Permanent Naval Force of Victoria
In Memory of their Deceased Comrades
Large Monument surmounted by Large Anchor
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