Victorian Naval Forces Muster | for the Colony of Victoria. (muster range 1853-1910)*
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ProfileLast Name: | Beatty | First Name: | Thomas John | Rank: | Electrician | Birth Date: | | Branch: | Naval Torpedo Corps | | Thomas John Beatty
Electrician
To rank with but after Sub-Lieutenants in the Naval Forces and with Sub-Lieutenants in the Naval Reserve, according to date of Commission. Victorian Government Gazette, 28 March 1879.
Name inscribed on the Silver Soup Tureen presented to Paymaster James Arthur Thompson by members of the crew of HMVS 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 Resigned as Electrician in the Naval Torpedo Corps. Victorian Government Gazette, 19 January 1884 |
* 1853 is given as the commencement date for the Victorian Navy as this is the year that Commander Lockyer (RN) went to Britain to superintend the building of HMCS Victoria. Although the Victorian Navy ended in 1901 the career of Cerbeus etc continued. In 1910 the new ships started arriving & manning levels increased.
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