Victorian Naval Forces Muster | for the Colony of Victoria. (muster range 1853-1910)*
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ProfileLast Name: | Sacker | First Name: | | Rank: | Seaman | Birth Date: | | Branch: | Victorian Navy | | Sacker
Seaman
While fighting a fire on Deane's Floating Dock where the barque Joliba was docked, "a seaman, named Sacker, of the Victoria, fell down the fore'hatch of the Joliba into the hold, and was seriously injured".
Kilmore Free Press, 12 April 1871
Details courtesy of Frank Noonan |
* 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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