Port and river worker & FPA employee and coxswain 1951 - 1981 [oral history] / / interviewer: Margaret Howroyd

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AuthorMalone, Keven Ernest, 1921-; Howroyd, MargaretDescriptionIntroduction and family details -- Family of 9 children -- The Depression: sustenance work, ration tickets -- James Ball and Sons, the business in mother's family: diving, marine salvage, fishing -- Education -- First job at Gadsens -- Tugs towing lighters up river -- Deckhand -- Description of the barges being towed through the bridges up river to Barrack Street -- Lumpers -- McIlwraith McEacharn -- Working conditions -- Trucks replace lighters -- Deckhand on the "Zephyr", a Rottnest ferry -- Zephyr crew and service -- World War II on the Zephyr and in New Guinea -- Master's ticket -- Working for Ball and Sons after the war, taking cargo to Rottnest -- Raising a Dutch submarine for Lloyds of London -- Paddy Troy's yard -- Starting work with the Fremantle Port Authority (FPA) -- Deckhand on the "Lady Forrest" -- Unions -- Relieving, then permanent skipper -- Work on pilot boats -- Len Malone, skipper of tug boats -- Other family members working at the Port and at sea -- Marriage and retirementImprint1988Collation2 sound cassettes (80 min.) + Guide to contents (4 leaves) + Collateral (5 leaves)LanguageEnglishDate Published1988NotesInterview conducted by Margaret Howroyd on 14 November 1988 Access: openContent NoteSUPPORT MATERIAL: Photograph of the "Zephyr" -- 2 articles from Fremantle newspapers [no date or origin]Dewey ClassOH/MALAudio FormatCassetteDigital ItemYes

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Barcode30118000425029LocationOral History Collection

PeopleKeven Ernest MaloneSubjectZephyr (ship)James Ball and SonsTrade unionsPilots and pilotageCollectionOral History Collection

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