Uncatalogued: Letters aboard WAIPAWA.

CARTER, John, Letters, envelopes and newspaper clippings while aboard the WAIPAWA to his famiy. John Carter was a cadet in the Shaw Savill vessel WAIPAWA, December 1938 -July 1939.
Includes a Christmas Marine Wireless message 'Greetings by Wireless Message' and sketches of maps showing his journey. Letters include hand drawn cartoons in the margins.

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ID:	MSS/92/021
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	1838; 1938 1938 -1939
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	1 folder
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Uncatalogued: Letters aboard WAIPAWA.

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