Kept For So Many Years

Ship Sleeping Quarters Card
HMS Cleopatra Canteen Ration Cards 1943
Government Railway Passenger Warrant 1944
Home Service Roster Card 1941
Springbok Club card 1944
Letter from the Chief Forest Officer 1944 "I regret to inform you that there are no vacancies in the City Lands and Forests Branch."
Stanley Motors Limited Place setting card 1955
Hudson Menu from the Wanderers Club 30th March 1955
Austin Golden Jubilee "Visit to England" Diary of Events 1955

Second World War Medals

Mark Goodger (was a foster child who lived with my parents after I left home and was married) put this together for one of his school projects:

Thanks Mark!

"Since I am the one in the defence forces..." (Ronald is in the Air Force), he is keeper of the Ken and Philippa Powrie Second World War medals.

Happy Day! The End of the Second World War

A faithfully kept newspaper which I shall offer to the Military Museum along will all Dad's military bits and pieces. In the meantime, we can all rejoice with him - about six years of his young life - aged 17 - 23 in the voluntary service of his country.

Sailor Ken Powrie

I am browsing through his notebook in which he makes notes concerning "Conduct of the Fleet" and later on "Stationing and Spreading" "Procedure of Sending Signals" "Precise Manoeuvres" "Miscellaneous Alter Course Signals" "Forming and Disposing Signals" "Order Signals" "Equal Speed Signals" "Recognition" "Ceremonial" "Alarm Signals" "Submarine Contacts" Something which I can't understand either the heading or the detail "Mesergs" ???

One thing I noted in one of the sections: "In general - challenge strangers only, not if known to be friend or foe."

And then a brief sketch or two of a woman who could be my mother?

Frequent diagrams throughout.
All writing, either in fountain pen or pencil beautifully written.
I imagine my Dad enjoyed learning about this new field of knowledge.
I imagine he was diligent - as he was in all that he undertook to do.