Grant, Thomas Millar
[SS "Koombana": list of crew as per copy of Articles at shipping office, Fremantle, Adelaide Steamship Company, April 1912. provided to the author by Jean Northover, City Beach, Western Australia]
THE CREW AGE BIRTHPLACE
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J.M. Grant, Carpenter 27 Glasgow
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["Story of the Koombana", The Sunday Times (Perth, WA), Sunday 31 March 1912, page 12]
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T. M. Grant, carpenter
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["The Crew", The West Australian, Wednesday 03 April 1912, page 7]
The following is the complete crew which left with the vessel, according to the records in the Adelaide Co.'s office:--
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T. M. Grant, ship's carpenter.
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["The Koombana", The West Australian, Friday 12 April 1912, page 7]
OFFICIAL LIST OF CREW
The following official list of the names of the crew who signed on the s.s. Koombana's articles and who were supposed to have gone in the vessel is supplied by the Shipping Master of Fremantle (Captain T. W. Smith). The age, birthplace, and capacity of each member is given:--
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T. M. Grant, 27, Glasgow, carpenter;
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[Agreement and Account of Crew, s.s. Koombana, August 1911 - March 1912, Harbour and Lights Department, Western Australia. State Records Office of Western Australia, Consignment 1056 Item 301]
The register indicates that Koombana was T. M. Grant's first ship.
[Wreck of the KOOMBANA - letters re men's estates, Correspondence between the office of the Chief Harbourmaster, Fremantle, and the families of lost crewmembers, Harbour and Lights Department, 1912. State Records Office of Western Australia, AN16/5 Cons 1056 Item 062]
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37 Byker Terrace
Walker,
Newcastle-on-Tyne
ENGLAND.
11/4/12
To the Postmaster,
General Post Office,
F R E M A N T L E,
WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
Dear Sir,
I, the Undersigned, Archibald Grant, do hereby
claim all money deposited in the Post Office Savings Bank,
and standing at present to the credit of my son,
Thomas Millar Grant, late Carpenter of the s.s.
"Koombana", owned by the Adelaide Steamship Company, Limited
lost on the North West Coast of Australia on or about the
21st of March, 1912.
Death Certificate supplied by the Adelaided Steam-
ship Company.
Any further information required I shall be pleased
to furnish you with.
Yours faithfully
(SGD) Archibald Grant.
Witness to the above signature.
(SGD) Robert P. Dawson J.P.
AB notes:
In pencil at the foot of the letter: "£12 Bank & wages"
[Wreck of the KOOMBANA - letters re men's estates, Correspondence between the office of the Chief Harbourmaster, Fremantle, and the families of lost crewmembers, Harbour and Lights Department, 1912. State Records Office of Western Australia, AN16/5 Cons 1056 Item 062]
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Supreme Court
Office of Curator of Intestates Estates
Perth 22nd May 1912
The Shipping Master
Fremantle
Dear Sir
The estates of two of the members
of the Ships Company of the s.s.
"Koombana" has been reported to me.
The estate of Herbert Bertie Stanley Storekeeper
and that of Thomas Millar Grant Carpenter.
Both men have money in the local
Savings Bank. Stanley has £87 and
Grant £12.
Do you take charge of these sums of
money on behalf of the Board of Trade or
do I take charge of the estate in the usual
way.
Yours truly,
[signature illegible]
[Wreck of the KOOMBANA - letters re men's estates, Correspondence between the office of the Chief Harbourmaster, Fremantle, and the families of lost crewmembers, Harbour and Lights Department, 1912. State Records Office of Western Australia, AN16/5 Cons 1056 Item 062]
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S.S. "Koombana"
T M Grant, late Carpenter
Parents address--
Mr Archibald Grant
Iona House
Walker
Newcastle on Tyne
England
[Wreck of the KOOMBANA - letters re men's estates, Correspondence between the office of the Chief Harbourmaster, Fremantle, and the families of lost crewmembers, Harbour and Lights Department, 1912. State Records Office of Western Australia, AN16/5 Cons 1056 Item 062]
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THE CURATOR OF INTESTATE ESTATES,
SUPREME COURT, P E R T H.
Re Grant & Stanley ex "Koombana".
I am in receipt of your letter of the 22nd. ult. notifying
that Herbert Bertie Stanley has a deposit of £87 and Thomas
Miller Grant the sum of £12 in the local Savings Bank.
Will you kindly allow this matter to stand over until I
receive evidence of next-of-kin from the relatives of these
deceased seamen?
5/6/12.L. DEPUTY SHIPPING-MASTER.
[Wreck of the KOOMBANA - letters re men's estates, Correspondence between the office of the Chief Harbourmaster, Fremantle, and the families of lost crewmembers, Harbour and Lights Department, 1912. State Records Office of Western Australia, AN16/5 Cons 1056 Item 062]
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The Shipping Master,
NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, England.
Sir,
I forward herewith a Bank Draft for £7/2/11 on the
National Bank of Australasia, being payment of wages of
the late Thomas Miller Grant, Carpenter, of the illfated
"Koombana" lost on this coast in March last, and shall
be glad if you will pay same to his father, Mr. A. Grant,
on being satisfied as to his identity.
Copy of letter sent to Mr. Grant, herewith for your
information.
Yours faithfully,
[this copy unsigned]
SHIPPING MASTER.
[Wreck of the KOOMBANA - letters re men's estates, Correspondence between the office of the Chief Harbourmaster, Fremantle, and the families of lost crewmembers, Harbour and Lights Department, 1912. State Records Office of Western Australia, AN16/5 Cons 1056 Item 062]
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A second letter followed.
[Wreck of the KOOMBANA - letters re men's estates, Correspondence between the office of the Chief Harbourmaster, Fremantle, and the families of lost crewmembers, Harbour and Lights Department, 1912. State Records Office of Western Australia, AN16/5 Cons 1056 Item 062]
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37, Byker Terrace,
Walker
Newcastle-on-Tyne.
31st August 1912
To the Shipping Master
Fremantle.
Dear Sir/
I am in receipt
of your letter of 22nd ulto.,
and beg to inform you
that on making
application to the Shipping
Master at Newcastle-on-Tyne
there was only the sum of
£7.2.11 for wages -
should have been
£9.0.0 being a difference
£1.17.1 I shall be
[unclear] to know how this
difference arises?
I would also refer
to your letter of ??
June asking for
Birth Certificate to
enable you to send
£12 deposited in
the Local Savings Bank.
That was duly sent you
but up to time of
writing I have not
received that money,
and shall be pleased
if you will give this
your usual kind attention.
Thanking you in anticipation
I remain
Yours truly
Archibald Grant
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4th. October
Mr. A. Grant,
37, Byker Terrace,
WALKER, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Dear Sir,
In reply to yours of the 31st. August last, I have
to state that the amount you received from the Shipping
Master at Newcastle was correct, being payment from the 8th.
March to the 31st March, at the rate of £9. per month. You
will notice by this that the Adelaide Steamship Co. paid for
10 days extra as the vessel was lost on or about the 21st. Mar.
The £12 to you late son's credit in the Savings
Bank I have no jurisdiction over - I merely advised you that
this amount was lying to his credit. However, I have written
to Curator of Intestate Estates asking him to forward the £12
on to you.
Yours faithfully,
[this copy unsigned]
SHIPPING MASTER.
[Wrecks. The loss of the "Koombana", Australian High Commission, United Kingdom, 1912. National Archives of Australia, Series A2911 760/1912]
[http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=232127]
Title: Wrecks. The loss of the "Koombana".
Series number: A2911
Control symbol: 760/1912
Contents date range: 1912 - 1912
Access status: Open
Location: Canberra
Barcode: 232127]
A digital copy of this file is available online.
It includes enquiries and requests for compensation by relatives of crewmen lost with Koombana:
Thomas Miller Grant
A. Baker
John Jackson
William Dick
These letters have not been transcribed.
