Herbert, Fred
[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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F. Herbert, ordinary seaman 18 Victoria
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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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S. Stuart and F. Herbert, ordinary seamen.
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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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F. Herbert, 18, Victoria, ordinary seaman;
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[Barker, Malcolm, 2001, The Truth Is So Precious, Success Print, Perth, Western Australia, page 52]
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Other crew newly signed on for this trip were noticed:
Name Rank Age Place of Birth
F Peacock 3rd Officer 27 Edinburgh, Scotland
J Levins Bos’n 33 Drogheda, Ireland
M Dwyer A.B. 25 Dungarvan,Ireland
P Jenkins A.B. 25 Stirling, Scotland
J McGuckin A.B. 35 Harrington, England
F Gunning A.B. 32 Bristol, England
F Herbert Fireman 18 Victoria, Australia
A de Montfort Fireman 25 Jersey Island
T Taylor Fireman 31 Dundee, Scotland
A Bryant Fireman 31 Victoria,Australia
H Stanberg Second Cook 28 Sweden
J Jackson Kitchenman 22 Belfast, Ireland
S Reynolds Steward 27 Adelaide, Australia
W Smith Steward 22 Clapton, England
AB notes:
newly recruited, according to Barker
[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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In the bottom margin of a letter relating to another crewmember
(my image 470), there is this address written in pencil...
"Mother
Mrs J M Herbert
Jasper Road
Bentley
VIC
was Mother"
[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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Mrs Coall
36 Parry Street
East Perth
21/5/12
To the Harbour Master
Fremantle
Dear Sir
Would you kindly let me know
if you have a box belonging to Fr Herbert
who was drownd on the Koombana
He left it with the people which he was
lodging with in Perth. We did
not know that he had left his box
until the other day. Mr Blurton the
people which he had been staying with
told us that he had sent it down to
you. So if you would be so kind as
to send me a reply as soon as possible
I am his half sisterinlaw and I will
forward the box onto his Mother in
Melbourne. I enclose penny stamp
And Oblige
W Coall
[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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5/6/12
To the Harbour Master
Cliff St Fremantle
Dear Sir
I am writing re my dear son who
was lost on your S S Koombana
March last for wages due to him
am sending you declaration Papers
signed that I am his Mother I am very
that I have to make a Claim
only that I am in Great need of
it or would not do so.
My dear boy My darling Son
Yours Sincerely Josephine
Herbert
Jasper Road
Bentleigh
Vic
["In Memoriam", The West Australian, Saturday 21 March 1914, page 1]
HERBERT.-In loving memory of my dear brother, Fred, who lost his life by the foundering of the s.s. Koombana on or about March 21, 1912.
We cannot clasp your hand, dear brother,
Your face we cannot see
But let this little token tell,
We will remember thee.
-Inserted by his loving brother and sister, H. and W. Coall, High-street, Fremantle.
