Stanley, Herbert Bertie (Bert)
[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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H. Stanley, bar and storekeeper 27 Adelaide
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["Story of the Koombana", The Sunday Times (Perth, WA), Sunday 31 March 1912, page 12]
"H. Stanley, bar and storekeeper"
["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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J. Coughlan, fore cabin steward; H. Stanley, bar and store keeper; G. A. Gee, saloon waiter; W. P. Black, pantryman; H. Bow, night watchman;
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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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H. Stanley, 27, Adelaide, storekeeper;
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[Passengers Arriving 1855-1922, Shipping Master's Office, Sydney. State Records Authority of New South Wales, NRS13278, X259 reel 2046, see Crew list, "Koombana", Sydney, 13 June 1909]
KOOMBANA
OF ADELAIDE, JNO. REES, MASTER, BURTHEN 4399 / 2678 TONS
FROM THE FREMANTLE via MELBOURNE TO SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, 13TH JUNE 1909
Surname Given name Station Age Of what Nation Status
REES JNO. MASTER CREW
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STANLEY H. BEDROOM STEWARD 25 ADELAIDE CREW
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AB notes:
looks like Stanley had been with Koombana since at least June 1909
[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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22 Portland Place
South Yarra
27.4.1912
Memo to
Master of Shipping W.A.
Dear Sir
My son
Herbert Stanley being one of the crew
of the S.S. Koombana as Storekeeper
& Bar which disappeared on or about
the 21st March 1912 and knowing that
he had some wages to come to him,
and me being his widowed mother
should like to know please how to
obtain it as the Adelaide Steamship Coy.
referred me to you that the word
about paying must come from W.A.
first. And as he has always sent
me money I have felt it was my
duty to inquire, Would you please
inform me or the Company what to do
as I have been depending on him and
have felt his loss dreadful
I beg to remain
Yours faithfully
Mrs M. Stanley
22 Portland Place
South Yarra
Victoria
[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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22 Portland Place
South Yarra
26.5.1912
Memo
To
Mr Lippingwell
Dear Sir
I received your letter dated
16th May and thank you very
much for your information,
but hope by this time that
you have received full proofs
of my poor son Herbert Stanley's
death, it has been sent over
from the Shipping Master of
Victoria, hoping to hear soon
I beg to remain
Yours faithfully
M. Stanley
[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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14th. August
Mrs. M. Stanley,
22, Portland Place,
SOUTH YARRA, Melbourne, Vic.
Dear Madam,
Your letter of the 5th. inst. has been passed on
to the Curator of Intestate Estates with a request that he
will communicate with you on the subject.
Yours faithfully,
SHIPPING MASTER.
["In Memoriam", The West Australian, Saturday 22 March 1913, page 1]
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STANLEY.-In memory of Bert Stanley, who lost his life on the ill-fated Koombana about March 21, 1912.
Gone, but not forgotten.
-Inserted by his friend, R. Millington.
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