Granville Street, Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada (7835464178)

This item was collected by John Berchmans Kiley during his service in the Royal Australian Navy. Photographs in this archival collection depict scenes, landscapes and tourist attractions from around the world, including Canada, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, United Kingdom, Singapore, Jamaica, Malaysia, United States, Malta, New Zealand and Australia. The collection also features HMA Ships SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, CANBERRA and TINGIRA.
John Berchmans Kiley was born on 29 January 1910 and joined the Royal Australian Navy in 1925. He began his naval service on HMAS TINGIRA, a ship for boy sailors moored at Rose Bay in Sydney, where he trained for 15 months. He went on to join HMAS SYDNEY and travelled to England, returning home on HMAS AUSTRALIA. Kiley also served in HMAS MELBOURNE, and undertook four years of training at HMAS CERBERUS studying a range of gunnery courses. Kiley reached the rank of Leading Seaman, and to his great disappointment was invalidated out of the navy around 1930 due to respiratory illness.
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Object number: ANMS0823[021]

ANMM Collection Gift from Margaret Kiley-Balas