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For Posterity's Sake 
A Royal Canadian Navy Historical Project
The
collection of
Joseph
Barr Champion
Merchant Mariner,
RNCVR, RCN, RAN(R), Ship's Master
Click
on the thumbnail images to view the full size image
Joseph Barr
Champion, my great uncle, was born in Australia in 1888.
Coming from a family with an extensive seafaring history, in 1903, at the age of 15, he joined his first merchant ship as a cabin boy;
beginning a
career at sea that spanned several decades on 5 of the 7 seas - the South
Pacific, Indian Ocean, North Pacific, North Atlantic and South
Atlantic; in 3 and 4-masted sailing ships, coastal tramps, warships
and post-World War 2 merchant vessels.
After a long seafaring carrier, Joseph passed away in Australia in
1962. He recorded his seafaring career in various diaries and photo
albums which are shared below for posterity's sake. I hope you enjoy a trip through
history from sailing vessels to warships.
Yours aye
Garry Weir, CD, P1RM, C.F. (Navy), Ret'd
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The
pages below are from a personal
diary/log that Joseph kept during his time on sailing vessels (1906-1907).
This contains notes of cargo and port visits, names of crew, weather information
etc. The first entry is dated (about) 14 May 1906. In order to
preserve this book, it was donated to Australian National Maritime
Museum, Darling Harbour, 2 Murray Street NSW 2000 for
study and display.
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pg 2-3
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pg 4-5
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pg 6-7
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pg 8-9
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pg 8-9
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pg 10-11
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pg 14-15
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pg 16 / 19
page 17-18 missing
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page 20-21
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pg 22-23
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pg 24-25
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pg 26-27
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pg 28-29
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pg 30-31
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pg 32-33
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pg 34-35
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pg 36 / 39
pg 37-38 missing
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pg 40-41
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pg 42-43
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pg 44-45
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pg 46-47
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pg 48-49
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remaining pages
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The documents, newspaper clippings
and photos in this section come from the 2nd album of Joseph
Champion's. It includes photos of tall ships, news articles on
voyages, photos of warships from WW 1 and WW 2 and a couple
letters. Many of the pages contain notes written by Joseph
about the photos or his opinion on some events.
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