plotter on HMS Speaker
Donated by his son, John Watt, and his grandson, John
NS-03-cve40-240
601Kb
John Watt.
Drawn aboard HMS Speaker; "Jock" drawn by Zimzan – ex POW Japan
| Nagasaki, September 1945 | ||
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 NS-03-cve40-201 338Kb |
 NS-03-cve40-202 298Kb |
 NS-03-cve40-203 378Kb |
 NS-03-cve40-204 375Kb |
 NS-03-cve40-205 393Kb |
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| People and Places | ||
 NS-03-cve40-209 47Kb Casualty coming aboard by "Beecher Buoy" |
 NS-03-cve40-213 85Kb Casualties coming aboard |
 NS-03-cve40-220 104Kb Beer for the "Speaker's Lads" in Leyte (1 bottle) |
 NS-03-cve40-221 101Kb Rum issue on forward lift well |
 NS-03-cve40-222 109Kb Speaker's news stand |
 NS-03-cve40-224 64Kb Frank, John and Mrs Zaun (Landlady to some of the crew of the Speaker) |
 NS-03-cve40-227 71Kb Frank and John with native girl in Port Said |
 NS-03-cve40-239 397Kb Group photo of the staff from the Radar Room; John Bryden Watt is sitting front row, 2nd from the right |
 NS-03-cve40-241 529Kb Letter sent to John (grandson) by Kenneth Costello, A.A.4, crew member of HMS Speaker, 16 August 1995 |
 NS-03-cve40-206 89Kb Ismailiya (?) in the Suez Canal |
 NS-03-cve40-211 76Kb Watering places on the Suez Canal |
 NS-03-cve40-210 40Kb Entering Sydney Harbour for the first time (Feb. 1945) |
 NS-03-cve40-234 437Kb Sydney Harbour bridge in the distance |
 NS-03-cve40-235 339Kb Pityilu airstrip - bathing head for the BPF |
 NS-03-cve40-236 337Kb Entering Colombo |
 NS-03-cve40-226 106Kb Passing Aden on the way out |
 NS-03-cve40-237 351Kb Statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps, at entrance of canal at Port Suez |
 NS-03-cve40-238 392Kb Port Tewfiq, Suez Canal |
| Ex-P.O.W.'s | ||
 NS-03-cve40-228 367Kb Drawn by POW Zimmerman on board HMS Speaker. Jap prison camp ("Sam's party" - Kawasaki, 24 July 1945) |
 NS-03-cve40-229 432Kb To good friend "Jock" from Emert, ex-POW Japan (frontal view of Kawasaki camp, 12 September 1943) |
 NS-03-cve40-212 92Kb Ex-P.O.W’s on the flight deck |
 NS-03-cve40-214 92Kb Ex-P.O.W’s rum issue (108) |
 NS-03-cve40-215 82Kb Cheering as the Speaker waltzes through the fleet, with the 1st lot of ex-P.O.W’s to leave Japan |
 NS-03-cve40-216 100Kb The skipper addressing the ex-P.O.W's |
 NS-03-cve40-217 93Kb Solid food once again for the ex-P.O.W's |
 NS-03-cve40-218 83Kb Petty Officers' Mess... rum issue for the ex-P.O.W's |
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| Aircraft | ||
 NS-03-cve40-207 33Kb Barracuda "prangs" in the catwalk-away direction |
 NS-03-cve40-208 28Kb A Hellcat hits the barrier |
 NS-03-cve40-230 362Kb Replenishing the fleet in the Pacific |
 NS-03-cve40-231 449Kb Ditching the remains of a Barracuda after "pranging" |
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| Other Ships | ||
 NS-03-cve40-219 105Kb Saluting the flagship, the King George V |
 NS-03-cve40-223 109Kb The fleet oiling at sea, while Speaker flies CAP |
 NS-03-cve40-225 55Kb USS Missouri (BB-63). Peace signed on board, 2 September 1945. |
 NS-03-cve40-232 393Kb Destroyer coming alongside to embark US Admirals for Guam |
 NS-03-cve40-233 293Kb Cruiser HMAS Shropshire, Australian Navy |
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