Title
Seamen's record book and certificate of discharge
Year/Period
1959
Region
Singapore
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 1.0 x 10.5 x 16.9 cm,
Object size: 17.0 x 11.1 x 0.8 cm
Object size: 17.0 x 11.1 x 0.8 cm
Accession No.
2021-00801
Collection of
This document forms part of a group of shipping and personal identification documents which belonged to the late Asip bin Ali, dated 1948 to the 1970s. The documents paint a vivid picture of Asip bin Ali's career as a sailor, from the point of his appointment in 1948 (based on this Certificate of Service, but mentioned by his family as 1946) through to the late 1970s, whereupon he retired as quartermaster and crew supervisor (as illustrated by the Wages of Deck document). This record book, in particular, provides a snapshot into the port cities that were visited by Asip and by extension, the extant shipping networks at the time.
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