AUSTRALIAN NAVY
ADMIRAL KERR’S APPOINTMENT Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, March 22. Rear-admiral Kerr, who is going to Australia.in August, is described by an Australian Press correspondent as a “ keen-eyed, dark, slim personality ” who manifested great interest in his new “ job.” He spoke enthusiastically concerning his early days, when he was on the Australian and New Zealand stations aboard the gunboat Platypus. “We were fitted out at Sydney, and what I saw impressed mo that the time was not far distant when real national greatness would he achieved. That has now materialised, and I am intensely interested to see the results of the phenomenal advancement which has occurred since my visit. I know 4 shall enjoy my work, and I hope mutual benefit will result.”—Australian Press Association.
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Evening Star, Issue 20132, 23 March 1929, Page 8
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126AUSTRALIAN NAVY Evening Star, Issue 20132, 23 March 1929, Page 8
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