Former Ipswich Railway Workshops workers, North Ipswich, early 1950s

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TitleFormer Ipswich Railway Workshops workers, North Ipswich, early 1950sDate Created1950-1955AcknowledgementNoble Family

Location

SuburbNorth IpswichCity & StateIpswich, QueenslandGeo Coordinatesnot specified

Description

DescriptionRetirees from the Railway Workshops.Additional Information Caption from the Queensland Times (19-12-1949, p.2) reads :
Fifteen railway workmen who retired from the service last Friday had periods of between 25 and 50 years of employment behind them. Front row: E.B. Lewis (25 1/2 years), tool gang, W.J. Johnston (48 1/2), foreman of plumbing and tinsmith shop, J. Casey (41), foreman sawmill, C.C. Woods (50 1/2), engineer; C.G. Summerville (39), leading hand carpenter. Centre row: H.E. Brown (34), labourer, J.A. Lee (37), waggonbuilder, G.J. Wells (34), electric crane driver, C. Andersen (37), electrical fitter. Back row: G. Schosstakowski (36), fitter's assistant, W.T. Coomber (39), guard foreman, J.J. McSharry (48), sub-foreman waggon shop, W.C. Burgess (38), order ganger.

Connections

Government & Non-Government OrganisationsNorth Ipswich Railway WorkshopsPeople & FamiliesNoble familyCurated CollectionsMen's FashionDefining Tulmur | IpswichOn The Homefront: Labour & WorkTaxonomy20th Century | 1950s

Subjects

SubjectsMen's fashionGlassesSuspendersRailway employeesSuits

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Former Ipswich Railway Workshops workers, North Ipswich, early 1950s