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Assorted Crew Pictures - Page 7 - Junior Ratings

This page carries pictures showing Commis Waiters in the late 1950s

Commis Waiters on 1959 Great World Cruise
Durban 1959
Photo Ref: RDG06 - Durban Rickshaw
[Above:] Photo Ref: RDG06
A Durban Rickshaw ride by Roger Debbage and Frank McCabe on the 1959 Great World Cruise. Note the variation of the “Welcome Home” sign

Photo: Caronia - Courtesy of Roger Debbage

Back to the sign above the shell doors. I had been told that some variations of this sign were illuminated. By the way the letters look like they have been cut out, this is likely to be one of those signs.

Photo Ref: RDG02 Crew in cabin group 1959
[Above:] Photo Ref: RDG02
Group seen in the Junior Ratings cabin on the 1959 Great World Cruise sometime after leaving Yokohama
Left to right…
Eric (Rickie) O'Connor, Mike Pingree, Roger Debbage and Frank McCabe
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Photo: Courtesy of Roger Debbage

Kingston, Jamaica 1959
Photo Ref: RDG17
[Above:] Photo Ref: RDG17
Roger Debbage and Frank McCabe at the Victoria Pier Restaurant in Kingston, Jamaica

Photo: Courtesy of Roger Debbage

Athens 1959
Photo Ref: RDG18
[Above:] Photo Ref: RDG18
Roger Debbage, dwarfed by the Parthenon!

Photo: Courtesy of Roger Debbage

Commis Waiters in 1960
Photo Ref: PD05 Commis waiters in 1960
Photo Ref: PD05
Commis Waiters in Junior Ratings cabin 1960
Left to right…
“Jacko”, Roger Debbage, Frank McCabe, Eric (Rickie) O'Connor and Pete Davison.
[Photo: Courtesy of Peter Davison]

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