Jolly Jack Tars make the most of things after responding to the naval reservists' recall to the Service. These two were the first of 12,000 to report at Portsmouth for duty. The sailor on the left is aged fifty-three, with twenty-six years' service and his "buddy" finished twenty-five years in the Navy only in March last*
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 192, 16 August 1939, Page 9
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56Jolly Jack Tars make the most of things after responding to the naval reservists' recall to the Service. These two were the first of 12,000 to report at Portsmouth for duty. The sailor on the left is aged fifty-three, with twenty-six years' service and his "buddy" finished twenty-five years in the Navy only in March last* Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 192, 16 August 1939, Page 9
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