FROM LOWER DECK
NAVAL HISTORY MADE PROMOTION OF ARTIFICER For the first time, the half-yearly promotions of the British Navy include an engineer-captain who joined as an artificer. Kngineor-Captain S. 0. Frew, at 49. is the first artificer ever to attain that ranis. He joined the service in 1900, and served on the lower deck for 11 years. In 1916, when he was 26. he won his commission. "During the war lie served in the battleship St. Vincent and the destroyer Mameluke. After post-war submarine service ho was promoted engineer-commander in 1929. Since August last he has been engineer-officer of the submarine depot ship Med way on the China Station. He is responsible for the machinery in 15 submarines.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23429, 19 August 1939, Page 2 (Supplement)
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119FROM LOWER DECK New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23429, 19 August 1939, Page 2 (Supplement)
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