Person

Doorly, James Gerald Stokely (Gerald) (1880 - 1956)

Born
4 June 1880
Port of Spain, Trinidad
Died
3 November 1956
Wellington, New Zealand
Occupation
Antarctic explorer and Author

Summary

Gerald Doorly trained for the merchant navy at the Thames Nautical Training College, H.M.S. Worcester, graduating in 1897 as the Queen's gold medallist. This was followed by a further apprenticeship in sail. He was 3rd Officer in S.Y. Morning, the relief ship for the British National Antarctic Expedition, making two voyages to Antarctica between 1902 and 1904. Doorly then went to New Zealand. For 20 years he was a ship's captain with the Union Steam Ship Company where his abilities saw him rise to a senior position. During WWI he commanded New Zealand troop transports and Admiralty colliers, surviving when his ship was torpedoed in the English Channel. In 1925 he moved to Victoria, joining the Port Philip Sea Pilot's Service where his duties included escorting troops and merchant convoys through the Rip during WWII. Doorly's account of the British National Antarctic Expedition was published in 1916, while The Songs of the 'Morning' appeared in 1943. Other publications included short stories and articles for newspapers and magazines, and two books on the merchant navy: The handmaiden of the Navy (1919) and In the wake (1937).

Details

Chronology

1897
Education - Trained for the merchant navy at Thames Nautical Training College, H.M.S. Worcester
1898 - 1901
Education - Apprenticeship in sail
1901 - 1902
Career event - Involved in troop- and hospital-ship work with the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, South African War
1902 - 1904
Career position - Junior officer, SY Morning, the supply ship to H.M.S. Discovery, British National Antarctic Expedition
1903
Education - Mate's Certificate
1904
Education - Master's Certificate
1905
Award - Polar Medal (Bronze)
1905 - 1925
Career event - Employed by Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand
1925 - 1945
Career event - Employed with the Port Phillip Sea Pilot's Service
1945
Life event - Retired

Related Events

Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

  • Angus & Robertson - Records, 1824 - 1933, ML MSS 314; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
  • Gerald Stokely Doorly - Records, 1901 - 1957, A3298-300; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
  • Gerald Stokely Doorly - Records, c. 1915 - 1957, ML MSS 1858 and ML MSS 1445; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Doorly, Gerald S., The voyages of the "Morning" (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1916), 223 pp. Details

Book Sections

Journal Articles

Resources

McCarthy, G.J. and Helen Cohn

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