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 entries
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
- Eastwood, Jill, 'Doorly, James Gerald Stokely (1880-1956)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1981), pp. 326-327. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080350b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Freed, Dorothy, 'Gerald S. Doorly', Polar Record, 32 (183) (1996), 357-60. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247400067590. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21539503. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/16764060. Details
- 'Doorly, Gerald S (1880-1956)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-809475. Details
McCarthy, G.J. and Helen Cohn
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 24 September 2024
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