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1928 'First Class/Certificate of Competency as Engine-Driver'…
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Melbourne
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17-Jun-2021
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1928 'First Class/Certificate of Competency as Engine-Driver' awarded to Sidney Isaac Gladstone Furphy signed by him and the Chairman, Secretary & Board of Examiners for Engine-Drivers, the usual light folds otherwise fine, plus copy of typed biography compiled by his grand-daughter & 'newsletter' describing his work at Waranga Basin. [Sidney Furphy was a member of the Shepparton manufacturing family famous for the 'Furphy Water Cart' used in World War I and to whom a dedicated museum is now established featuring articles produced during their 150 year history; he drove a steam engine to provide water for the construction workers on the Waranga Basin reservoir, and thereafter to supply the town of Rushworth] (Qty 3 items)
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