A personnel manifest from Theodore Cockatoo’s 1912 expedition records names, duties and travel details. The surviving page is Volume II, Folio 17.
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1912 Expedition Personnel Roster
A worn personnel manifest listing expedition members, their capacities, embarkation details and remarks.
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1912
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Expedition or collection
Theodore Cockatoo’s 1912 expedition
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Personnel manifest · Volume II, Folio 17
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Transcript
I.R.I.S. EASTERN EXPEDITION — 1912
PERSONNEL MANIFEST — CONTINUED
VOLUME II · FOLIO 17
No. | Name | Capacity | Engaged at / Remarks
24 | Edmund R. Harcourt | Senior Surveyor | London — Through Ceylon [check mark]
25 | Dr. Nathaniel P. Bell | Medical Officer | New York — Full route
26 | Arthur W. Pritchard | Quartermaster | Southampton — Full route
27 | Henry L. Mercer | Photographer | London — From Marseilles
28 | Rajendra Nath Bose | Cartographic Assistant | Calcutta — From Bombay [check mark]
29 | U Ba Pe | Burmese Interpreter | Rangoon — Burma service
30 | Thomas E. Laughton | Transport Superintendent | Bombay — India & Burma [check mark]
31 | Charles W. Avery | Naturalist | Boston — Full route
32 | Maung Hla Pe | Local Agent | Rangoon — Burma service
33 | Frederick Ames | Camp Engineer | Liverpool — Full route
34 | Elias Warburton | Antiquities Adviser | Oxford — India & Ceylon [check mark]
35 | Julian Ashcroft | Expedition Secretary | London — Full route
36 | Abdul Rahman Khan | Caravan Contractor | Bombay — India service
37 | Suren Chandra Dey | Botanical Collector | Calcutta — India & Burma
38 | William G. Fenwick | Stores Clerk | Plymouth — Full route
39 | Ko Than Win | Assistant Interpreter | Rangoon — Burma service [check mark]
40 | Samuel J. Pike | Signals Officer | New York — Full route
41 | Harold C. Wren | Veterinary Surgeon | Bristol — India & Burma
42 | A. J. Macready | Security Officer | London — Full route [check mark]
43 | Emil R. Vogel | Geological Assistant | Vienna — From Bombay [last phrase handwritten]
44 | Rustom D. Mehta | Shipping Agent | Bombay — Port service
45 | James C. Holloway | Field Assistant | Colombo — Ceylon service
Initials at foot: E.M. · H.P.
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