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Les Watson (second from left) stands with other stewards on the new Shaw Savill & Albion (SS&A) liner Ceramic (II) during its maiden voyage to New Zealand in 1948. The first Ceramic had been sunk in 1942, with heavy loss of life.
Les Watson collection
'Stewards at sea', URL: https://nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/stewards-at-sea, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 15-Jul-2013
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