Diaries and papers relating to the Second World War service of George James Feakes, 1942-1946 - Part 20

Conflict:

Second World War, 1939–45

Subject:

Documents and letters
Prisoner of War

Status:

Open for review

Accession number:

AWM2021.7.307

Difficulty:

CASH ACCOUNT - JULY 1935
Date Received Paid

1160
700
1860
277
2137

309

247

1175

1731 Total £26.52

Appointed to

2^nd Grade as

from 1^st July 1941

(aged 48 yrs + 5 months)

26.52 Cash taken £12.00

13.00 Room Credit 1.52

13.52 Beans & Saka 13.00

£26.52

CASH ACCOUNT - AUGUST 1935

Date Received Paid

27th Leaving Se

bought 830%

HK dbrs at

14¾% Discount on Se

1, l, 100HK = $85.25 Straits

(rate 1/11.87^d per

HK dlr) = $707.57
(Straits)

Also bought £42 Aust

for $s83.92 Straits

at rate $676 = £100 A

(i.e. $1 Stratis = 2/11½^dAust)

CASH ACCOUNT - AUGUST 1935

Date Received Paid

30/11/35, Wrote Chartered Bank

Hong Kong, to send Draft

for A£20 to Cwealth Bank

Sydney

14/2/36 Chartered Bank

HK, sent £100-0-0 to

C'wealth Bank Sydney

CASH ACCOUNT - SEPTEMBER 1935

Date Received Paid

Trasfd from F0 to HK

CR
HK $ FO $ Premium

26/9 707.63 950 34¼%

28/10 557.49 800 43 ½%

28/11 910.87 1100 20¾%

24/12 963.20 1050 9%

28/1 818.00 900 10%

(CR) 12.55 *

26/2 $866.39 950 9 5/8%

Credit to here = $1175.00

26/3 916.28 1000 9 1/8%

26/4 859.33 940 9 3/8%

27/5 875.48 950 8½%

CASH ACCOUNT - SEPTEMBER 1935

Date Received Paid

£50A

equals

Salary DR

Pay $1011.21 $397.19

Pay $1044.53 453.33

Pay 1221.82 555.41

£20A, 6/12/35 = 241.91

Pay 1227.13 *640.50

Pay 1081.91 623.88

£100 A, 14/2/36 1239.31

Pay 1083.69 623.88

Credit to here = $1175.00

Pay 1081.91 606.74

Pay 1077.24 611.55

Pay 1086.61 623.92

CASH ACCOUNT - OCTOBER 1935

Date Received Paid

(Cr bal to here)

( = HK $1983.88)

CR Transferred FO to HK

26/6 HK $851.75 FO $920 Premium

851.75 920 8%

Credit as per Bank Statement

$1896.69

27/7 $945.53 $1000 5¾%

Cr. bal to here $1200

27/8 HK FO Rate

$916.67 $950

29/9 $623.40 $650

5/10 $116.07 = (Bal of FO a/c)

6/10 Cr bal to here $1108.58

CASH ACCOUNT - OCTOBER 1935

Date Received Paid

£50 Aust

equals

Salary FO$ DR

1081.29 939.43 (£75)

$1091.35 650.22

[[..]] Drafts totalling £ 75.17.6

Fwdd Sydney 10-8-36

Salary £50A =

$1086.61 650.22

$ 967.00 648.85

--- ---

(400 drawn our for CSJ)

CASH ACCOUNT - NOVEMBER 1935

Date Received Paid

Cr bal $1109.58

HK CSJ Rate

25/10 484.80 $320 151.5

27/10 356.00 (remitted by post)

26/11 573.80 380 151

23/12 453.00 300 151

Bal $834.22 ckd with Bank

25/1 528.50 $350

24/2 455.25 $300

CASH ACCOUNT - NOVEMBER 1935

Date Received Paid

Salary CSJ AUST

$809.86 £50 $647.49

(net ) 583.24 £42 $542.82

(Ex.cash)

11.12.36 £31.9.7

Insurance $408.83

(net) 628.24 £42 $543.82

(net) 584.05 " 4541.69

[8^th Feb A£76.3.5 sent from ]

[ SAIGON a/c ]

584.05 " $543.96

[11^th March, A£34.9.9 sent ]

[ from Saigon A/C]

CASH ACCOUNT - DECEMBER 1935

Date Received Paid

22^{nd April} £49.2.9 sent from

12^th " £67.2.9 " "

17^th " £36.12.8 " "

25^th May £68.1.1 " "

25^th June £78.14.3 " "

26^th July £61.16.6 " "

26^th Aug £52. 2.8 " "

26^th Sept £56.7.0 " "

26^th Octr £51.5.0 " "

25^th Nov £48.13.4 " "

26^th Jany £106.11.10 " "

25^th Feby £57-11-10 " "⇢

25^th March £65-10-7 " "

27^th April £61.4.7 " "

CASH ACCOUNT - SPECIAL 2¹/₅

Date Received Paid

COCOS : ¾ ⁴/₅ ³³/₂₀¹¹/₇

_{June 1940, sent Aust £135}

to Et, to Sipose St, *

($925.00)

Send £32 Stg, to C'wealth

Bank, monthly, from Sate

arrival Cocos, April '40

* Et pays £50 to my

a/c Neautral Bay, Savings Bk

& £20 50 to Current

a/c, Martin Place

& puts £65 into her

own a/c (TH £135)

_________________

(see 2 pages on)

CASH ACCOUNT - SPECIAL

Date Received Paid

27^th July £83.14.4 to Sydney

25^th Aug £166.16.11 " "

26^th Sept £ 56.11.2 " "

9th Jany '39 £ 50.0.0 Sterling "

= £62. 7. 11

28^th June £180 Aust to

Sydney

CASH ACCOUNT - SPECIAL

Date Received Paid

COCOS

Sent St a blank cheque

on N.B. Savings Bank

a/c, August 1940

& December "

Cocos, Septr 1940 :- Sent

Aust £80 to Et to pay into

my N.B. Saviings a/c.

($549.34)

Cocos Decr 1940: Sent

Aust £100 secret to

C'wealth Bank, Martin Pl

($685.22)

CASH ACCOUNT - SPECIAL

Date Received Paid

Draft $400

Chartered Bank, Sc

No 10732 B

Neutral Bay

In S.B. a/c ∧ No.

20308, £25 as

at [[??]] Sydney

13/3/40

Scrip for Q.N. Bank Shares

is held in trust for ↔

use by C'wealth Bank, Sydney.

CASH ACCOUNT - SPECIAL

Date Received Paid

Investments

[* Safe Custody Receipt, No 1048 *]

War Savings Certificates

purchase price A £100,

(fase value A £125)

due 3 - 9 - 1948

Nos. G-590090

N 117942/3

Z 142926/7

[* Check this at NB *]

31/12/41 := Sent A £100 to

Sydney for credit to £70 to

Savings Bank a/c at

Neautral Bay, C'wealth

Bank, & £30 to Martin Pl

28.11.41 :- Sent A£100 to C'wlth BK Sy,

Bank purchased 20 £5 shares

in Q'land National Bank, for

£89.16.5 ; & credited Current

a/c with £19.3.7

(P.T.O)

_{See previous}_{NOTES FOR 1936}

_{pages Investments as at 1/1/40}

100 "A" shares (17/6⁸pais) in

Ruggles & Ringers se Ltd. {In

Nos. 17873 - 17972 {ETs

{name

£100 Metrolitan Water Board

Inscribed Stock 4½%, See

No. 2406 Next page. Int ~~Int to current a/c~~

to S.B. a/c N. BAY

£100 Sydney County Council

Inscribed Stock 4½%, See

next page, Int to S.B.a/c

100 £1 ordinary shares in Hotel

Sydney, Nos 116101 - 116200.

Bought for 12/- each. Total

cost incl. brokerage £61 - 0 - 2

~~£100 Fixed Deposit. No 326928,~~

~~due 24-3-40, 2¾ →~~

~~$105 (approx) Concession Dollars on~~

~~current a/c at Bank of Montreal,~~

~~Victoria B.C.~~ Appln, for X'fer

To Sydney 26.2.40

T CASH ACCOUNT - MAY 1935 T

Date £6.23 Received Paid

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