Mr Ken Pitt-Jones

[Fraser Darrah]

Mr Ken Pitt-Jones ~ September 2013

I am sorry to report the death of Ken Pitt-Jones in September 2013.

Ken served an engineering apprenticeship in the maintenance workshops of Sydney University.
He was inaugural Chief Engineer in ss "Mandama" when Vestey Group's Austasia Line commenced services in 1953.
Thence Ken was appointed Chief Engineer of the BSL oil tanker "Pacific Star" during The Suez Crisis of 1956.
Together with the Mate of "Pacific Star" they acquired an Aberdeen fishing smack with intentions of sailing to Australia.
The boat's crew included a dog to keep a night look-out and bark in the event of any danger.
The dog failed in its duty of care and the boat crashed on the shore of Nova Scotia.
As a shipwrecked seaman Ken accepted the offer of Canadian citizenship.
He joined the government's Marine Department and remained until retirement