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Australian ship’s steward shared Vegemite with Navy crew in San Diego
Years ago, Australian chief steward Doug Bower arrived in San Diego on a ship.
It tied up behind an Australian Navy warship.
The Navy captain came aboard after spotting the Australian flag.
He said the crew had been in the US for 10 months and could not find Vegemite.
Bower gave him the 3½ boxes he had on board.
A crew member carried them away, and Bower was popular at breakfast the next morning.
An Australian ship’s chief steward gave Vegemite to the captain of an Australian Navy warship in San Diego.
The Navy crew had been in the United States for 10 months and could not find Vegemite.
Doug Bower gave the captain the 3½ boxes he had aboard his ship.
A rating carried the Vegemite away, and the captain was popular at breakfast the next morning.
The story was shared by David Sayers in a letter to the Sydney Morning Herald.
- Who
- Doug Bower, chief steward on Australian ships, gave Vegemite to an Australian Navy warship’s captain.
- What
- He gave the captain 3½ boxes of Vegemite.
- When
- Years ago; no specific date is stated.
- Where
- San Diego.
- Why
- The Navy crew had been in the United States for 10 months and could not buy Vegemite.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The captain of the warship, seeing the Australian flag on Doug’s ship, hurried on board.
He explained that they’d been in the US for 10 months and couldn’t buy Vegemite anywhere.
Doug gave him the 3½ boxes he had on board and the thankful captain departed with a rating carrying the booty.
He was popular at breakfast the next morning.
Doug Bower arrived in San Diego and tied up behind an Australian Navy warship.
The warship’s captain boarded Bower’s ship and asked whether he could spare Vegemite.
Bower gave the captain 3½ boxes, which a rating carried away.
The captain was popular at breakfast.
- Steward
- Doug Bower
- Ship’s supplies
- 3½ boxes of Vegemite
- Crew’s time in the US
- 10 months
- Location
- San Diego
- Source
- David Sayers, writing to the SMH
Sources
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