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Coll 30/137 'Oil: Employment by Petroleum Concessions Ltd., and subsidiary companies of Mr. E. V. Packer.' [44r] (90/114)
The record is made up of 1 file (53 folios). It was created in 6 May 1936-22 Sep 1939. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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L.O. 63
COPY
’ I
©
IRAQ PETROLEUM CO., LTD.
APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT
(To be in Applicant's own writing)
Name in full: PACKER, ERNEST VINCENT Date: 22 July 1931
Weight: 13 st. 2 lbs.
A. *ess:c/o Junior Army & Navy Club. We
Horseguards Avenue, Whitehall, S.W.l.
Date of Birth :2/7/l8$0 or Married: No No. of Children: -
The Eastern Bank,
Crosby Sq, E.C.3.
Where educated:
Kings School, Chester, London Polytechnic
Examinations passed (at school or subsequently):
Oxford Senior Local London Matriculation
Age on leaving school: 19
Present or past occupation of father: Insurance Company Branch Manager
Experience [The whole period since leaving School or University, excluding War Service, to be accounted for).
M c C. 6/30.
DATES
FROM
1911
1918
1919
1927
TO
1914
1919
NAME AND ADDRESS OF EMPLOYER
Asst. & Sec. to Father
Colonial Office
NATURE OF
WORK
SALARY
REASON FOR
LEAVING
1926 Colonial Office
(Assurance & Secy. £ 200 - 23 o|joi^^Army
(Assyrian Contingent £850 Transferred
iiQK.Arab Militia; p.a. Levies
-do- Transferred
I T ran Armv
Comdg.Arab Mi
Adjt.lst.Bn.Iraq
Levies
1931
■Iraq Govt.under Colonial Office
(Iraq Army li.Qs.- Ma.jor General
MAY
EMPLOYER
BE REFERRED
TO?
Now dead
to
- &ee below
to
1919-22 Comdg.lst
Bn. Iraq Levies
All in Iraq £1 ° 0 ^
G.S.O.II p ' a> ;
,lAdvisorv A Inspection 1 I
q• Jcn, C.B..C.M«*J.,C• £.E. ,D.o.0«
Reference may also be made to:
Major Longrigg, I.P.C., and Major General G.G. Loch,
Sir Arnold Vifilson, Sir Henry Dobbs, Air Chief Marshall Sir John Salmond.
Brigadier Browne, Iraq Levies, Colonel H. Dobbin, Oxford & Bucks L«I•, late Comdg.
Iraq Levies
WAR SERVICE (iF NONE, STATE REASON).
DAT
FROM
ES
TO
UNIT OR APPOINTMENT
RANK
LOCALITY
DECORATIONS OR MENTIONS
1914
1916
1920 H
i
1916
1918
ebellion
n Iraq
8th Bn. Norfolk Regt.
(New Army)
Essex Regt.
Seconded Iraq Levies
Sergt.
Lieut.
Captain shoi
time local
Lt .Col.
France
Mesopotamia
t
Iraq
M.B.E.
Other qualifications (including languages): Arabic, some French & Hindustani
Leisure Occupation (games, etc.): Football, Hockey, shooting When free? 22/7/31
Physical defects: Ril
Other remarks:
NOTE.—Copies (not returnable) of any testimonials to be attached,
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The file concerns the appointment by Petroleum Concessions Limited (PCL) in 1936 of Ernest Vincent Packer as Manager of the Company's central office in Bahrain, and includes correspondence from the Company, a copy of Packer's application form (dated 1931), and correspondence from British officials in the region approving Packer's appointment.
The file also concerns Packer's appointment as Local Representative of PCL's subsidiary Petroleum Development (Qatar) Limited, and related staff appointments by PCL.
The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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- 1 file (53 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 55; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.
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- Title
- Coll 30/137 'Oil: Employment by Petroleum Concessions Ltd., and subsidiary companies of Mr. E. V. Packer.'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1ar, 2r:2v, 3ar:3av, 4r:15v, 17r:18v, 20r:20v, 21v:22v, 24r:30v, 32r:41v, 44r:45v, 47ar, 49v, 52r, 53r:54v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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