Doorly, Gerald S. (Gerald Stokely), 1880-1956

Gerald Stokely Doorly was born in Trinidad on 4 June 1880. In 1895, he joined HMS Worcester to train for the Merchant Navy. He served as Third Officer on board Morning (Captain William Colbeck) during the two British Relief Expeditions, 1902-1903 and 1903-1904, organized to assist the British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 (leader Robert Falcon Scott). He emigrated to New Zealand in 1905 and continued to serve in the Merchant Navy, achieving command and serving throughout the First World War. In 1925, he moved to Melbourne, Australia, becoming a Port Phillip pilot. He returned to New Zealand in 1951 and died in Dunedin on 3 November 1956.

Published work, In the wake, an autobiography Sampson, Low, Marston & Co. London (1936) SPRI Library Shelf 92[Doorly, G.S.], The songs of the Morning by Doorly, Bread and Cheese Club, Melbourne (1943) SPRI Library Shelf Special Collection (7)91(08)[1902-1904] and The voyages of the Morning by Doorly, Bluntisham Books, Huntingdon (1995) SPRI Library Shelf (7)91(08)[1902-1903]

From the guide to the Gerald Doorly collection, 1901 - 1929, (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge)