Jim began his career in OTC in VIM (Melbourne) as a CRS Operator back in the late 1950\u2019s.<\/p>\n
Jim and Keith McCredden studied for their Cable certificates in Sydney in 1961 along with Geoff McDonald.<\/p>\n
Jim was posted to Suva around 1962 and he & Keith were together at Cocos Island in 1964\/5.<\/p>\n
Jim went into the Commercial Branch sometime after Cocos closed and was later appointed to the position of WA Manager for OTC Sales.<\/p>\n
Jim was the manager of the Perth\u00a0OTC office in the early 90’s.<\/p>\n
Keith was not sure of dates for any of these moves and thinks that Jim possible retired about the time of the Telstra takeover (circa 1991).<\/p>\n
Keith believes that he took up gliding and was in the same club as Graham Watts.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately Jim did not keep in touch with the Vets or any of his old OTC workmates so details of his wife, Sandra, or any of their children are unknown.<\/p>\n
More to follow if we hear anything.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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