Number 2 bank account / myLot

Rockingham, Australia

June 11, 2026 11:17pm CST

Vince’s first job was in a Bank of New South Wales, and at one point, he and two others were sent to Ravensthorpe to open a branch there. He wanted to have the first account so his bankbook would show No. 000001. The powers-that-be wouldn’t let him have No. 1 and he had to be content with No. 000002. There are pencilled notations alongside some of the amounts including overtime, travelling allowance, etc. The bank amalgamated with another and is now known as Westpac. He made a lot of friends there and left the bank to become an accountant in a machinery business. Some years later, after seven years in Esperance where he worked in the Port Authority, we became partners in that same machinery business.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (502487)

• Italy

That is wonderful, I am sure we have two "fidelity cards" showing the number 00001 and 00002 and I cannot remember from which company. I also cannot remember where they are.

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Fleur

@Fleura (35031)

• United Kingdom

That seems like a different world now doesn't it, where things were so much more personal.

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rebelann1949

@rebelann (117234)

• El Paso, Texas

13m

Thanks for the new word. I'd never heard anyone use 'amalgamated' before, mostly in the USA we see the word 'merged' instead. Did those powers ever tell Vince why they denied him #000001? Vince had some very impressive jobs in his time.

Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (135770)

• Marion, Ohio

54m

Sorry he couldn't get number one. But two is good too

Shiva

@Shiva49 (28385)

• Singapore

Just now

Those were the times which the younger generation will not believe how banks updated our accounts. Technology has swept them away and I look at those with mixed feelings. "So much water has flown under the bridge".