Liverpool - Sydney

Ship Summary

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Journey

Origin

Depart Date

Monday, August 5, 1940

Destination

Arrive Date

Wednesday, October 16, 1940

Journey Notes

Polish liner under British control. Transporting 700 troops for Singapore and 477 evacuee children for Australia; Account of long voyage of children & escorts "Innocents abroad" by Edward Stokes, (Sydney, 1994); Nurse escorts story "Prison Life on a pacific Raider", by Betsy Sandbach & Geraldine edge, London 1941; Account of Captain's career & War service, told by Jan Cwiklinski, in "the Captain leaves his ship, the story of the Captain of the SS Batory", London 1955;

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