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THE DIARY OF EDWARD WILLIAM BOOTH  1944 1945

                                               ABLE SEAMAN BOOTH P/J298108 HMS KING GEORGE V  

          THE ORIGINAL DIARY BELONGS TO THE BOOTH FAMILY

AND AT PRESENT TIME  IS IN THE CARE OF

BRIAN WILLIAM BOOTH

ALL RESEARCH DONE BY MARGARET ELIZABETH BOOTH

NOVEMBER 1ST 2003

• NOVEMBER 2ND 1944 GIBRALTAR

• NOVEMBER 4TH 1944 MALTA

• NOVEMBER 11TH 1944 ALEXANDRIA (EGYPT)

• NOVEMBER 14TH 1944 MILOS (AEGEAN SEA)

•   DECEMBER 2ND 1944 PORT SAID (EGYPT)

•  DECEMBER 4TH 1944 PORT SUEZ (EGYPT)

•  DECEMBER 12TH 1944 COLOMBO (SRI LANKA)

•  DECEMBER 15TH 1944 TRINCOMALEE (CEYLON)  

• JANUARY 4TH 1945     ARRIVED AT FREEMANTLE HAD A NICE RUN ASHORE

•  JANUARY 9TH 1945  LEFT FREEMANTLE FOR SAMARTRA & PALEMBONG

•  JANUARY 18TH 1945     CROSSING THE LINE

•  JANUARY 24TH 1945 PALEMBANG (INDONESIA)

•  FEBUARY 4TH 1945 FREEMANTLE (AUSTRALIA)

• FEBRUARY 5TH 1945   LEFT FOR SYDNEY

•  FEBRUARY 11TH 1945   ARRIVED AT SYDNEY

• FEBRUARY 28TH 1945    LEFT AUSTRALIA

•  MARCH 7TH 1945         ADMIRALTY ISLANDS

•  MARCH 11TH 1945 MANUS   (PAPUA NEW GUINEA)

•  MARCH 16TH 1945     TWO LETTERS FROM HOME AND PHOTOS OF RONNIES WEDDING

•  MARCH 17TH 1945    LEFT ADMIRALTY ISLANDS FOR JAP ISLANDS. 21 BATTLESHIPS,  47 CARRIERS, 75 CRUISERS, OVER 100 DISTROYERS, WELL OVER 1000 SHIPS AND SMALL CRAFT, ON INVASION 1500

•  MARCH 18TH 1945     STILL ON WAY TO OPERATIONS

•  MARCH 19TH 1945    ATTACKED SAKISHMA ISLANDS BY CARRIER PLANES.  EVERYTHING SUCCESSFUL

•  MARCH 21ST 1945    LEFT ULITHI FOR OPERATIONS AGAINST SAKISHMA OR FORMOSIA

•  MARCH 30TH 1945    INVADED ISLANDS BY CARRIER PLANES   TWO CRASHED IN MID AIR IN FLAMES ON ISLAND AND IN SEA

•  MARCH 31ST 1945    ATTACKED BY DIVE BOMBERS.  ONE CARRIER DAMAGED.  TWO DESTROYERS DAMAGED. 40 MEN ON INDEFATIGABLE

•  APRIL 3RD 1945   LEAVING OPERATIONS TO OIL.  EVERYTHING SUCCESSFUL.  

•  APRIL 17TH 1945   MET OILERS FOR OILING UP AGAIN

•  APRIL18TH 1945    STILL OILING AND MAIL BROUGHT ON BOARD FROM DESTROYER

•  APRIL 19TH 1945    MADE ANOTHER STRIKE AT JAPAN AND WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO LEYTE

•  APRIL 20TH 1945    TWO LETTERS FROM WIFE ONE FROM VIOLET

•  MARCH 23RD 1945 ULITHI (SW OF GUAM)

•  APRIL 23RD 1945 LEYTE

•  MAY 1ST 1945        LEFT LEYTE TO ATTACKED SASKISHMA.  WE HEARD HITLER IS DEAD " I HOPE SO"

•  MAY 3RD 1945       MORE STRIKES TODAY.  2 CARRIERS HIT, 

•  MAY 4TH 1945       STRIKE OK TODAY OUR BOMBARDMENT SUCCESSFUL

•  MAY 5TH 1945        ON OUR WAY TO OILING

•  MAY 6TH 1945        MET OILERS TODAY, WROTE LETTER TO WIFE

•  MAY 7TH 1945      OPERATIONS, BAD WEATHER.  TWO CARRIERS HIT BY DIVE BOMBERS.  ONE HIT INDEFATIGABLE MANY WOUNDED

•  MAY 8TH 1945    MORE STRIKES.  ATTACKED BY 14 DIVE BOMBERS.  WAR WITH GERMANY FINISHED.  WHAT A GOD SEND

•  MAY 9TH 1945     BACK TO OILING AREA, DESTROYERS CAME ALONG SIDE WITH OUR MAIL AND FURTHER ORDERS

•  MAY10TH 1945    SASKISHMA GROUP MAYAKS ISHIGO

•  MAY 11TH 1945    OILING AND PREPARING FOR MORE ATTACKS.  NOW ON WAY FOR ATTACKS

•  MAY 12TH 1945     MADE MORE STRIKES AGAINST BARRACKS, AIR FIELDS AND PLANES DAMAGED

•  MAY 13TH 1945     STILL MAKING STRIKES ON JAP AIR FIELDS.  ON ONE OF OUR CARRIERS 56 KILLED AND WOUNDED.  CARRIER REPAIRED AT SEA

•  MAY 14TH 1945    BACK TO OILING AGAIN

•  MAY 15TH 1945     ON WAY NOW FOR MORE OPERATIONS AGAINST JAP ISLANDS.  RECEIVED TWO LETTERS FROM WIFE

•  MAY 16TH 1945      STILL MAKING STRIKES.  DAMAGED JAP BARRACKS, POWER STATIONS.  TWO JAP BOMBERS CRASHED ON INDEFATIGABLE

•  MAY 17TH 1945     MADE MORE ATTACKS TODAY.  ONE OUR FIGHTERS RETURNING CRASHED ON VIC ( HMS VICTORIOUS )

•  MAY 18TH 1945   MET OILERS, WE WERE TOLD TODAY THAT WE ARE EXPECTING TO GO TO SYDNEY AFTER TWO MORE STRIKES.  ONE MORE LETTER WROTE TO WIFE

•  MAY 19TH 1945    HAD TROUBLE WITH FIRE ON CARRIER IMPLACABLE.  38 PLANES DAMAGED AND PLANE LIFT

•   MAY 20TH 1945    OILING SHIP. CARRIER AND DESTROYER RAMMED EACH OTHER WITH BAD WEATHER, DESTROYER RETURNED TO BASE

•  MAY 21ST 1945    WROTE LETTER TO WIFE. GETTING READY FOR FURTHER OPERATIONS AGAINST ISLANDS OF JAPAN

•  MAY 22ND 1945     ON  WAY NOW TO OPERATIONS.  BAD WEATHER

•  MAY 23RD 1945     SUCCESSFUL BOMBING BY AIR CRAFT

•   MAY 24TH 1945     OPERATIONS DONE WELL.  NEWS RECEIVED ON NEWS THAT FAR EAST FLEET STAY OUT HERE UNTIL THE END

•   MAY 25TH 1945     LEFT OPERATIONS FOR GUAM

•  MAY27TH 1945      EXPECTING TO ARRIVE AT GUAM TOMORROW

•  MAY 28TH 1945    ARRIVE AT GUAM, GOOD WELCOME.  SPEECH BY ADMIRAL NIMITZ

•  MAY 29TH 1945  BEEN ASHORE TODAY EVERYTHING WAS FREE.  TINS OF BEER, SWEETS.  A GOOD SHOW AND HAD A TRIP AROUND ISLAND

•  MAY 30TH 1945   LEFT GUAM FOR SYDNEY.  PRACTICE SHOOTS ON WAY LEAVING GUAM

•  MAY 31ST 1945   STILL ON WAY TO SYDNEY.  WROTE TWO LETTERS

•  JUNE 2ND 1945    WE OILED AT SEA TODA, AND ARE NOW PASSING PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

•  JUNE 5TH 1945    ARRIVED AT SYDNEY.  WROTE HOME

•  JUNE 8TH 1945    EXPECTING TO ARRIVE SYDNEY 

•  JUNE 9TH 1945    WROTE HOME

•  JUNE 12TH 1945   GOING ON FOUR DAYS LEAVE.  WROTE TWO LETTERS HOME

•  JUNE 16TH 1945   CAME BACK OFF LEAVE.  HAD A NICE TIME AT MR & MRS SURS.   MADE VERY WELCOME.   WROTE LETTER HOME

•  JUNE 17TH 1945    RECIEVED FIRST LETTERS FROM WIFE FOR QUIET A WHILE

•  JUNE 18TH 1945     SENT WIFE  A COSTUME AND JUMPER

•  JUNE 19TH 1945     HAD A BAD TRAP WITH MY HAND, HAD TWO STITCHES IN IT THIS MORNING.  WROTE LETTERS HOME

•  JUNE 23RD 1945     WROTE LETTER HOME

•  JUNE 26TH 1945      LEFT SYDNEY FOR SHOOT

•  JUNE 27TH 1945     CAME BACK IN SHOOTS OK.  WROTE ANOTHER LETTER HOME

•  JUNE 28TH 1945     LEFT SYDNEY FOR OPERATIONS

•  JULY 1ST 1945      WROTE LETTER HOME

•  JULY 2ND 1945     WE HAVE NOW DONE OVER SEVENTY THOUSAND MILES SINCE WE LEFT U K.  THAT IS OVER TWICE ROUND THE WORLD. IT IS JUST OVER 25 THOUSAND MILES ROUND THE WORLD

•   JULY 4TH 1945     ARRIVED MANUS

•  JULY 5TH 1945     BROKE BIG TOE.  WROTE LETTER HOME

•  JULY 6TH 1945     LEFT MANUS FOR FURTHER OPERATIONS, TOKYO

•  JULY 7TH 1945     HAVING SHOOTS ON WAY " GOOD" SHOT ALL TARGETS DOWN

•  JULY 8TH 1945     STILL ON WAY. WROTE ANOTHER LETTER HOME

•  JULY 9TH 1945     TWO PIECES OF BONE BROKE OFF BIG TOE BONE

•  JULY 10TH 1945     CAPTAIN GAVE SPEECH ON FUTURE OPERATIONS MEETS THE YANK 38 FORCE

•  JULY 11TH 1945      STILL ON WAY TO OPERATIONS, AGAINST TOKYO. I HOPE WE GIVE THEM HELL. WROTE ANOTHER TO WIFE AND SON

•  JULY 12TH 1945     WROTE TWO LETTERS HOME

•  JULY 14TH 1945     STILL ON WAY TO OPERATIONS. TODAY WE OILED WHILE ON WAY TROUBLE WITH OIL PIPES CRACKING

•   JULY 15TH 1945     FINISHED OILING, NOW PUTTING ON SPEED TO MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME. I,VE JUST FINISHED WRITING TO WIFE. GOD BLESS HER 

•  JULY 17TH 1945      WROTE LETTER TO WIFE AND ONE TO MOTHER

•  JULY 21ST 1945     WROTE TWO LETTERS HOME.  FINISHED OILING NOW ON WAY TO MORE STRIKES

•  JULY 22ND 1945     STILL ON WAY NOW TO JAPAN AGAIN, WE WERE ABLE TO GET A FEW MORE THINGS FROM A CARGO SHIP FOOD STUFF WHICH WE BADLY NEEDED

•  JULY 23RD 1945     LEAVING OILING FOR FURTHER STRIKES.  WROTE LETTER HOME

•  JULY 24TH 1945     STRIKES WITH AIR CRAFT AND BOMBARDMENT OK. HIT JAP CARRIER WITH BOMBS,AIR BASES, HANGERS, FIGHTERS AND BOMBERS SHOT DOWN

•  JULY 25TH 1945      MORE STRIKES LOTS OF DAMAGE DONE. WE LOST 8 PLANES THIS GOES FOR THE YANK FORCE AS WELL WE ALL BELONG TO 38TH STRIKE FORCE LOST EIGHT AIR CRAFT

•  JULY  26TH 1945     WHILE ON WAY BACK TO OIL WE HAD QUIET A BIT OF TROUBLE WITH JAP TORPEDO BOMBERS, BUT WE  GOT THEM DOWN OK.THERE WERE QUIET A NUMBER OF SUICIDE DIVE BOMBERS AS WELL. STARTED OILING AND ARMOURING

•  JULY 27TH 1945     WE HAVE GOT QUIET A FEW 14 " SHELLS ON TODAY READY TO SHAKE THEM ON SUNDAY, WE HAVE NOW STARTED ON OUR WAY TO WHAT WE CALL THE STRIKING POINT. JUST OFF JAP COAST

•  JULY 28TH 1945     RECIEVED ONE LETTER FROM WIFE YESTERDAY DATED 4TH, LOST EIGHT PLANES THE OTHER DAY.  TWO DESTROYERS CRASHED TOGETHER IN BAD WEATHER.

•  JULY 29TH 1945    WROTE ANOTHER LETTER HOME

•  JULY 31ST 1945     BACK TO OILING AREA, WE ARE WAITING NOW TO CARRY ON WITH OUR NEXT OPERATION. WE HAVE DONE 69 THOUSAND MILES TODAY SINCE LEAVING UK.

•  AUGUST 1ST 1945     WROTE ANOTHER LETTER HOME.  OPERATIONS HELD UP WITH TYPHOON.

•  AUGUST 2ND 1945     WEATHER STILL VERY BAD.  JUST LOST ANOTHER PILOT

•  AUGUST 7TH 1945     ON WAY TO MORE STRIKES TO NEW OPERATIONS

•  AUGUST 8TH 1945     SHIPPING & AIR BASES, POWER HOUSES DAMAGED, LOST 11 AIR CRAFT ,SHOT DOWN 17 ENEMY

•  AUGUST 9TH 1945     STRIKES THE SAME AS YESTERDAY PLENTY OF SHIPPING DAMAGE AND STRUCK YAMATO.  1 DESTROYER SUNK 1 DAMAGED 1 SET ON FIRE. 48 PLANES DESTROYED MATUISHUIO  NAGATA

•  AUGUST 10TH 1945     ON WAY TO MEET BOMBING STRIKES THAT DAY. NEWS FLASH, JAPS OFFER PEACE TERMS 21.35.  WROTE ANOTHER LETTER HOME

•   AUGUST 11TH 1945     OILING WITH YANKY OILERS.  NO MAIL EXPECTED. MEETING WITH YANKY FLEET. WE HAVE BEEN TOLD WE HAVE TO STAY WHERE WE ARE, AND TAKE OVER JAP PORTS

•  AUGUST 12TH 1945     STILL WAITING FOR JAP PEACE TERMS TO BE CONFIRMED

•  AUGUST 13TH 1945     ANOTHER STRIKE DAY AGAINST TOKYO.  NO REPLY FROM JAPS YET

•  AUGUST 14TH 1945     STILL WAITING FOR JAP REPLY AND HAD ANOTHER OILER ALONG SIDE

•  AUGUST 15TH 1945     MORE STRIKES AGAINST JAPS THIS MORNING NEWS RECIEVED JAPS PACK IN GOOD OK TIME COMING THROUGH 11" O CLOCK.  AT 11: 20 WE WERE ATTACKED BY JAP BOMBERS.  ALL SHOT DOWN .

•  AUGUST 16TH 1945     WE ARE NOW WAITING TO TAKE OVER TOKYO

•  AUGUST 17TH 1945     STILL STEAMING AROUND WAITING TO GO IN

•  AUGUST 19TH 1945     WE ARE  4700 MILES FROM OUR BASE SYDNEY

•  AUGUST 21ST 1945     WROTE HOME

•  AUGUST 23RD 1945     WAITING FURTHER ORDERS  WROTE HOME

•  AUGUST 25TH 1945     TYPHOON HELD UP GOING IN TODAY WROTE HOME

•  AUGUST 26TH 1945     TYHPOON STILL HELD UP GOING IN TODAY

•  AUGUST 27TH 1945     TWO JAP OFFICERS COME ON BOARD SOUTH WEST OF TOKYO BAY ( SAGAMI ). 

•  AUGUST 28TH 1945     STILL IN JAP BAY TUSI YAMA MOUNTAIN SAGAMI BAY.  SHORTYS BIRTHDAY. 

•  AUGUST 29TH 1945     HUNDREDS OF AIR CRAFT CARRIER TROOP PLANES TAKING  PRISIONERS OF WAR BACK HOME.  190 SHIPS IN BAY

•  AUGUST 30TH 1945     MOVED IN TO TOKYO HARBOUR, WROTE TWO LETTERS HOME

•  AUGUST  31ST 1945     PROVISION  SHIP ALONG SIDE IN TOKYO HARBOUR " OR TIDO" CITY OF DIEPPE.

•  SEPTEMBER 1ST 1945   PROVISIONING SHIP.  FEW PRISIONERS OF WAR ON BOARD, AND THEY

•  SEPTEMBER 2ND 1945   STILL PROVISIONING SHIP WHILE OFFICIAL PAPERS WERE BEING SIGNED. 

•  SEPTEMBER 3RD 1945   15OO THREE AIR CRAFT CARRIERS GOING OUT OF BAY TAKING PRISIONERS OF WAR OUT OF TOKYO BAY BACK HOME. 

•  SEPTEMBER 4TH 1945   NOTHING MUCH TO SAY TODAY EXCEPT, A FEW RELIEVES HAVE COME ON BOARD FROM U K FOR RELIEVING MEN UP 22 GROUP. 

•  SEPTEMBER 5TH 1945   THINGS JUST ABOUT THE SAME, PLENTY OF AIRCRAFT AROUND, A FEW DESTROYERS BEEN

•  SEPTEMBER 6TH 1945   RECEIVED LETTER FROM WIFE TODAY. LANDING PARTY CAME OFF,

•  SEPTEMBER 7TH 1945   I'VE JUST SEEN A FEW OF MY PALS OFF BACK HOME ON THE MINE LAYING CRUISER ARIADNE. 

•  SEPTEMBER 8TH 1945   TWO MORE SHIPS GONE OUT WITH LOTS OF CHEERING TAKING PRISONERS OF WAR BACK

•   SEPTEMBER 9TH 1945   TOKYO IT SELF IS VERY BADLY BOMBED.  NOTHING STANDS

•  SEPTEMBER 14TH 1945   HAD RACING IN SHIPS CUTTER ,BOUTS, I WAS BOWMAN, HAD A GOOD WIN IT PUT US IN THE FINAL. TWO MORE SHIPS JUST LEFT WITH PRISONERS.

•  SEPTEMBER 15TH 1945   WENT ASHORE, NOTHING MUCH STANDING.  PEOPLE LIVING UNDER BAD CONDITIONS,

•  SEPTEMBER 16TH 1945             YOKOHAMA.  HOSPITAL SHIP WENT BY US TO SYDNEY WITH I WENT ASHORE TO SEE A FEW OF THEM BEFORE CUTTER RACING WON BY GUN ROOM,

•  SEPTEMBER 17TH 1945   HMS MANMAN, QUALITY, NEPAL  MAIL ON BOARD. GUARD OF HONOUR WENT

•  SEPTEMBER 18TH 1945    SHIPS GONE OUT TODAY WITH PRISONERS OF WAR. MANMAN, QUALITY, NEPAL

•  SEPTEMBER 19TH 1945   MOVED INTO YOKOHAMA BAY, NICE HARBOUR. EXPECTING GOING ON OUR WAY TOMORROW

•  SEPTEMBER 20TH 1945   STARTED ON OUR WAY TO SYDNEY AT 0900 THIS MORNING

•  SEPTEMBER 21ST 1945   STILL ON WAY TO MANUS JUST PAST IWOGIMA ISLANDS

•    SEPTEMBER 23RD 1945   PAST GUAM AT MIDNIGHT, INSPECTED BY ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET

•  SEPTEMBER 24TH 1945   STILL ON WAY TO MANUS, DESTROYER LEFT US TODAY, WE ARE NOW ON OUR OWN.

•  SEPTEMBER 25TH 1945   ARRIVED MANUS 0,930 WENT ASHORE 13,00, HAD ONE SMALL BOTTLE BEER. MAIL COME ON BOARD 14,00 TWO LETTERS FROM WIFE

•  SEPTEMBER 26TH 1945  LEFT MANUS 0600 EXPECTING TO ARRIVE SYDNEY IN FOUR DAYS TIME  WROTE LETTER HOME.  JUST PASSING NEW GUINEA & NEW BRITAIN, VERY MOUNTAINOUS COUNTRY

•  SEPTEMBER 27TH 1945   STILL ON WAY TO SYDNEY AND WROTE TWO LETTERS HOME

•  SEPTEMBER 28TH 1945   CAPTAIN GAVE A SPEECH TELLING US THAT WE ARE GETTING SEVEN DAYS LEAVE, AND UP TO 28 GROUP IS LEAVING US AT SYDNEY, WE HAVE BEEN PAINTING SHIP FOR THE BIG OCCASION.

•  SEPTEMBER 29TH 1945    WEATHER VERY BAD  WROTE LETTER HOME

•  SEPTEMBER 30TH 1945   ARRIVING SYDNEY TOMORROW, SHIP LOOKING O K

•  OCTOBER  1ST 1945     ARRIVED SYDNEY, GRAND WELCOME

•  OCTOBER 27TH 1945  LEFT SYDNEY FOR MELBOURNE  1300

•  OCTOBER 28TH 1945     STILL ON WAY TO MELBOURNE, WEATHER VERY BAD

•  OCTOBER 29TH 1945   ARRIVED MELBOURNE 0900.  THOUSANDS ON THE PIER WAITING TO GIVE US

•  OCTOBER 30TH 1945   PEOPLE WAITING ON THE PIER TO SEE US  AT 0400 THIS MORNING, WE WERE INVITED ALL OVER, 

•  OCTOBER 31ST 1945     DUTY ON BOARD I WAS GUIDE TO SHOW PEOPLE ROUND THE SHIP, ALMOST EVERY PARTY OF

•  NOVEMBER 6TH 1945    MELBOURNE VICTORIA FLINDERS ST STATION PLATFORM 8 HAD MARCH PAST.

•  NOVEMBER 9TH 1945    LEFT MELBOURNE 0500.   THE BOYS LEFT MANY BROKEN HEARTS BEHIND.

•  NOVEMBER 10TH 1945   ARRIVED SYDNEY 1750, WENT ASHORE 1930, HAD A VERY GOOD TIME. 

•  NOVEMBER 11TH 1945     ARMISTICE DAY   SERVICE ON QUARTER DECK

•  NOVEMBER 17TH 1945.   WENT INTO GOLDEN HIND CAMP TO WAIT FOR TROOP SHIP HOME

•  NOVEMBER 21ST 1945   SENT WIFE BIRTHDAY GREETINGS E.F.M.

•  DECEMBER 1ST 1945     SENT MOTHER GREETINGS E.F.M.    

•  DECEMBER 9TH 1945    ALL LEAVE STOPPED

•  DECEMBER 10TH 1945   SHIP MOVED OUT THIS MORNING AT 8 O CLOCK. LOTS OF CHILDREN AND P O W AND AMCFS  ON BOARD  THE PEOPLE OF SYDNEY GAVE US A GOOD SEND OFF

•  DECEMBER 11TH 1945    WROTE LETTER HOME RUN INTO BAD WEATHER

•  DECEMBER 12TH 1945   WROTE LETTER HOME

•  DECEMBER 13TH 1945    WROTE LETTER HOME  EXPECTING TO ARRIVE FREEMANTLE TOMORROW

•  DECEMBER 14TH 1945    ARRIVED FREEMANTLE 0930,  AUSTRALIAN POMEYS GOING OFF.  MAIL GONE ASHORE

•  DECEMBER 15TH 1945     LEFT 1700 FOR FREETOWN EXPECTING TO ARRIVE AT CAPE TOWN XMAS DAY

•  DECEMBER 16TH 1945     WROTE LETTER HOME

•  DECEMBER 17TH 1945     WE ARE NOW PASSING THROUGH THE RED SEA. WROTE LETTER HOME

•  DECEMBER 18TH 1945     VERY HOT DAY. HAD A BIT OF EXCITEMENT TODAY EIGHT BOXING MATCHES VERY GOOD.  STILL ON WAY TO CAPE TOWN

•  DECEMBER 21ST 1945     WROTE TWO LETTERS HOME

•  DECEMBER 22ND 1945     ARRIVED CAPE TOWN 25 DEC LEFT 26TH DEC

•  DECEMBER 27TH 1945     RUN INTO BAD WEATHER

•  DECEMBER 29TH 1945     WEATHER MUCH BETTER VERY HOT

•  DECEMBER 30TH 1945     NEXT PORT OF CALL FREETOWN WEST AFRICA

•  DECEMBER 31ST 1945     CAPTAIN GAVE A SPEECH ABOUT MERCHANT SEAMAN DROWNED AT CAPE TOWN, LEFT QUITE A FEW BEHIND.    MAN DROWNED P.O.W.

•  JANUARY 1ST 1946           WEATHER VERY BAD EXPECTING TO ARRIVE FREETOWN WEDNESDAY. WE CROSSED THE LINE AT 1600 HOURS

•  JANUARY 2ND 1946         LEFT FREETOWN

 

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