tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3913330198737131632.post1393761519220073447..comments2024-03-27T19:11:53.743+08:00Comments on Singapore 1942: Civilian Evacuation list by Michael PetherDavid Hopehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16016135498680668326noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3913330198737131632.post-57572583665272458832023-09-01T11:01:18.008+08:002023-09-01T11:01:18.008+08:00Very interesting thank you. I have been trying to...Very interesting thank you. I have been trying to discover which ship my great-aunt escaped Singapore on. She mentioned getting out of Singapore during the Fall - she euphemistically said she worked for the General Post Office, but in fact, had done some training at Bletchley, and was a coder. Like many war veterans, she wouldn't go into details, but she often mentioned fleeing down to Keppel Harbour, leaving her car with the doors still open and boarding a ship about to sail. She claims it to have been a naval vessel, and that the Captain told her she couldn't sail with them, but she said the only way she was getting off the ship would be if he threw her overboard! She was a redoubtable old lady so I can imagine this. Aunty ended up in Bombay for the remainder of the war, working for the GPO there too. Unfortunately, I don't know which ship she left Singapore on, or whether it went straight to Bombay or via Tanjong Priok, which several ships did. As far as I can discover, the ships that made it to Bombay were the Westpoint, and the Plancius. Her name was Mrs Doris Wren. I'd love any information regarding the ships that went to Bombay if you have them. To find her name on a passenger list would be marvellous. Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13952440132203870841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3913330198737131632.post-42966518988334803272019-05-06T05:42:46.516+08:002019-05-06T05:42:46.516+08:00I do not see the vessel RHONA (?Blue Funnel Line) ...I do not see the vessel RHONA (?Blue Funnel Line) which evacuated civilian refugees from Singapore to Madras and sailed in a convoy ca. 12-15 February 1942. It was attacked by torpedoes off Sumatra, and the convoy split. I recall First Mate Mark Brinsford (later Captain of the MV Gorgon or Charon on our school runs between Singapore and Fremantle) spotting the torpedoes and directing the course changes of the vesselAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10894493823339157129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3913330198737131632.post-11565238462161457322013-03-03T11:11:14.261+08:002013-03-03T11:11:14.261+08:00buy generic valium online no prescription valium d...<a href="http://brooklinebooksmith.com/pphoto/buyvaliumonline/#7385" rel="nofollow">buy generic valium online no prescription</a> valium drug interactions - valium diazepam for dogsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3913330198737131632.post-70166858845178252112010-09-21T02:59:09.104+08:002010-09-21T02:59:09.104+08:00My father, Allen Delf, skipper lieutenant RNR, wro...My father, Allen Delf, skipper lieutenant RNR, wrote a brief journal of his experiences in the war and described his arrival at Singapore in September 1939 where his first job was in command of HMS Ludgate, Boom Defence. By the 7th December 1941 he was 1st lieutenant of HMS Barricade but for the evacuation of civilians out of Singapore he was transferred to the command of HMS Barlane. He was slow getting up steam out of the harbour and when he reached the straits the other ships had been bombed by Japanese aircraft, which were then forced to give up flying because of a sudden mist that fell. He picked up survivors and took them all safely to Batavia in Java.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03738688673803813131noreply@blogger.com