ON SUNKEN FERRY
FORMER WHANGAREI TEACHER (0.C.) WHANGAREI, this day A former teacher of the Whangarei High School, Leading Mechanic J. H. Donaldson, was among those who escaped from the converted ferry boat which was sunk in Sydney harbour. In a letter to his brother he says he was awakened by an explosion of the torpedo, which he thought wa3 a near miss air bomb. With 14 others he saved himself by climbing out of a window and jumping into a launch between the torpedoed ship and the shore. The others dived into the sea. All lost their belongings.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 135, 10 June 1942, Page 6
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99ON SUNKEN FERRY Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 135, 10 June 1942, Page 6
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