"SAVED BY MIRACLE 55
SINKING OF NAPIER STAR
SYDNEY, January 12,
A cablegram received yesterday by Mr. J. Last, of Adelaide, told of the safety of his son, Dr. R. J. Last, and Mrs. Last, who had been thought dead since the sinking by enemy action of the liner Napier Star on December 19. The cablegram read: "Torpedoed off the coast ot Iceland. Forty hours in lifeboat. Saved by miracle." Dr. Last and his wife were believed to be on their way back to Australia in the Napier Star. They went to England in 1939.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 11, 14 January 1941, Page 10
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95"SAVED BY MIRACLE55 Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 11, 14 January 1941, Page 10
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