FLIGHT FROM ISLAND
WORK OF SMALL SHIPS
(Rec. 2 p.m.)' BATAVIA, Feb. 16. • | "There were no warships around Singapore when I left in a sailing vessel* which had no escort," writes a correspondent of the British United Press, Harold Guard. "Our ship was built tO accommodate 80, but there were 675 on board, mostly members of the R.A.F. As far as I know, no troops were evacuated from Singapore. "The R.N.V.R. did a magnificent job ,in the evacuation. To escape from Japanese bombers, many of the evacuee ships sheltered under overhanging trees in small island inlets during, the day, and moved only at night. "One was found* by enemy bombers and although it was not directly hit, splinters holed its sides."
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Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 40, 17 February 1942, Page 6
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121FLIGHT FROM ISLAND Evening Post, Volume C, Issue 40, 17 February 1942, Page 6
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