ANOTHER CASE
Criticism of conditions experienced during another voyage (earlier in the year) is made by a returned serviceman of commissioned rank, who said that he would not have come back under the conditions had not his relatives been anxious about him. This returned serviceman was one of those who travelled from England by the Dominion Monarch, and who ' were held up in Sydney for ten days.
"Sleeping conditions from Sydneywere worse than in any prisoner-of-war camp in Germany, and protest was made to Mr. Nash at the reception," he states. "Before leaving England the cabins were knocked into dormitories, each accommodating 12 men and having only two hand-basins. Lavatory accommodation was so bad that we" had to queue up. From Sydney we were put out of the dormitories to make room for civilian passengers. We were put under verandah awnings and had to sleep on the table."
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Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 64, 13 September 1945, Page 8
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148ANOTHER CASE Evening Post, Volume CXL, Issue 64, 13 September 1945, Page 8
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