EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS
SWEDISH SEND-OFF TO BRITISHERS. (Rec 10 40) GOTHENBERG. Oct. 22. Never will 4500 British repatriated prisoners of war forget their departure in three ships for Britain and home. Loud-speakers on a jetty relayed Swedish songs from Stockholm radio. Newsboys hurled Swedish newspapers aboard. An abundance of paper streamers was surprisingly ’hurled from the ships. Cheers ‘with the Swedes were exchanged as the ships drew out. The great hospital ship “Atlantis” had the quietest departure for she carried those seriously wounded. The Crown Princess qf Sweden (sister of Lord Louis Mountbatten) visited men .aboard the Atlantis.
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Grey River Argus, 23 October 1943, Page 5
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98EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS Grey River Argus, 23 October 1943, Page 5
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