SONGS AND CHEERS
REPATRIATED PRISONERS (Rec. 11 p.m.) GOTHENBURG, Oct. 22. Never will the 4500 British repatriated prisoners of war forget their departure in three ships for Britain—and home. Loud speakers on the jetty relayed Swedish songs from the Stockholm radio, newsboys hurled Swedish newspapers on board, and an abundance of paper streamers were 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 men who were seriously wounded. The Crown Princess of Sweden, a sister of Lord Louis Mountbatten, visited the men on board the Atlantis.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25364, 23 October 1943, Page 5
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